Jinn: The Ancient Arabian Shapeshifters | Monstrum

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Crafted from smokeless fire, the shapeshifting jinni (known as ‘genie’ in the Western world) are far more important, and frightening, than pop culture would have us believe. Jinn are powerful, emotional beings capable of living for thousands of years. Usually invisible to the human eye, they can take any form to appear to humans. Once worshipped in ancient Arabic cultures, the jinni is now known for it’s wish-granting capabilities.
This episode explains how jinn became a popular character in fiction, while looking at how their origins continue to influence Islamic cultures today. From the Qur’an to The Thousand and One Nights, the story of Aladdin to I Dream of Jeannie and everything in between-the jinn are more than just a being trapped in a lamp who grants wishes. They’re powerful, intellectual entities whose stories are woven into ancient Islamic culture. #jinn #genie #aladdin #MonstrumPBS
Written and Hosted by: Emily Zarka
Director: David Schulte
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Producer: Stephanie Noone
Illustrator: Samuel Allen
Editor: Derek Borsheim
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The world is full of monsters, myths, and legends and Monstrum isn’t afraid to take a closer look. The show, hosted by Emily Zarka, Ph.D., takes us on a journey to discover a new monster in each new episode. Monstrum looks at humans unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature, and film and digs deep into the history of those mythologies.
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Galland, M., translator. Arabian nights entertainments: consisting of one thousand and one stories, related by the Sultanees of the Indies, to divert the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to marry a lady every day and have her destroyed [sic]: morning to [r]evenge himself for the disloyalty of his [sic], &c.: containing an account of the customs, manners and religion of the [sic] nations, viz., Tartars, Persians and Indians: translated from the Arabian manuscript into French by M. Galland. Vol. 1, Printed for C. Cooke, c1800.
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[@morgandfreeman4488]

Me clicks on this video Jinns living in my room: *INTERESTING*

[@nadiaparamita101]

LOL XD

[@opie317]

jinns are every where, mostly on the roof where human activities less at there. Even you left your house about 3 days or more, jinns may life there while you not at your house. There are something they will do to let you know they are with you, if you hear a noise like moving furniture or marbles drop on they floor that mean they are there. it seems like funny but somehow you will notice that sound.

[@azambinomar7398]

🤣

[@Antyla]

@@opie317 Marble drops... yeah, always hear that. I just ignore it for the good of my conscience... Must be whatever animals in my house (/_ _)/

[@ZXA999]

its not just living in you room the see everything you do from good think to bad think >_>

[@EnigMagnum]

jin imma mess with this guy me: "ayatul kursi" jin: ehh lemme come back later.

[@aminexe7426]

lmao haha jin be like: aight amma head out

[@safin3389]

_recites surah nas_

[@farelegy57]

Jinn: "Undestandable have a nice day"

[@deluxe_tron5543]

Bruh true! 🤣🤣

[@BaranLordofLight]

Jin: "this fool actually believes reading the Quran is gonna help him... Surely you aren't gonna read it and think I will be gone... stupidity of this magnitude can't possibly exist"

[@Thunderscreamer]

“From spiritual being to comical cartoon: that’s quite a journey!” *Laughs in Irish*

[@Burning_Dwarf]

From kings to birds to cereal mascot...

[@omrsaeed719]

another fact i've heard : Jinns/Demons never appear with shadow . cause they're not physical being like us . . they are paranormal . so, differing a Jinn from a normal person is just a glance . but it makes me think, when human's encounter these paranormal creatures . . . i mean , how exactly they face cause when the thing has no shadow it don't reflect light either . and which has nothing with shadow that don't reflects light and that just can't be seen . . . . . and another thing i've heard that these creatures are of electro magnetic field . you can find many contents in you tube also thousands of ghost hunting videos claiming to have encountered paranormal creature by a particular device catching magnetic forces through the environment . So, i think we need more knowledge to be fed and needs more vast and deeper analysis . It's truly sad that usual humans even todays modern world face this sort of horror and no one tends to it thanks to unscientific , when this is the fact then aso the meaning of scientific is to be described . rather than babbling superstitious a vast sorting of analysis goes for this world, which is the_ Aid .

[@alialnuaymi841]

According to the Qur’aan, demons are not a third type of spiritual beings. A demon is an evil jinn or an evil human being since both have free will. A Satan(Arabic Shaitaan) is an evil Jinn/human. There is no concept of falling angles in the Quran (it’s debatable).

[@almm9486]

Satan really.

[@salmamaria2081]

There is! Two jinns which names I forgot but they are in the quran. These two angles were sent to earth (and became judges I believe) but they ended sleeping with a woman and they had a bad ending

[@lonewolf4689]

@@salmamaria2081 That's an Israeli story it was confirmed to be false by our shaiks also we Muslims believe that angels would never do something wrong beside the funny thing about the story is that the woman become a planet ?! That doesn't make sense which just make it clear that it's false.

[@SuperKingpresident]

@@salmamaria2081 harot and marot in babylon

[@YourMajesty143]

Actually it's argued that Iblis was an Angel that disobeyed God. There are many within the Islamic scholar community who debate for and against this. Look it up online, you can see that it's not known for sure if in fact Angels are completely without free-will or if there's various tiers of angels at different levels of heaven. It is suspected that Iblis presided as the leader over the lowest level of heaven and over Earth. He had immense power over the other Angels that followed his commands, which would suggest that he was an Angel himself. Also, the Surah in which Allah commands Angels to bow to Adam, only directs this command to the Angels. There's no mention that this command was also intended for Jinn. So this would suggest that Iblis was in fact an Angel -- a very powerful and arrogant one.

[@thatkidontheblock2921]

Non-Muslims: *This is some nice mythology stuff* Muslims and Jinns: *If you only knew...*

[@bilbil1059]

Hahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@moontea8307]

Haha yaaa

[@Zoronoa01]

AHAHAHAHAHA nice one!

[@daniellemilliken5780]

Demons I know both books and both spiritual warfare . I respect ✊ everyone’s thoughts 💭

[@jasonthomas5825]

Nephilim

[@wormbot]

just a side note, in the beginning of the episode jinn is written using arabic letters but it's not quite right instead of ج ن it's supposed to be جن

[@Maj_Kasul]

Rahaf Qudah - I suspect the issue is that some fonts do not connect the letters.

[@mariamalmemari5262]

That is true It's جن Not ج ن

[@kokochislibrary9541]

Needs more likes ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

[@darking998]

no one cares

[@s.a.m7297]

Both spelled same so maybe that's why it's written like that in this vid

[@shariquejaved2934]

Wrong information about Qur'an :: Qur'an never says about 3 types of Species. Angels, demons and jinns but its Angels, Jinns and Humans

[@israkahmmed7409]

ur right

[@Abdullahsahc1999]

Yeah, i was confused when she said that.

[@merabaap.4580]

I think she said demons mean iblish or satan..but iblish was also a jin....

[@komedizaid9893]

She said 3 types of spiritual beings.

[@youwouldntremembermeanyway7410]

@@merabaap.4580 basically evil Jinns

[@mahahawiwo8507]

As an Arab Muslim,I remember jinn stories from my cousins used to scare the crap out of me ,but this video sparked my interest for جن in general again,they're biography and history is so rich imo

[@karenbonds264]

Jinns: *Are stronger than Humans* Also Jinns: *Gets killed by a single fruit pit*

[@almtre9544]

Ha. *WEAK*

[@sgnurse2]

(LAUGHS) WEEAAAK!!!!!!! Laughs!!!!!!! Hahahahaha

[@prostation3844]

Nope you are wrong

[@muzammilcodabux7648]

Maybe he had transformed into an ant and the put killed the ant/genie

[@Slothi_Deathi]

cockroaches: *are stronger than humans* also cockroaches: *die with a boot*

[@christianbontempo8859]

You ain’t never had a friend like them...

[@jennie._______.ruby.____997]

Who??

[@rambu3013]

We'll miss you Robin

[@zusfrankenstein8561]

After watching the video, I'm not sure I ever want a friend like them.

[@trescowtrustnun5891]

Did you?

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

@sraboni 1234 Well,for one,Jinns have free will.

[@lonestalker3017]

Genie Will Smith: who are you? Jinn: I’m you, but no one wants a friend like me...

[@varouknight2751]

🤣

[@j.marston]

The Jinn: *Exists* Prophet Sulaiman (King Solomon): "Yo, serve me and build me a mosque, that cool bruv?" The Jinn: "Aight, that's cool."

[@nuhaomar9542]

!?!?!?1/

[@Stoic_sensei]

there was no idea of mosque during his time

[@SuperSongbird21]

Solomon had occult knowledge taught to him by the angels that allowed him to subdue the jinn and make him do his bidding - he famously put the more violent ones into bottles and threw them into the sea so they couldn't stab him in the back. Sounds a bit like cross-dimensional colonialism, doesn't it?

[@youtubeshadowbannedme]

Mosques didn't exist in the Biblical times

[@maryam.u]

@@youtubeshadowbannedme The mosque underground Masjid Al Aqsa compound is the actual Masjid Al Aqsa built by jinns with Solomon's (p.b.u.h) command. You can see the structure , doesn't look manmade.

[@omarsongaming3255]

As an Egyptian who grew up with these stories, this video is largely accurate but there are a few things that weren’t mentioned about jinn, like the fact that jinn and demons are actually part of the same race. Demons are jinn as well, but they are jinn who, when Adam was created, refused to bow to Adam as God commanded them to do because they believed themselves superior to humans and then proceeded to rebel against God. This led God to banish them from heaven and condemn all of them to hell when judgment day comes. Another thing is that jinn can go to heaven or hell just like humans do, and that jinn who go to hell get tortured just like humans do.

[@abdallah..yasser]

يسطا ونا صغير كنت بترعب منهم

[@draco_1876]

Wow that's actually pretty interesting 😂😂 Middle eastern folklore and mythology is amazing

[@omarsongaming3255]

《 Nomad 》 lol

[@omarsongaming3255]

Eric Ford it most certainly is.

[@oblamovadvanced5956]

Another side note is angels are also neutrals too, unlike the popular perception of other beliefs that they r solely ordered for doing good. They can get commands from God for torturing the evils at hell. They will fight for protecting the holy lands against the Antichrist aka Deccal.

[@JakeMeller]

"ghosts" are actually jinns playing pranks on humans

[@Abdullah-zn2xv]

No I think both are different Because in quran it has addressed both mankind and jinnkind about there God

[@JakeMeller]

sammi uz zamma yea but ghosts don’t exist there is either devils trying to capture human essence or jinn angry at a human or playing prank

[@SanilJadhav711]

Y'all trippin

[@tahahaider5836]

@@JakeMeller I agree to a certain extent.

[@riiddisbuk2496]

Indeed.

[@mohdsaad90]

Correction, from an Islamic tradition the 3 spiritual beings are: Angels, Jinns and Humans. Demons are also Jinns, just the evil ones.

[@spunkymaniac9312]

And humans can be demons too it's depends on actions

[@mohdsaad90]

@@spunkymaniac9312 absolutely

[@Snake-sg7yc]

@@spunkymaniac9312 I would like to be a demond

[@spunkymaniac9312]

@@Snake-sg7yc by saying that, you are

[@saranpatel1114]

The evil ones are called Shayateen! Satan or Iblis is the most powerful shayateen!

[@humbleguy0025]

Jinn: We are Stronger than the Human. Prophet Sulaiman, born: Jinn: Hail to the King!

[@yettobeengineer2528]

Humbleguy 002 peace be upon him

[@riiddisbuk2496]

LOL

[@illiyaphantom3777]

Yes, king solomon is master and the creator of the First magic

[@riiddisbuk2496]

@@illiyaphantom3777 Magic = Evil Power Miracles = Good Power Just compare it to money you've earned vs money you stole. Your methods of achieving such either anger or please God.

[@jassimsalam]

Prophet Sulaiman: born Jinn: ight imma head out..

[@notablegoat]

Jinn: I will get revenge for my son Wise men: What if we tell you some dope stories Jinn: Hmm you have my interest

[@annamae6021]

Dopest comment so far🤣😂

[@EliasDidouhiMrSeductive]

Not all creatures are materialistic. Only humans

[@proudpapaprick]

Hey man, I have millennia to conceive more crotch goblins. You might never hear a dope-ass story again.

[@EliasDidouhiMrSeductive]

@@proudpapaprick hahahahah

[@Abdullah-zn2xv]

@@proudpapaprick brother I think you can find them in the stories od David and Solomon as God has given power to them over humankind and jinnkind

[@Vox-Multis]

I'm a huge fan of the Thousand and One Nights and of jinn in particular, and it's always killed me how popular culture has reduced them to a wish-granting servant race. It's so good to see someone setting the record straight!

[@MrPopoCoalti]

So what does that mean for the tale of Aladdin? Does it borrow elements from Syrian culture or is it just made up?

[@zusfrankenstein8561]

@@MrPopoCoalti All stories are made up if you think about it. But all jokes aside, there is actually a story about Aladdin in the region that was probably the base for the Disney film. They just took the original story, tweaked some plot elements added some songs and Robin Williams, and boom. You get a disney flick.

[@andrewgan557]

Voice of Adam which turns out those were an race of walking natural disasters Who serve no one.

[@hedgehog3180]

The concept of immensely powerful beings that live in between worlds is great and lends itself super well to some modern day urban fantasy. Like the standard shadow world trope is literally built right into them and you get the bonus that you aren't just making it up, you're actually building on an established tradition so it becomes a lot more believable. You could make a super cool urban fantasy with them that also incorporated other elements of Islamic beliefs. The fact that they're also established as thinking and feeling beings is really interesting especially the fact that they actually believe in a religion themselves. You never get that in urban fantasy and it'd bee really cool to hear what thoughts on religion a super natural being would have. Usually it's just never really explored in urban fantasy because some religion is just right without question or everyone is just weirdly agnostic. Would be cool to see a super natural being actually observe a religion and it'd also be way more interesting to have an agnostic or atheist one because they'd have totally different reasons for thinking that way. Basically they were already very human in many ways so they'd make for great characters and it'd be completely inline with the established mythology unlike when the Archangel Gabriel is strangely human.

[@ordhinv.hohenheim5009]

mongol burnt baghdad down with it's house of wisdom.maybe the great library was home to 1000 and one night book collections. sad its became 280 night. now the dark part of the story is no longer exist.

[@mahatmawisesa9706]

*me watching this at 2 AM jinn behind me: interesting...

[@Bree_999]

The red Jinn reminds me of Jafar when he turns into a genie

[@Penguinmanereikel]

Where do you think the word genie comes from? And why do you think the genies in that movie were made of colored smoke?

[@abdelmalikelamri7649]

He doesn't give you wishes there extremely violent and evil there where created before mankind the devil is jinn

[@abdelmalikelamri7649]

And they don't have form they can take any form the can change matter into matery as well

[@guillelainez]

@@abdelmalikelamri7649 Do you believe in Jins?

[@abdelmalikelamri7649]

@@guillelainez yes

[@sunshineborz7060]

"Ancient Arabian shapeshifter monsters" actual Jinn: *am I a joke to you?*

[@Hasnain1F]

Am I a monster to you?*

[@sunshineborz7060]

@@Hasnain1F well, metaphorically, the evil ones are literal monsters

[@dann2607]

@Ahmed-El-Mahdi Bendou remember the nicest Jinn is the most evil human

[@dann2607]

@Amar Aqif jauzi syaitan dan Iblis adalah keturunan Jin. sebab itu lah dikatakan sebaik-baik Jin adalah sejahat-jahat manusia. tapi Jin juga ada yg baik dan yg jahat.

[@dsmith8643]

Yes

[@overmanonfire]

talking from the heart of Arabia, let me add more to the myth Jins do have clans and tribes (mirroring the community that gave birth to the myth) they are classified according to their powers, the strongest race hold the name (Maread) Arabs thought of the genius as having a Jin friend who helps him, until now the word for genius in Arabic (Abqari) is derived from the term (Apqar) a Valley name where a tribe of jin is thought to help those in their surroundings. the most famous Arab poetry was considered wrote with the help of jin God made them servant to king Solomon (hence his ultimate power) they were involved in the story of 'queen of Sheba' , they brought her thorn when she came to visit Solomon, as Solomon tried to impress her with his abilities. they are far more numerous than humans there can be a friendship between a human and jin, in that case he is called (Qarien) jin are involved in magic ( by worshiping some of their leaders they will grant you some powers or do you some wishes) In Islamic perspective the devil is a jinn who went astray In Islamic perspective the devil is a jinn who went astray , not a falling angel has Christianity imagine it. (angels do not have freewill in Islamic perspective hence they cant chose to be good or bad , they are good by default) Want more?

[@lutfariangga770]

Want more? Yes!

[@amzraptor]

@@lutfariangga770 You can't wish for more.

[@rikofebri627]

In java they have their kingdom in here, one per forest or mountain or sea

[@nadiaparamita101]

@@rikofebri627 Ye,like Nyi Roro Kidul. Also,wong Jowo here.

[@shockwave5544]

@@rikofebri627 sometimes our hoomie get lose cooming to worng neighborhood

[@vianized5248]

Me watching this video* The jinn beside me: "well, actually.."

[@deluxe_tron5543]

*Jinn pulls up with aggressive intentions* Jinn: y'know wassup now fool Me: *pulls up ayatul Kursi and surah nas* Jinn: Yo yo yo chill bro I swear I was just messing with you. Let's talk about this

[@txmpest21]

😐

[@MedDyrup]

?

[@deluxe_tron5543]

If only y'all knew 😔

[@deluxe_tron5543]

@@MedDyrup you mean "I know" But okay 😂 I knew can work too 😃

[@SgtHans]

its all cool bruh I get the joke

[@FaarisFarooq]

Finally a story from my culture

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Im glad someone covered them.One of my favorites.

[@jennie._______.ruby.____997]

Sameee

[@silly2791]

nice

[@zellfaze]

@@Raccon_Detective. What others would you recommend? I am curious to learn more.

[@3dalgeriearchitectureetdes832]

@@zellfaze kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKiWeXmcod-SerM the story of sindbad , really gore but beatifull

[@Prince_Rain]

My all time favorite episode! ❤❤❤ I love Arabic folklore and I'm so glad to see it discussed. Thank you, Monstrum team, for diving into this wonderful subject!

[@hmgc6031]

"powerful, intellectual entities" *convinced to return to bottle and got trap again*

[@amilitarymind]

It was arrogance and pride that got him trapped again. Many intelligent beings can be undone by arrogance and pride.

[@mikecoxlong6890]

it's narrated that they have the IQ of a 3-4 year old

[@itszain6317]

Many people believe jinns can get only as intelligent as a 7year old human.. they're still intellect if you compare them to animals

[@bastardxin3749]

@@mikecoxlong6890 *Mentality, that's why with the power they poses they use it to prank human.

[@putera6611]

Again, Jinn isnt limited to the Middle east. Jinn lives everywhere. Theres Jinn in UK, USA, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand. They are everywhere. Not jus in Middle east.

[@Snake-sg7yc]

The Japanese have a large number of mythological creatures ;)

[@allusive2903]

true

[@YourMajesty143]

Jinn have different names in different cultures. In english-speaking cultures, they are known as faeries. Don't believe the Hollywood versions, or the tinkerbell & fern gully versions of faeries in Disney films. Faeries are not to be messed with! Anybody who practices magick knows that summoning them is asking for trouble. The same goes for Jinn. They are tricksters and are always causing mayhem to those who try to get them to do their bidding. There are always consequences in doing so. Only the most experienced witch or sorcerer should be working with dark magick, if at all.

[@accidentallyaj5138]

In India they are called Jinn

[@miguelfernandezcamarero3966]

This remind me of a jinn in Neil Gaiman’s novel American gods

[@pickin7654]

Jinns, like human also have major races of their species, which are ifrit, marid, jan, and syaitan (satan in english). Also having several minor races such as ghoul and others (i did read a lot of information about this about 8 years ago so i forgot most of this stuff) In that reading, before humans starting to reside on earth, the world was occupied by djinns including the earth up until beyond the space and they were able to terraform terrains. Meaning, they could terraform planets that is in habitable region into a planet comfortable enough to live. However, as they lived across the universe, some wanted to be superior above others and waged war. Note that major djinn personality is usually destructive, fueled with rage, egoistic, and for some, arrogant. They always put interest, lust and emotion above mind. It was a very terrible war with major casualties, killing most of the species. Hence, the god sent the angels to wipe out all the terrible among the species including all their technologies and leave only the innocents with nothing left for them except food and a place to live. Also, the god commanded the angels to pick one of them to heaven (i assumed that the intention was to pick up one of them to teach about religion then send the chosen one back to the surviving community to share what he has learned since the god intended the djinns to worship Him, plus i am uncertain which race does the chosen one belonged to) Thus the djinn that was picked up lived among the angels and proved himself to be very, very dedicated in gaining the god's favor. the djinn rised up ranks gradually and for a very, very long time, he finally became someone ranked similar to the archangels due to vast knowledge and merit. note that angels only have mind and emotion, they don't have interest and lust. one day, the god decided to create a new creature to be sent to earth, thus angels asked the god, "are You creating another creature that might be causing a lot of damage and massacre while you already having us that are always praising You?" and the God replied "I know what you don't know." After the god created the creature, He commanded all that present in heaven to bow down to pay respect to the creature. all of the angels did bow down, paying respect except one, the djinn. the god asked the djinn why he didn't bow down, hence the djinn answered he does not have any reason to bow down, and questioned why would he bow down to some new creature that is just made of clay, plus he claimed that the god created the djinn from smokeless fire, which is much better and superior than clay (this part explains that the chosen djinn is just being disrespectful and believed himself to be at higher lever or superior or better than the new creature; lets say that this djinn sees the new creature as a very low life peasant and himself a noble) then after hearing those words, the god then asked the djinn to get out of the heaven and told him that he is no longer entitled to stay inside it any more. the god said that the djinn will be end up in hell (even though the written conversation was short, i assumed that the god meant that the djinn will enter hell after he died for being disrespectful, while implied that he has time to reflect on himself while alive and get a chance to repent so he can change his fate.) but the djinn let his own ego get over him, promised the god to cause the new creature to astray and also enter the hell with him. then the god said if there is anyone that follow the djinn, then He will fill both of them in hell altogether. the djinn then requested that for him to do so, he wanted to be let alive until the day of judgement, then the god accepted his request before sending him off back to where he was from.

[@shpresimndrukaj9381]

And this particular djinn is the Satan himself

[@NadDew]

@@shpresimndrukaj9381 aka the devil aka Lucifer

[@thatkidontheblock2921]

This is Islam's story of how Iblees a.k.a Lucifer came to be which makes a lot more sense to me considering how could an Archangel disobey God's words so arrogantly?

[@moler646445]

cool

[@HusXX]

@Shawn We're the weakest ones of the three creations. Therefore, we're the most valuable ones.

[@daniellstephen]

That 55th Chapter of the Quran is Surat Ar Rahman, which warns both Human (An Naas) and Jinn (Al Jinn) of the Lord's favor, as the chapter has the refrain; "Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?"

[@64Ahmed]

True

[@64Ahmed]

@Joe Al what?

[@daniellstephen]

@@64Ahmed it amazes me as the Holy Book is actually speaking to both human and jinn

[@yesiamwinningdad5024]

@Joe Al huh?

[@ishubetterthanyou1582]

@S C True. These are fun tales, but people take them seriously and we get priests beating people with mental illnesses to "cure" then of jinns. Fantasies should remain fantasies.

[@EL-jq1sq]

My mum (Turkish, living in Turkey at the time) was once invited somewhere by a friend. Turns out she belonged to a cult and some man performed a ritual to rid her of the jinn (cin in Turkish) that were haunting her, then turned around and asked her for money. Mum got right on out of there and lost a friend, who would continue to hound her for the debt because she paid it off in mum's place. Fun story! Edit: 4:31 That symbol on the bottle is the "tughra" (or "tuğra" in Turkish) is my actual middle name! Or, rather, my namesake.

[@someguy9519]

That's so interesting

[@prometheusn0ir]

Ne sembolünden behsdiyorsun El Bey?

[@EL-jq1sq]

@@prometheusn0ir 4:31’de bi Tuğra var, onun hakkında konuşuyorum. Benim ikinci adım Tura (Almanyada doğdum için ğ’yi kullanamadık)!

[@prometheusn0ir]

@@EL-jq1sq Oh, bunu duymak harika! (Türkçe anlayaşımı esnetmek zorunda kaldım, çünkü oğreniyordum) 😅

[@justinj2]

Imagine wasting your wish on a Magikarp. That fisherman wasn’t wise at all.

[@Slade69]

Could have atleast asked for a Gyarados

[@sararoberts2973]

“Ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck!” “I’m a genie in a bottle. You gotta rub me the right way.”

[@anthonygomez978]

Said, Robin Williams... Sang, Christina Aguilera... Ok, what do I win?...😃

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@anthonygomez978 or sang by Genie as a *reference* to Christina, since we know he's all about those pop culture references!

[@haroldthaf]

I think the jinn was asking for something else.

[@randywoodworth5990]

Peg: That's nice...now rub my feet. Al Bundy: Peg i wouldn't rub your feet even if a Genie popped out...

[@ZaanQa]

Jinn: I can Possess you and cause you Harm Me: (starts Reciting Ayat Al Kutsi) Jinn: See you Later bro!!!

[@caturviriyananda9586]

can you tell me why they avoid humans?

[@kinz8727]

@@caturviriyananda9586 which species wouldn't avoid us?

[@ZaanQa]

@@caturviriyananda9586 to Avoid Conflictsost of all but Things Happen and it's not Prrtty...

[@alirezasumon6451]

Getting in contact between human and Jinn can cause both harm.. specially to human.. As powerful than human, they are more arrogant @catur

[@kinz8727]

@@alirezasumon6451 I disagree, people have power equal to there's, king Solomon is an excellent example...

[@patrickmcdonald8513]

Dr. Zarka and co., well done as always. Love this channel.

[@NeonLeonNoel]

Gosh this series is so good. I can’t believe I didn’t catch on sooner.

[@wantwo2240]

God Created human made out from "mud" jinn made out of "smokeless fire" Angel made out from "light" is in the Qur-an.

[@lh7071]

Jinn is short for gentile nothing else.

[@abdallah..yasser]

@@lh7071sorry what's gentiles

[@abdallah..yasser]

@@lh7071 and jinn is an arabic word which i think predates english itself

[@lh7071]

@@abdallah..yasser There are three men in this world. Humans, Caucasians, and Mongolian and there sub divisions. The hu- hue- color. Of the three one was given the law, the others lawless. If you can understand. Gentiles come from fire.

[@kubilaykazak8218]

@@lh7071 Just what the hell are you talking about? You make no sense bro...

[@rabieasim9069]

Just a side note, "Sheykh" or "Sheikh" isnt pronounced as "sheek", more like"shaykh" or like shake with the kh sound at the end :)

[@tahahaider5836]

Haaa haaa. Lol. Their pronunciation.

[@abdallah..yasser]

@Jessica Robinson for an arab is the opposite its hard for us to speak English smoothly but a lot of arabs can

[@DBT1007]

Duh. Just write what it's spoken please. It's "SYEH" if u pronounce it.

[@z.t.a6403]

I was thinking the same thing

[@mr.toadstool3704]

I have been to Medina and talked to a man in a cave named Muhamed. And he said Sheh-ee-hrhrhrhrhrhr. Must have been part egyptian.

[@amantauqir942]

This is not a joke. There are like thousands and thousands of real-life experiences people have had including my family members, especially my mother. One of the many incidents that have occurred happened 2 months ago. My mother just woke up at 6 or 5 AM in the morning. She just laid down again after drinking water when she saw a girl beside her bed who she thought was my elder sister. So she called her towards her by her hand and when that girl came closer to her face she realized that it was someone else. It was a young girl with similar features of my sister and she kept on smiling at her. After just a few seconds of that encounter, that thing vanished completely and my mother said she turned into smoke. This is just one of the many incidents I know of. There's one I experienced myself as well and whenever you recite verses from the Quran they thankfully vanish.

[@mikes.3192]

Knowledge is power .. I came across your channel and I love these kind of stories . I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT LEGENDS, HISTORY AND SUCH! Thanks for the content and keep up the good work!! 😊

[@Squishy743]

King Solomon had Jinn servants.

[@almm9486]

72 demon gods fgo

[@soulylou]

Wise Solomon was both a king and a Prophet/Messenger (PBUH) to the Israelites, but NEVER a magician, even though he had power over demons, used to understand and speak animals' language, and controls the wind. It's the devils who are spreading such rumor of being a great magician about Prophet Solomon among humans. Many can possess supernatural powers, but there is a huge difference between a miracle and magic. Prophet Moses (PBUH) had proven it.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

bound to a ring,,, not safe to do that

[@Abdullahsahc1999]

@@DANTHETUBEMAN Guess where's Solomon's ring at nowadays?

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

@@Abdullahsahc1999 is some one using it

[@AntiMessiah2023]

The Jinn have been part of the Jewish folklore too... It is said that King Solomon controlled an army of Jinn. Old Jewish texts also mention about the time before humans when Jinns ruled the planet similar to how humans do today. But when corruption and murder increased exponentially in the land, God sent down an army of angels along with Iblees (Satan/Lucifer) who was a jinn raised to the spirituality level of the angels trough his piety and worship. How Iblees became Satan is a different story. Jinns like Humans have free will and can choose to disobey the commands of God. For that he was punished and cursed till Judgement Day. To extract his revenge, he vowed to distract the human race from God starting with the extraction of Adam & Eve from Paradise by making them eat the fruit of the Forbidden Tree,

[@aminebensalah8201]

Go to Google And search for the ancient history of the eurth in algeria tassili And it will blow your mind it's the most ancient place on the eurth

[@almalayuwiyyah2512]

@@aminebensalah8201 link

[@thatkidontheblock2921]

true

[@muhammadfadhilah7951]

@@aminebensalah8201 link?

[@muhammadfadhilah7951]

@@aminebensalah8201 and what should i look for?

[@angelxoxoxoxox]

Newsflash: the entities you think are ghosts are actually jinns. they do exist.

[@allusive2903]

That is correct

[@cristalebellab444]

Love the vid. Her voice is just too happy and energetic for this type of information. I would have liked her to explain it calmer, but still grateful for the video, the creativity and her narration.

[@slendermanderritter8324]

So, that Witcher episode where Geralt was fishing for a Jinn was inspired by the story of the fisher man. Neat

[@aadarshbalireddy2939]

It was based off Aladdin. Most of the Witcher short stories from The Last Wish (which was adapted into the show) are twists on the disney tales we know so well

[@hypno_ibram]

@@aadarshbalireddy2939 yes that could be true. The last wish was released in 1993 onrme year after Aladdin

[@syafiqjabar]

The first episode with Renfri was actually based on Snow White. The thugs Geralt killed in town were supposed to be her dwarves.

[@BlackKiryuu]

Omg yess. As soon as I saw the picture of the fisherman and his net, I instantly recalled the image of Geralt standing at the riverbank fishing for a Jinn.

[@matdrat]

I recommend The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker for your stay-at-home reading list. Two displaced magical creatures meet in 19th century New York. A supernatural romance.

[@maximesaindon3552]

I love that book! Arberely and Sophie are some of my favorite characters! I also love how well written the Golem and Jinni are!

[@zusfrankenstein8561]

That plot sounds like its on crack. Seems interesting.

[@galarstar052]

a romantic golem? correct me if i'm wrong but aren't they essentially just clay robots with no emotions?

[@zusfrankenstein8561]

@@galarstar052 And vampires are supposed to combust in sunlight. And yet, we have the Twilight series. I don't think Romance novelists's biggest concerns are mythological accuracy when they write their books.

[@matdrat]

@@galarstar052That was her origin. She was created to be a wife and shipped across the ocean. Then things happen. It's about her journey as she learn to blend in with the community around her.

[@silentkilla14]

Jinn : time to mess with these humans ! Me: ayatul kursi Jinn: it’s a prank bro! Cant you take a joke ?

[@samvonblau7489]

8:15 That's the coolest modern jinn I've ever seen with trench coats and a detective getup. :v

[@GeorgeEe]

Gosh, I love this channel so much! Monsters from myths and legends are my favourite topic in history! It's so very educational! Keep it up, Monstrum!!

[@nazninsultana8204]

Okie who recite Ayatul Kursi like me before watching this 😁

[@greenspider9132]

I love this channel so much

[@markaquino3689]

love your content

[@alexa3768]

So Disney's Aladdin cleverness in tricking Jafar into a genie may have partly based on the fisherman's cleverness. Cool ^^

[@ziya1970]

I'm from Iran and when i was a kid i used to be really scared of the jinns. Me and my friends would tell horror stories to eachother about people being possesed by these mysterious beings. Some said they like bathrooms, some said they are short creatures with hooves, some said they are scared of metal so you should put a piece of it under your pillow.I vaguely remember there was a talk about a book that you could summon one to help you but for a cost of its choice. We were children back then and not many people Really belive in these folktales but even now my heart beats faster by telling these. It shows how deep the effects of culture are in our minds. In Turkey for example some don't even prounounce jinn and say in rough translation "the being with three letters"( in turkish its written as Cin) There are some really quality horror movies in both Iranian and turkish languages for horror movie enthusiats. To name a few Under the shadows(persian), dabbe:the curse of the jinn (turkish) .they are both available on Netflix.

[@pbsstoried]

I hope they have English subtitles available! I’ll check them out. Thanks for the suggestions-*Dr. Z*

[@ziya1970]

@@pbsstoried thank You and all the people behind the cameras for these well researched contents. Stay safe and happy :)

[@krazownik3139]

The whole concept of not using the direct name of a creature is also popular in Slavic cultures. For example a Slavic name for a bear mean "those who eat honey", some highlanders are simply calling a bear "him" and Riese monsters are referred to as "they". These come from an old Slavic belief that by pronouncing a name of something or someone you summon that, so very often Slavs change the commonly used names to different ones to not summon the bearer of that name.

[@Altrantis]

Thank you Ziya.

[@ziya1970]

@@Altrantis ;)

[@hawksolo7324]

u didnt talk about prophet sulaiman and still he was a king on jinn

[@Kevin-id5hx]

yes my brother preach they are in his inlighted third eye as we speak find your holly place my friend if u follow ur spine u will find such greatness paradise awaits u praise be allah

[@Kevin-id5hx]

find ur brown star my brother may one thousand yrs of good luck be with u and ur family

[@ignisardenti2486]

I finally found a mythology thats part of my religion. Its hard to get interested these days cuz the classes r very boring

[@stevekelly8156]

Has Storied ever thought about doing episodes about other mythical ideas besides monsters such as locations (e.g. El Dorado, Shangri-La)? BTW, great episode👍

[@DioBrando-yk5up]

Steve Kelly it’s called monstrum for a reasom my guy

[@anonb4632]

@@DioBrando-yk5up Well, it's called Storied now.

[@canadian-lunatic1913]

The series is called Monstrum. The channel that hosts it, as well as other shows, is called Storied.

[@arthurabogado5054]

Is this an Uncharted reference??

[@scaper8]

@@DioBrando-yk5up They also did one on Hansel and Gretal. They're clearly interested in expanding beyond _just_ monsters into wider monsters, legends, folklore, fairy tales, etc.

[@THLott]

Amazing! I love learning about arabic legends. It would be nice to see a brazilian legend around, too. Congrats on this wonderful lesson, Emily!

[@salmandraws4269]

Probably my favourite video monstrum since it talks about something from my culture!

[@khalilelmehdi7631]

Nice vid good research ♥️✨

[@charliestarr2020]

I immediately thought of the Witcher

[@theprobester6034]

Same as well as American Gods

[@alfredoismynameo8098]

Same here

[@UltraDonny5000]

Expand your knowledge beyond vidya and movies

[@hiunaut2833]

Haha it's the opposite for me, when I was on the quest, I was quite hyped how it's going to look like as I'm more familiar with Djinn having a somewhat humanoid feature, quite dissapointed when it turns out to be a giant ball of light... Still love the game though.

[@haiqalkamaruzzamel495]

This is just a suggestion, but I've been dying for an episode about Mermaids😩🐬💦

[@spiritoftherain5852]

Baba yaga?

[@dirandrous7682]

Kuntilanak.

[@Gildartz89]

Mermaids is a djinn

[@cindysnow802]

Mwrmauds are all over the world the most famous one is in Denmark

[@drained.]

Mine's kitsunes. They are amazing.

[@lee_voug8357]

Hi I really like your videos. Educational and entertaining at the same time. I hope you make a video about the nephelims. Much love

[@Fawaz4321]

Growing up, we've been told that Jinn mainly lived in abandoned places, bathrooms, corners of rooms, basements, and lived under 'Sidra' trees. My friend's father once cut down one of those trees in his parents' back garden. One time he entered the house and went straight upstairs. 5 minutes later, someone who resembled him exaclty was seen entering the house and followed him upstairs. I don't know if my friend was serious or was making up a ghost story.

[@astrangerontheinternet1719]

bro sameeeee. they tend to shapeshift into people we know, only to ask the actual person and have them give us a terrifiying answer that they were never there when we cross paths

[@astrangerontheinternet1719]

my step-grandmother once saw herself in a room where i would sleep in when i come over to her house, pretty creepy. eventually we had a ruqyah done and everything's fine now

[@Y_mhfd]

he shouldn't have cut the tree of,its not yours its theirs,because in another dimension theynhave a house on it

[@aliabdul3914]

When i was a kid i been told the bad jinns live in the bathrooms or toliet.

[@BlackKiryuu]

They actually do. Not all the time, but "toilet" is the "dirty place" so evil Jinns prefer the "bad places".

[@DubSalvation]

True

[@yourmother78910]

but mostly creative thought and ideas came out after going to the bathroom, so our creative ideas are from djinn then? lol

[@Eye_Am_Leminiscent]

I fell in the bathroom and was taken to foster care and lost my memory while there.

[@minecraftstation6422]

@@BlackKiryuu more accurately describes as Impure places(نجسة)

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Now I want an "I Dream of Genie" reboot with a man hallucinating a giant flame man.

[@griffenatekevinbacon]

Glad i found this channel i miss monster shows like this a detailed description on cryptids is always fun

[@philipmonihan8222]

I've been trying to figure out the distinction between genies and jinn for ages, now. Thanks for laying it all out, here.

[@honiahakaa]

Jhinn live among us but we can't see them, when i was a child one of my friends got possessed after he threw rocks into the sewers his tone changed and he started cursing us...

[@simoneturner809]

Wooooo!!! Another amazing episode, thank you Monstrum and hope you and all fellow viewers are doing well and keeping safe :D

[@iammistergreen]

This is so accurate. Kudos to the research team. Subscribed!

[@ingersollelliott]

Wow! Amazing research - you’ve inspired me to read the stories!

[@mortali4357]

Really well done ,awesome

[@vennisle801]

This channel is cool and already fell in love with it. please post more videos because your videos are lit

[@0neBadMonkey]

Thank you. I have been obsessed with Djin/Jinn/Genies for years. For a 10min vid you covered a LOT of ground.

[@79BCL]

Crazy in Arabic is "Mejnoon" which is roughly translated as Jinn possessed. And possession is "mulabis" which means to be worn (like clothes).

[@shadowraith1]

Excellent presentation. Interesting topic. Thank you.👍👍👍

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

Jinn: what can I serve you? Me: I wish for more wishes Jinn: dude I'm a guardian not a Genie

[@guaporobbo1182]

عبدالحفيظ بو علام unless they take you to their dimension while sleep it has happened to me and then that is where you see them

[@Manuel-gu9ls]

NOLIMIT what is it like? Can you translate the Arabic words?

[@TheDragonshadow1231]

@@user-qq4ig9sk4e 2 types Jinn the one we can see and the one we cannot see. The one we can see sometime often take "Human" form too do not forget that they can be human us like us but you did not realize it a "Jinn" it happens throughout story etc.

[@blauesserpiroyal2887]

Could you do the cockatrice in a future video?

[@kennymack1427]

She a little bit of a cockatrice in that dress 🤤. Just playing. She's ok. 😁

[@suttle_writeups]

LOVE YOUR WAY OF STORY TELLING

[@golddragonj]

Very good presentation! ty, I sub'd and reposted.

[@asmara9779]

FYI: Every human are followed by 1 Jinn since they were born called Jinn Qarin, the Jinn will learn how human live. And when human died, they are free and continue their live with human personality they followed. And that's also explain ghost sighting which is the ghost is just a normal Jinn doing their stuff.

[@Gildartz89]

Hey we have the same theory...glad im not the only one thinking that

[@gatesberg3731]

That's True

[@zeuxlaught2797]

im unable to search about it, can you provide a link related to it or an accurate name of it.

[@asmara9779]

@@zeuxlaught2797 there are a lot if source, but mostly in Bahasa Indonesia, i can't give you any link in English. Just search Jinn Qorin / Qarin and then translate the article using google translate

[@UltraDonny5000]

I have had a running theory similar to this; we all have a "familiar spirit" that follows us throughout our lives, some are more malevolent than others. This theory also explains eerie information that people receive when performing various divinations and why we are warned not to trust spirits. This is just a theory, I really don't have much to back it up.

[@fullonsociopath]

Wow. Didn't realize how much H.P. Lovecraft took from the story of the fisherman. It is an obvious template for "Shadow over Innsmouth."

[@cpt.silverwolf9747]

Really I never knew that

[@mauriciodavidmorlettmendoz1041]

Concise but reliable and nice video. Thanks

[@photobygil]

Very cool, very concise look at the genie (jinni/jinn/djinn, etc).; however, you missed an opportunity at the end, when you could have "blinked" your way off the set. Since you'd already referenced genies in pop culture, but skipped any mention of "I Dream of Jeannie", I half expected that this was going to be the humorous way you ended the video. Disappearing with a snap of the fingers was also fun, too, though more "Bewitched" in style. Even so, you covered a lot of history & mythology in a short amount of time in an entertaining way, & I enjoyed it very much!

[@plainnsimplme]

in Arabic, genius's synonym (عبقري) is a word that originally assigns a man to a place thought to be the home of jinns meaning he is from the home of jinns. so in a way genius Greek and Arabic relate in an odd interesting way. عَبقَر: (اسم) مَوْضِعٌ فِي الْجَزِيرَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ كَانَ العَرَبُ يَعْتَقِدُونَ أَنَّهُ مَوْضِعُ الجِنِّ وَمَسْكَنُهُمْ وَيَنْسِبُونَ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ عَجِيبٍ وَعَمَلٍ خَارِقٍ جَيِّدٍ

[@uchihamadara2179]

معلومة حلوة

[@amilitarymind]

Interesting...

[@saltyseawizard7392]

Can you do a video about Bakunawa? A serpent-like-dragon from the Philippine mythology who swallowed one of the seven moons created by Bathala (God). The Bakunawa are known to be the cause of Eclipses. It would be very interesting, anyways, I really love your videos!!!

[@jocosesonata]

Damn! That's a big dragon.

[@Ninjaananas]

Tell that stupid dragon to give us the moon back.

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

Now THAT is a fairytale

[@pepesanchez9812]

Philippine Mythology sucks

[@jackkraken3888]

@@pepesanchez9812 Dude they didn't know better. It's just a story.

[@honoredhawkgaming416]

Extra knowledge on jinns. Jinns speak in different languages just like humans. The world of jinns also has animals just like the human world. Every human being is born with 2 angels (kiramen katiben, also known as the honorable wrtiers. These 2 angels write down every good and bad deed a human commits in their lifetime) and with 1 jinn which is known as qareen, this jinn whispers into the ears of a human to take part in sins. Sorry for my bad English I'm from Afghanistan

[@brandondavidson4085]

Emily: "From spiritual being to cartoon, that's quite a journey!" Disney: "It's called capitalism, baby!"

[@mypal1990]

They make weapons, help farmers, and be advisors? Jinn sure can multitask like a champ.

[@KreativeHogwartsLegacyGUIDES]

they can also move so fast, its like teleportation since they have their own dimension. speeds that can break the sound barrier. the story of solomon peace be upon him had a jinn that could travel that fast. tbh i just think of it as hyperspace XD

[@muhamadsayyidabidin3906]

Lol in my place we have merged local ghost into jinn so we always assume ghost, ghoul, phantom as bad jinn. And many of this ghost or "bad jinn" Can be hired either as guardian or ruin other people. Like goblin like phantom that can be hired to steal money, or orge like phantom that can make people sick, in expense of sacrificing your health even your soul as their slave

[@saroniikawaii]

LOL They certainly can't do that. They don't make weapons or help farmers.

[@risrisbayanilah6894]

They help Solomon build tample

[@nicoleleung712]

I love hearing about monsters and myths that are outside the western influence because I am not familiar with them. Could you do the Garuda of Hindu mythology and the Namazu of Japanese mythology? I love your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@MuhammadAbdullah-qi1of]

Iranian Griffin is Garuda in Indian culture

[@chaosgoettin]

I just found this channel and I am in love.

[@maxwellhouse1362]

Very interesting documentary--Bravo!

[@CelestialDraconis]

10:18 Mr Stark...I don't feel so good...

[@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474]

That red Jinn reminds me of the Japanese bird people known as the Tengu. He looks so cool.

[@risrisbayanilah6894]

Yes, Jinn actually around the world with different name. Hindus people call them Asuras

[@pij6277]

Asuras are far more superior beings. Jinns are far Inferior

[@alexanderkarvos6728]

​@@pij6277 to be fair, they are in between. Jann and Ifrit are the closest to Asura. especially Ifrits since they're high rank

[@vvayfarer_]

Damn this is such a good amount of informations.

[@EhrisaiaOShannon]

Wishmaster brought me here. Great video. 💜

[@MeekCrayon]

It really shows how modern media likes to mold myths and legends into fanciful ideas. Thank you for showing us the light on these interesting and diverse creatures!🙃 Speaking of vaguely physical beings, will y'all be doing anything on the Japanese Yokai? Keep up the good work

[@wiraalhafiz6146]

I'm surprised on how well you did the research. And the storytelling is great, it's easy to understand it. And..can you make a video about 'LEAK', it's a Balinese myth. I'm waiting for it

[@jinkaparadox]

excellent video

[@nigel_saxon]

Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to have unlimited power, and only be able to use it when some worm asks you for something? - The Djinn-