See also:

• JINN (DIINN)

JINN (DIINN)  , the name of a class of See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits (genii) in Arabian See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology . They are the offspring of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, but in their See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and the See also:

• PROPAGATION

propagation of their See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind they resemble human beings . They are ruled by a See also:

• RACE

race of See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings named " Suleyman," one of whom is considered to have built the pyramids . Their central See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home is the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain Kai, and they See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest themselves to men under both See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal and mortal form and become invisible at will . There are See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and evil See also:

• JINN (DIINN)

jinn, and these in, each See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case reach the extremes of beauty and ugliness .