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PERSIAN FAERIES
Persian faeries, known as the peri, were creatures
formed of the element of fire existing on a diet of perfume
and other exquisite odors. The bad faeries of Persia, called
the dev, were forever at war with the peri, whom they
captured and locked away in iron cages hanging high in
trees. Among the Arabs the Moghrebi is a sorcerer who has
converse with demons, and from one of these men I received a
good deal of information regarding the jinn, who are as
truly fairies as those, let us say, of Brittany. He told me
that the jinn were |
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Here is the partial list of Persian faeries (fairies):
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DEV: The bad fairies of Persia. |
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DJINN (JINN / JINNIE / GENIE):
The jinn were a pre-Adamite race who lived hundreds of
years before Adam and who, like the European
salamanders, were created out of fire and were
considered the offspring of fire. They
reproduce like human beings, and are lead by a race of
kings named Suleyman, one of whom “built the pyramids.”
Their chief abode is the mountain Kâf, and they appear to
men under the forms of serpents, dogs, cats, monsters, or
even human beings, and become invisible at pleasure. The
evil jinn are hideously ugly, but the good are exquisitely
beautiful. According to fable, they were created from fire
two thousand years before Adam was made of earth.
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PERI: A Persian fairy. Evil peris are called
deevs. |
There never was a merry world since the fairies left off
dancing. . .
John Seldon
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