Visions of the Jinn: Illustrations of The Arabian Nights

VISIONS OF THE JINNIllustrations of The Arabian Nights

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Jinn• Jinn, or genie, are spiritual

creatures mentioned in the Qu’ran and other Islamic texts

• In Islamic mythology, Jinn, humans, and angels make up the three creatures of God

• Jinn are creatures with free will

• Jinn inhabit the unseen world in dimensions beyond the visible universe of humans

• They can defy space and time

Scene from “The Story of Alladin, or The Magic Lamp.” Illustration by

David Coster, 1719 edition.

The jinni (or genie) appears to Alladin and his mother.

Illustration by Robert Smirke, 1802 edition.

The sleeping genie and the lady.

Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, 1865

Image from The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

Aladdin’s Picture Book Arabian Nights. Illustration by Walter Crane, 1878.

Errol Le Cain, 1981 edition.Edmund Dulac, 1907

edition.

Abu, the young thief of Baghdad, confronts the genie in Alexander Korda's

1940 film

Maxfield Parrish, “The Fisherman and the

Genie”

Kay Nielsen, “The Tale of the Fisherman and The Genie, Arabian Nights”

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