| Typically, Um Al Helaan is a jinni that assumes the form of an old woman who makes false pretences to enter people's houses. |
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| Why is a jinni drawn to a man whose fundamental beliefs should deny her existence? |
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| Some clichés are there, like a flying carpet or a water pipe with a hiding jinni that can fulfil three wishes? |
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| Faced with high waves and whirlpools, the captain of that ship is said to have resorted to a jinni tale to save the ship. |
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| He told the passengers that the rough waters were caused by a hungry giant jinni who might be appeased if they threw to her their luggage. |
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| If the sailors rescue the jinni it would steal their food and occasionally tamper with the ship. |
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| So, it became a common practice to keep two or three sailors up at night to guard the boat against the jinni. |
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| The ship succeeded in crossing the strait into the Indian Ocean, which confirmed the jinni tale to those who might have suspected the captain's version. |
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| Even today, according to oral tradition, Muḥammad appears as a jinni, who either took after his father or after those with whom, by a special gift, he was able to consult during his pilgrimage to Mecca. |
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| People also said that Ibn Rushd brought her a lamp with a jinni in it, and the jinni was the father of the children born after he left her — so we see how easily rumor turns things upside down! |
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| The other version of the Baba Darya myth describes the jinni as a sea creature which assumes the shape of a very ugly and terrifying man when it spots ships cruising by. |
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| The jinni would then devour the victim and sink the boat. |
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| The jinni would then call for help, pretending that it was drowning. |
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| It's a place where you are as likely to end up in eternal limbo with a cantankerous jinni as you are to be hog-tied and gagged in the trunk of a car. |
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| Presently the cloud opened and behold, within it was that Jinni hending in hand a drawn sword, while his eyes were shooting fire sparks of rage. |
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