A Genie has been enslaved and bound to a lamp. They offer you three wishes. Do you free the Genie with the first wish or the last wish?

Keep in mind, you can wish for literally anything with your free wishes.

Which way Western man?

  • Crowtee_Robot [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Aren't genies (and djinn in general) some kind of lesser demon? Feels kinda :sus-deep: to just release that kind of thing at no cost.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Islamic lore generally views the djinn as the only beings besides humans that have free will. So some of them are good, some are evil, some are neutral, because they can choose how to act.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, they were created by god before god created humans, and were made out of "Smokeless fire". When god made Adam he told all the djinn to bow down before Adam and most of them did. Iblis, the most powerful djinn, refused. God was pissed but they made some sort of deal where Iblis and his followers could run around being douchebags until the end of time and then they'd get judged for their crimes.

        Islamic mythology is a little weird about them, because usually they're still treated as dangerous spirits who do bad things because lol evulz, but since the have free will some are just pious Muslims who get on with their lives and just happen to be invisible.