genie

n. a magical character in stories who lives in a lamp or bottle and gives you three wishes when you let them out.

n. a fictional magical being, often derived from the Arabic 'jinn', typically bound to a container and required to obey the individual who summons it.

“In the story, the boy rubbed the old lamp and a genie appeared to grant him three wishes.”

“The protagonist inadvertently summoned a powerful genie after polishing an antique brass vessel he discovered in the marketplace.”

n. a spirit from Middle Eastern myths that can be good or bad and is usually invisible to people.

n. a spirit in Islamic and Middle Eastern mythology, created from smokeless fire, capable of assuming human or animal form.

“Ancient legends describe the genie as a powerful spirit that lives in the desert.”

“Scholars of folklore distinguish between the Westernised 'genie' of fairy tales and the complex theological nature of the jinn in classical literature.”

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