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Basamum is a god worshipped in South Arabia whose name may be derived from Arabic basam, or balsam, a medicinal plant, indicating that he may be associated with healing or health. [14] [15] One ancient text relates how Basamum cured two wild goats/ibexes. [14] Attested: Dai Dai is named in an Assyrian inscription. [12] Attested: Datin
Jaini were among various creatures in the possibly even pre-Zoroastrian mythology of peoples of Iran. [11] [12] Wensick advocates a purely Arabic origin of the term, asserting that according to the common Semitic view psychic and bodily affections are caused by spirits. An object reacting upon such an affect would be an incarnation of said spirit.
Al-Mi'raj or Almiraj (Arabic: ٱلْمِعْرَاج; al-miʿrāj) is a mythical creature resembling a one-horned hare or rabbit, mentioned in medieval Arabic literature.. The name appears in a version of the legend of Iskandar who, after defeating the dragon of Dragon Island in the Indian Ocean, obtained the animal as a gift from the inhabitants.
In Arabic folklore, the ghul is said to dwell in cemeteries and other uninhabited places. A male ghoul is referred to as ghul while the female is called ghulah . [ 7 ] Scholar Dwight F. Reynolds identifies the Arabic ghoul as a female creature – sometimes called "Mother Ghoul" ( ʾUmm Ghulah ), "Our Aunt Ghoul", or a similar relational term ...
Ifrit, also spelled as efreet, afrit, and afreet (Arabic: عفريت, romanized: ʿifrīt, lit. ' [ʕifriːt] ' (listen ⓘ), plural عفاريت ʿafārīt), is a powerful type of demon in Islamic culture.
Hinn (Arabic: حنّ) are both a kind of supernatural creature in Arabian lore—along with jinn and various kinds of devils (shaitan)—as well as a pre-Adamitic race in Islam-related beliefs. [2] Their existence, along with that of binn, timm, and rimm, is accepted by the Druze. [3]: “Ḥinn” [3]: “Binn”