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Jinns, Deus, and Fairies

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In the old days, creatures like jinns, and the ancient spirits of the land deu were visible to humans and would even enter homes. We had a large house, and when we slept at night, we would hear chirping sounds from the fireplace all night long, which would stop by morning. Another thing was that when we slept at night, we [often] heard the sound of using the large grinding stones in our house. Actually, these sounds were all signs of devils and jinns. We couldn't see them, but we could hear these sounds all night long. Similarly, when I was young, I had a brother who was sick. He had pain in his legs and couldn't walk. One day, he suddenly got up and said that a deu had come and asked us to make smoke for him quickly. He opened the fireplace, inhaled the smoke, and started running outside. Then, while running, he was heading towards the roof, and we started hearing noises as if someone else was also running on the roof. It was the deu who we couldn't see, but we heard his footsteps. Then that devil ran away. In the old days, there were many jinns and fairies, and people would often see them. Nowadays, they have become very rare, and it is difficult for even one or two people to see them. When a religious scholar makes a talisman for them, they get better, and they stop seeing these creatures. In those days, danyal Khameechi was very famous for devouring young men. Then another danyal was called, who nailed and bound danyal Khameechi and thus managed to control him.
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Musa; Andreas Bürkert; Martin Wiehle; Eva Schlecht; Ellen Hoffmann. (2025). Jinns, Deus, and Fairies. DaKS. https://doi.org/10.48662/daks-137

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