Djinn
| 300px | |
| Djinn | |
|---|---|
| Powers and Abilities | Posions victim causing reality altering hallucinations |
| Vulnerabilities | Silver knife dipped in lamb’s blood |
| Appearance | humanoid, tattooed |
| Episode(s) | 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be 6.01 Exile On Main St. |
2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be
Dean and Sam are tracking a djinn. Sam's research says that they live in "ruins, usually –- the bigger, the better. More places to hide."
In a warehouse, dean finds the Djinn. It knocks people out and then they enter a dream-like state. Instead of having wishes granted the person is sent into a fantasy universe, while the djinn feeds on their blood over a long period of time. When Dean is attacked by one, his Wish Verse is based on his desire that his mother never died. In this alternate reality Dean and Sam are not hunters, and have not become close. Dean is rescued when Sam stabs the Djinn with a silver knife dipped in lamb’s blood.
6.01 Exile On Main St.
Djinn are hunting Dean and Sam to take revenge on the Djinn they killed 5 years ago. Now, however they are not "cave-dwelling hermits" but are able to pass as human. They still have prominent tattoos.
When Dean is poisoned by one who is posing as a waitress called Brigitta, he starts to hallucinate his worst fears including the return of Azazel. He is saved by Sam, who has obtained an antidote to the Djinn's poison from Samuel Campbell. After getting Lisa and Ben to safety, Dean and Sma act as bait for the Djinn. When his neighbor Sid and his wife are killed, Dean is also attacked, and again is poisoned. Sam and his grandfather defeat them.
Djinn in lore
More commonly known as a genie, djinn are a race of supernatural creatures dating back to Arabian mythology.
In Islam, according to the Qu'ran the Djinn were created by Allah from a smokeless fire.
The focus in Western culture has been on the djinn or genie's ability to grant wishes, which orginated in the tales from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
