Folks,

I don't think Jeannie was a djinni at all! Djinnis were devils,
frequently ugly, controlled by Solomon's rings. See the ENCYCLOPAEDIA
OF WITCHCRAFT, etc. I think Jeannie was a peri--a beautiful magical
female, descended from fallen angels, who must atone for their
ancestors by leading mortals to the land of the Blessed.

Making love to his wife, Jeannie, must certainly have made Tony
Nelson feel as if he had ascended to heaven. She was a peri, not a
djinni.

Does anyone have more information on the mythical peris? I'd very
much like more information about them. The last story in ARABIAN
NIGHTS is about a peri who falls in love with a mortal who visits
her, marries him, makes him happy, and protects him from evil. Her
brother sounds more like the traditional djinni--an ugly powerful
magic male who rips the heroes enemies apart with his bare hands.

Tom Smith