Folklore in Arabic Literature

MUSLIMS have a high sense of the dignity of literature so they exclude anything in the nature of folklore except from the bestiaries. Then, belief in djinn is an article of faith so tales about them are part of religion. At the present day the people of Tunis believe that djinn live in the sea. No Muslim, who prides himself on his orthodoxy, can accept this for djinn are made of fire and it is obvious that djinn cannot live in water. As a curiosity it may be noted that there is no word for ghost ; the nearest equivalent I have found is the phrase a likeness was shown to him

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