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Wolfpac · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject:

Now if we are going to be picky, then shouldn't the Genie lose ALL of his powers when he was wished free? And shouldn't he turn back into a Human?

But the way I see it is that as a Slave of a Lamp, he can grant people power or anything they want. No illusion. But once he is free he can only do stupid things. He's more like a Wizard than a Genie
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Calluna · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject:

He's still immortal. And how do you know he started off as a human?

Wolfpac · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:

Well what else would he be before he was a Genie? A Camel?
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Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me either.
Just go away, and leave me alone altogether".
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Calluna · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject:

Maybe he was born a genie?

Wolfpac · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject:

So does that mean that there use to be a magical land of Genies?

It's not that I'm an expert or anything but a lot of other shows has the Genie as a Human and then became trapped in the Lamp. There was an episode of 'Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers' where if the Genie was released then the person (Or in this case chipmunk) who released him would be the new Genie. The original Genie was Human and went back to human form.
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"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me either.
Just go away, and leave me alone altogether".
- Guru Bob

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject:

--I think on I Dream of Jeannie she said she was turned into one when she was a little girl.

Calluna · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:50 am Post subject:

Well, in mythology, again, genies were born or created that way. I never heard of anyone being turned into a genie in anything other than Disney or I Dream of Jeannie. Confused

In the episode "Power to the Parrot" Genie gives all his power to Iago, but he is still blue but he has to stay in the same shape. So, definitely not human when he lost all his power.

Nez · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:16 am Post subject:

Yep, there's an creation story in Islam that explains that genies, or djinn if we're going on historical accuracy Laughing

, were made of fire, angels light and human mud.

When you think about it, with the unpredictablity of Genie and his ilk, it makes sense.
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Syera · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:33 am Post subject:

Wierd... the word "genie" is supposed to hail from the Latin word "genius," meaning "guardian spirit." The word "djinni" traces back to the Arabic word "janna," meaning "to cover." Yet they're both pronounced pretty much the same. I wonder if the Romans picked up "djinni" and decided it was pretty close to "genius?"

I remember reading somewhere that some stories had it that someone could become a genie as punishment after living a life of depravity.

Psst - funniest story (that I've read so far) in the Thousand and One Nights that involves genies - Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan. Two of them. Who get into an argument over which human they'd just seen was the better-looking.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:29 am Post subject:

Calluna · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject:

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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:05 pm Post subject:

It's in some book that is basically bible of the genies Laughing

The name escapes me at the moment