BY TRADITION

Islamic folklore

1 record of Islamic folklore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

QareenPossession · Southwest Asia · North Africa · ArabiaA qareen (qarīn) is, in Islamic tradition, the constant companion assigned to a human—often a jinn who whispers toward evil, though some authorities also name an angelic counterpart. Folklore sometimes makes it a jealous double. Distinct from the wider class archived as Jinn.