"Dorkness to Nightmare: Genie & Djinn"On this second of our mini-series of mini-sodes, Em & Alan talk about genies, djinn, and other ways to spell to that. They talk about what these occasionally monstrous beings have to teach us, other than "don't mess with them."
Topics discussed include linguistic branching, The Monkey's Paw, John Constantine, the X-Files, and (of course) Aladdin.
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Link: The origin of the Genie in the Lamp, at Giant Glacier
Link: The Podcastle version of the short story "The Dybbuk in the Bottle."
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That was great stuff, I didn’t know half of the history of the djinn. I did, though, miss you relating everything back to comics, as in the previous episode. No Yellow Peri? No Johnny Thunder? No Mr Genie?
ReplyDeleteOK, Johnny Thunder was a major oversight, yes. The nice thing about mini-sodes is that there is no promise that we can be comprehensive!!!
DeleteI think Mr. Mxyzptlk could also be at least related to the djinn, in his role as a trickster with magical powers.
DeleteBy the way, I LOVED the "Earth, Wind, and Fire" music.
Good point on Mixy. Where do IMPS fit in? Hmmmmm .....
DeleteMrs. Quarter-Bin thanks you for the EW&F comment. She was glad to participate.
What are your thoughts on the djinn in the Ms. Marvel mini-series? They seem to fit parallel sentient race AND could be fire based. I enjoyed some of the reimagining while keeping true to Islamic tradition elements.
ReplyDeleteApologies if you have already done an episode on this that I haven't gotten to yet.