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How did the Jinn have a bad rep in the past but now they are "Genies" who pretty much have a great rep? What happened in between? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 day ago

Aladdin happened. Either it's based on a true story, and the genie was freed and fixed the Jinn's reputation, likely by having Robin Williams play a genie in the Disney version. Or, people realized that the ultra rich were more able to fuck up anyone's life than an "all powerful being" that can't even afford a refrigerator box.

*these theories are not written by a historian, sorry.