Editing Demonology (section)

====Islam====
[[File:Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings Wellcome L0035191.jpg|thumb|Jinns gather to do battle with the hero [[Faramarz]]. Illustration in an [[illuminated manuscript]] of the Iranian [[Epic poetry|epic]] ''[[Shahnameh]]'']]
Many demonic or demon-like entities are not purely spiritual, but physical in nature and related to animals. [[Julius Wellhausen]] states, that Islamic ''demonology'' is always [[zoology]] as well.<ref>Tobias Nünlist ''Dämonenglaube im Islam'' Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015 {{ISBN|978-3-110-33168-4}} page 114 (German)</ref> One prominent classification is given by [[al-Jahiz]],<ref>Tobias Nünlist ''Dämonenglaube im Islam'' Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015 {{ISBN|978-3-110-33168-4}} page 63 (German)</ref> who classifies [[jinn]] as:<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Fahd |first1=T. |last2=Rippin |first2=A.|orig-date=1960-2007 (print ed.) |year=2012 |title=S̲h̲ayṭān |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam |edition=2nd / online |editor1-first=P. |editor1-last=Bearman |editor2-first=Th. |editor2-last=Bianquis |editor3-first=C.E. |editor3-last=Bosworth |editor4-first=E. |editor4-last=van Donzel |editor5-first=W.P. |editor5-last=Heinrichs |ISBN=9789004161214|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1054 |access-date=6 October 2019  }}</ref>
* ''[[wikt:Amir#English|Amir]]'', jinn who live among humans.
*[[Angels]], benevolent and good jinn''.''
* [[demons|Devils]], malicious and evil jinn.
* ''[[Marid]]'', strong jinn who steal information from Heaven.
*''[[Ifrit]]'', the most powerful jinn.

[[Zakariya al-Qazwini]]'s ''[[Aja'ib al-Makhluqat]]'' mentions seven types of animals. The ''jinn'' are classified as an animal composed of fire and can appear in many forms. Among them, the angels are created from the light of fire, the jinn from a blaze of fire, and the devils from the smoke of fire. Satan is counted among these animals. They inhabited the earth before mankind.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nasr |first=Seyyed Hossein |title=Islamic Life and Thought |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |page=135 }}</ref>

The German [[Orientalist scholars of Islam|orientalist]] [[Almut Wieland-Karimi]] classified the Jinn in the ten most common categories mentioned in folklore literature:<ref>{{cite book |first=Tobias |last=Nünlist |title=Dämonenglaube im Islam |lang=de |trans-title=Demonology in Islam |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |year=2015 |ISBN=978-3-110-33168-4 |page=67 }}</ref>

* [[Jinn]] or [[Jann (legendary creature)|Jann]]: ordinary jinn, a class apart from other jinn types, but also used as a collective to refer to invisible beings in general
* [[Shaitan]]: Malevolent jinni, who causes illness and madness
* [[Ifrit]]: delimitation to ordinary jinn remains unclear. Can be either a powerful cunning Jinn or a strong Shaitan. Ifrits are generally bad.
* [[Marid]]: a haughty and powerful Shaitan or very malevolent Ifrit.
* [[bogeyman|Bu'bu]]: a jinn that frightens children.
* [[Sila (mythology)|Si'lah]]: a female demon who seduces men.
* [[wikt:Amir#English|Amir]]: spirits dwelling in houses.
* [[Ghul]]: generally evil, lives in the desert.
* [[Qarînah]]: name for a specific demon or [[doppelgänger]], a type of spirit that follows every human.
* [[Hatif]]: a mysterious phenomenon, which can only be heard but never seen.