Ghaddar
Also called gharrar.
In Arabian folklore, the Ghaddar are hideous djinn of Yemen and Upper Egypt, counted among the offspring of Iblis, who lure travelers only to torment or abandon them.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Arabian folkloreIslamic mythology
- Kind
- Arabian jinn
- Trait family
- The Water-Beckoners
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Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Behaviour
- Confuses travelers into losing their way
why
The behavior most consistently attributed to the Ghaddar centers on deception rather than direct violence: sources describe the being as enticing a person to approach or follow it, after which it either subjects its victim to torment described as indescribable in its severity, or, in a milder outcome recorded in some accounts, simply terrifies the person before abandoning them, stranded and shaken, in some remote place.
Curses
- Seductive charm
why
The behavior most consistently attributed to the Ghaddar centers on deception rather than direct violence: sources describe the being as enticing a person to approach or follow it, after which it either subjects its victim to torment described as indescribable in its severity, or, in a milder outcome recorded in some accounts, simply terrifies the person before abandoning them, stranded and shaken, in some remote place.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Shadow carries
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ghaddar."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ghaddar."
- Robert Lebling, Legends of the Fire Spirits.
- Trickster carries both readings
3 citations
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Ghaddar."
- Carol Rose, Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins, s.v. "Ghaddar."
- Robert Lebling, Legends of the Fire Spirits.