Jawnomicon

Iblis

Also called Eblis, Hares, Al Haris, Azazil, Abu Murrah.

Iblis is the figure of Islamic tradition who refused to bow before Adam and was cast out for it, a djinn by nature rather than a fallen angel in most readings, permitted until the appointed day to tempt those who will listen.

At a glance

Tradition
Islamic mythology
Region
Middle East (place of origin)
Kind
Arabian jinn
Trait family
The Song-Binders

Near this figure

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  • Satyr Emotional manipulation

Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Form

  • Made of smokeless fire
    why

    When the newly made Adam is presented and the assembly is commanded to prostrate, Iblis alone declines, and the reason he gives is a comparison of substances: he was made of fire and Adam of clay, and he holds fire to be the better.

Utility powers

  • Emotional manipulation
    why

    The temptation he offers is described as having no power except over those who accept it, and the tradition is careful that he cannot compel; his activity is suggestion, and the responsibility remains with the one who listens.

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.