Ifrits
Ifrits
Hideous specters, probably of Arabian origin, now genies of Persian and Indian mythology. They assume diverse forms and inhabit ruins, woods, and wild, desolate places for the purpose of preying upon human beings and animals. They are sometimes associated with the jinns or divs of Persia.
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