Iblis (English spelling)

Japanese: Iblīs(英語表記)Iblis
Iblis (English spelling)

...The only one who could not resist the jinn was Solomon, and so his name is sometimes used to ward off evil. The jinn are spirits who share the same living space as humans, who love to play pranks, and who sometimes even bring death to humans. The general public views the jinn as being particularly fearful, as they believe that their leader is Iblis (one of the Satans). A person possessed by the jinn is called majnūn, and the term later came to be used exclusively to mean a madman, but the characteristics of the jinn vary depending on the type of jinn possessed.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Iblis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただソロモンにだけは対抗できなかったとされ,そのためジンの害悪からの厄よけにソロモンの名を用いることがある。人間と居住空間を同じくし,いたずら好きで,時には人間を死にすら至らせる霊鬼であり,とくにその頭領がイブリースIblīs(サタンのひとり)だとして恐れるのが一般人のジン観である。ジンに取り憑かれた人をマジュヌーンmajnūnといい,その語は後にもっぱら〈狂人〉の意味で用いられるようになったが,取り憑かれたジンの種類によってその特徴は異なる。…

※「Iblīs」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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