The Genie is the tritagonist of Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin. He is a larger-than-life jinn residing in a magic oil lamp originating from the Cave of Wonders.
Additionally, in this version, the Genie states clearly that his power comes from the lamp as well as himself, with the result that he becomes human when freed from the lamp.
That new life does see him travel the world still, but with an added twist. Now that he is just a regular human, Genie asks Jasmine's handmaid Dalia (Nasim Pedrad) to be his wife, following half a movie's worth of flirting.
Genie's lamp (alternatively referred to as the Magic Lamp or Aladdin's lamp) is a magical oil lamp featured in Aladdin, whose owner has the ability to summon and temporarily control a wish-granting Genie with cosmic power. As it contains an all-powerful servant, the lamp has been coveted by many for thousands of years.
Phenomenal cosmic power! All Genies were once members of the Gods who were cursed and sealed away by the Friends, doomed to serve whoever rubbed their lamp.
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Why are genies blue?
According to Richard Prum, an ornithologist from the Yale University, how we perceive the colour blue is all about how light works. In his perspective, the genie, is in a gaseous state. So, the molecules in his body scatter light like the molecules in the sky do, thus making him appear blue!
Ajed Al-Gebraic is Genie's old master, who is very greedy. He used up all his three wishes and sold Genie to a Sorcerer for eternal life, but not eternal youth.
Background. Being a Genie, he was created from the smokeless fire, along with the Angels by God at the beginning of time. Genie was originally a slave imprisoned within his lamp, which, itself, was sealed away in the Cave of Wonders for 10,000 years.
Genies or djinns are supernatural creatures from pre-Islamic and Islamic mythology. They are associated with shapeshifting, possession and madness. In later Western popular representation, they became associated with wish-granting and often live in magic lamps or bottles.
After a second attempt by Jafar on his life, Aladdin (with the help of the Genie and his second wish) survives and then exposes Jafar's plot against the Sultan; however, Jafar learns that Aladdin possesses the lamp before making his escape. Iago steals the lamp from Aladdin and Jafar becomes the Genie's new master.
Linguist Susan Curtiss had found that while Genie could use words, she could not produce grammar. She could not arrange these words in a meaningful way, supporting the idea of a critical period in language development.
Mena Massoud played a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the 1992 film. When Aladdin is initially introduced, he is an 18-year-old man.
At the end, Aladdin frees Genie using his only real wish. But while Aladdin doesn't actually get his other two wishes, things between him and Jasmine still work out. That means, like most Disney movies, Aladdin concludes with a happy ending, even if the theory was accurate and the protagonist got swindled.
Since this is a Disney movie, Genie and Dalia, of course, do end up together—but not before Dalia sees Genie in his true, blue form after the lamp is taken by the evil Jafar, who wields his new power in front of everyone in the sultan's court.
Aladdin keeps his promise and uses his last wish to free the Genie, allowing him to live as a human. The Sultan crowns Jasmine the new sultana-regnant, no longer bound to marry a prince, and she and Aladdin marry.
Like the late Robin Williams-animated incarnation before him, Will Smith promised that his genie in the Guy Ritchie live-action remake of Disney's Aladdin would be blue. And, as revealed to the world in the movie's latest trailer, Smith's version of the fast-talking genie with a heart of gold is undeniably blue.
Life, the LIGHT of divinity, wisdom, intellect, and good works are all manifestations of the symbolic nature of the lamp. Lamps can also be a gateway to another plane, as in the story of Aladdin and the genie. Brings protection against dark demons, and can be the illumination of the spirit.
Because each wish represents the three states of life; past, present, and future. The first wish is to change the present circumstance, otherwise known as the “Get me out of here!” wish.
For those who haven't watched the 1992 film in a long while, here's a bit of a refresher: When Aladdin finds Genie in the lamp, he explains that he's been in there for 10,000 years and has never been freed by any master.
Because the point of tricking Jafar into wishing to become a genie was to imprison him. Aladdin didn't want wishes from him. He wanted him trapped in a lamp. Genie said Aladdin isn't allowed to wish for more wishes, he only gets three and nothing else.
Jafar also displays narcissistic tendencies, his most obvious ones being his obsessive desire for power and sense of entitlement. It is not until Jafar gains control of the Genie's lamp that he fully shows his true colors, becoming prideful and ill-tempered with his subjects after usurping power from the Sultan.
Genie. Genie (voiced by Robin Williams in the first and third film, Dan Castellaneta in the second film, TV series, and Kingdom Hearts, Jim Meskimen in later projects, portrayed by Will Smith in the live-action film) is a jinn and is never given a proper name.
Her mother, Irene Wiley, diagnosed with cataracts and nearly blind, was allowed very limited interactions with Genie. Her elder brother, who was terrified of their father, became Genie's caretaker, feeding her only baby food, cereal, and milk, which he did without talking to her, per their father's instructions.
They are originally found in ancient myths and legends of the Middle East, especially Arabia. In Islam, it is forbidden to pray to them, and Islam thinks they have no true power, because they are, like humans, only created beings.
