Editing Ifrit (section)

==In fiction==
Afarit appear already in early poems, such as those of [[Al-Maʿarri]] (973–1057), who describes his protagonist visiting a [[paradise]] with "narrow straits" and "dark valleys" for afarit, between heaven and hell.<ref>''Islam, Arabs, and Intelligent World of the Jinn'' Amira El-Zein 2009 {{ISBN|978-0-815-65070-6}} page 20</ref> In later works, the afarit are mentioned among the narratives collected in ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''. In one tale called "The Porter and the Young Girls", a prince is attacked by pirates and takes refuge with a woodcutter. The prince finds an underground chamber in the forest leading to a beautiful woman who has been kidnapped by an ifrit. The prince sleeps with the woman and both are attacked by the jealous ifrit, who changes the prince into an ape. Later a princess restores the prince and fights a [[pitched battle]] with the ifrit, who changes shape into various animals, fruit, and fire until being reduced to cinders.<ref name="Duggan-2016">{{cite book | first1=Anne E. |last1=Duggan | first2=Donald |last2=Haase | last3=Callow | first3=Helen J. | title=Folktales and Fairy Tales: Traditions and Texts from around the World |edition=2nd | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA | publication-place=Santa Barbara, California | date=2016-02-12 | isbn=978-1-61069-254-0 |volume=2 | page= 402}}</ref><ref name="Chelhod-2005"/> In "[[The Fisherman and the Jinni]]" an ifrit, locked in a jar by the [[Seal of Solomon]], is released but later tricked by the fisherman again into the jar. Under the condition that the ifrit aids him to achieve riches, he releases the ifrit again.<ref name="Weinstock-2016">{{cite book | last=Weinstock | first=Jeffrey Andrew | title=The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters | publisher=Routledge | date=2016-04-01 | isbn=978-1-317-04425-3 | pages=166–169}}</ref> The latter ifrit, however, might be substituted by a [[marid]], another type of powerful demon<ref name="Duggan-2016"/><ref name="Chelhod-2005"/> easily tricked by the protagonist.<ref>{{cite news|author = Leon Hale|title = Arabic mythology is worth revisiting|newspaper = [[Houston Chronicle]]|date = January 13, 2002}}</ref> The latter portrayal of an ifrit, as a wish-granting spirit released from a jar, became characteristic of Western depictions of jinn.<ref name="Weinstock-2016"/>

Afarit feature frequently in [[film]] and [[video games]]. In the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' video game series, an ifrit appears as a summonable spirit and an enemy. Like its mythological counterpart, it is a spirit of fire and can use an iconic spell called ''Hellfire''.<ref>Ruth Ayaß, Cornelia Gerhardt ''The Appropriation of Media in Everyday Life'' John Benjamins Publishing 2012 {{ISBN|9789027273376}} p. 205</ref> In the fifth season of ''[[True Blood]]'' (2012), an ifrit seeks vengeance for murder of Iraqi civilians by U.S soldiers.<ref>Hudson, Dale. "'Of course there are Werewolves and Vampires': 'True Blood' and the Right to Rights for other Species." American Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 3, 2013, pp. 661–687., www.jstor.org/stable/43822924.</ref> In both the novel ''[[American Gods]]'' (2001) and the [[American Gods (TV series)|television adaptation]] by [[Neil Gaiman]] an ifrit disguised as a taxi-driver appears, trying to get used to his new role, seeking intimacy in a lonely world.<ref>Tara Prescott ''Neil Gaiman in the 21st Century: Essays on the Novels, Children's Stories, Online Writings, Comics and Other Works'' McFarland, 11.02.2015 {{ISBN|9780786494774}} p. 25.</ref>