Peri

Peri, according to the mythical lore of the East, a being begotten by fallen spirits, which spends its life in all imaginable delights, is immortal, but is for ever excluded from the joys of Paradise. It takes an intermediate place between angels and demons, and is either male or female. So far from there being only female Peris, as is supposed by some, and these the wives of the Devs, the Peris live, on the contrary, in constant warfare with these Devs. Otherwise, they are of the most innocuous character to mankind, and, just like the fairies with whom our own popular mythology has made us familiar, are when female of surpassing beauty. They belong to the great family of geni, or Jinn (see DEMONOLOGY).