== イスラム文化 ==
With the spread of Islam through [[Persia]], the ''pari'' (or ''peri'' in Turkish) was integrated into Islamic folklore. ペルシャにイスラム教が伝わると、パリ(トルコ語でペリ)はイスラムの民俗学に組み込まれた。 Early Persian translations of the Quran, identified the good [[jinn]] as peris, and the evil ones with [[Dev (mythology)|div]]s.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O84eYLVHvB0C&q=Piris |title = Dictionary of Islam|isbn = 9788120606722|last1 = Hughes|first1 = Patrick|last2 = Hughes|first2 = Thomas Patrick|year = 1995}}</ref> The belief in Pari still persist among Muslims in India as a type of spiritual creature besides the jinn, [[Shaitan|shayatin]] and [[Ifrit|the ghosts of the wicked]].<ref>Frederick M. Smith ''The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization'' Columbia University Press 2012 {{ISBN|978-0-231-51065-3}} page 570</ref> [[Turkic peoples|Turkish Muslims]] often accept the existence of paris among other creatures, such as jinn, ifrit (''ghosts'' or ''demons of hell''), nakir, div (''ogres'' or ''fiends'') and shayatin (''demons'' or ''devils'').<ref>Yves Bonnefoy ''Asian Mythologies'' University of Chicago Press 1993 {{ISBN|978-0-226-06456-7}} p. 322</ref>
According to the Persian [[tafsir|exegesis of the Qurʼan]] ''[[Tafsir al-Tabari]]'', the paris are beautiful female spirits created by [[God in Islam|God]] after the vicious divs. They mostly believe in God and are benevolent to mankind.<ref>Cosimo, Inc ''Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes: Volume XIII, Band 13'' 2008 {{ISBN|978-1-605-20603-5}} page 256</ref>
Although peris are usually regarded as benevolent creatures, in contrast to the divs, among the ''people of the air'', they are credited with being morally ambivalent creatures, who may or may not be muslims or infidels.<ref>Shamanism and Islam: Sufism, Healing Rituals and Spirits in the Muslim World. (2017). Vereinigtes Königreich: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 148</ref>
== ペリが登場する民話 ==