ペリはディヴ(دَيۋَ다)(ディーヴァ、دَيۋَ )と呼ばれる下層の悪魔の標的となり、鉄の檻に閉じ込められて迫害された<ref>Olinthus Gilbert Gregory ''Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Band 8'' Oxford University 1819 digitalized 2006 sec. 17</ref>。この迫害は、ディブが認識していたように、パリスが倒錯に対する反乱に加わるだけの自尊心がないために生じたものであった<ref name=":0" />。
== イスラム文化 ==
With the spread of Islam through [[Persia]], the ''pari'' (or ''peri'' in Turkish) was integrated into Islamic folklore. 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>
They are still part of some folklore and accordingly they appear to humans, sometimes punishing hunters in the mountains who are disrespectful or waste resources, or even abducting young humans for their social events. Encounters with paris are held to be physical as well as psychological.<ref>Peter J. Claus, Sarah Diamond, Margaret Ann Mills ''South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka'' Taylor & Francis, 2003 {{ISBN|978-0-415-93919-5}} page 463</ref>
Marriage, although possible, is considered undue in Islamic lore. Because of humans impatience and distrust, relationship between humans and paris will break up. [[Bilqis]] is, according to one narrative, the daughter of such a failed relationship between a pari and a human.<ref>Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall ''Rosenöl. Erstes und zweytes Fläschchen: Sagen und Kunden des Morgenlandes aus arabischen, persischen und türkischen Quellen gesammelt'' BoD – Books on Demand 9783861994862 p. 103 (German)</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>