The supplied materials do not provide a detailed mythic birth or origin narrative for Qarinah. Comparative and syncretic sources present qarīn/qarīnah (Aqran) as a class of personal or attendant spirits — described conceptually as a 'demonic double' — that attach to or accompany humans. One fragmentary source frames protective talismans as copies of an agreement between a 'queen of the Aqran' and the biblical King David, indicating local narratives that imagine negotiated relations between named spirit-figures and authoritative scriptural personages, but no full origin myth is recorded in the provided excerpts.
No specific or consistent physical description of Qarinah/Qareena is attested in the supplied sources. The available excerpts do not record bodily form, attire, or visible morphology for this figure; European succubus imagery appears in the material only as a comparative reference and is not documented evidence for appearance in the Egyptian/Coptic context.
In the provided materials Qarinah (as part of the qarīn/qarīnah/Aqran complex) is described conceptually as a nocturnal spirit-attendant or 'demonic double' that harms or afflicts sleepers and can weaken a person over ongoing interaction. Sources imply concerns about vulnerability in sleep and around pregnancy and indicate that these spirits are managed in local practice through written talismans or agreements. Comparative material (European succubus) is cited in the sources to illustrate a broadly similar pattern of nocturnal female spirits causing deterioration through repeated encounters, but that European material is not presented as a direct ethnographic account of the Qarinah.
Weaknesses
- otherNegated or bound by written talismanic agreements (magick square modeled on an agreement between the queen of the Aqran and King David) — attested in blog source
Wards
- ritualMagick square / written charm to protect an expectant mother (a talismanic text modeled on an agreement between the queen of the Aqran and King David)
Aani
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Aati
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Ababil
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Abaddon
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Abadir
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Abadiu of Antinoe
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Abagtha
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Abanoub
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Abaset
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Abaskhiron the Soldier
A Coptic Orthodox martyr venerated for refusing imperial idolatry during the Diocletian persecution; reputedly healed by the Archangel Michael, preserved in monastery relics, and commemorated on 14 June (7 Paoni).
Abdel Messih El-Makari
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Abdul Qadir Gilani
A historical 11th–12th century Hanbali jurist, preacher, and Sufi shaykh who became the eponym and principal early figure of the Qadiriyya tariqa; venerated in Sunni Sufi traditions as an Awliya (saint) and often given exalted hagiographical ranks such as Muḥi al‑Dīn and Ghawth.
Community Record
- [1]The Demonic double in Egypt, past & present. (A Magick Square to protect an Expectant Mother) | Astro Egypt. Astro Egypt blog post: 'The Demonic double in Egypt, past & present. (A Magick Square to protect an Expectant Mother)' — notes a confluence of Islamic, Coptic, Biblical & Pharaonic traditions and describes a charm as a copy of an agreement between the queen of the Aqran & King David.folk
- [2]Succubus — Wikipedia. Wikipedia article on 'succubus' supplied as comparative material describing a European tradition of a nocturnal female demon who appears in dreams and whose repeated interactions can deteriorate a victim's health.wiki
- [3]Mandrake, Oxford | Astro Egypt (author page). Author page for Astro Egypt content cited in the supplied materials.other