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Syrian "Winged Genie" (Ginnay?) From the palace of Aramean King Kapara Aleppo, Syria c. 800 BCE Housed in Walters Art Museum Baltimore, MA USA

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genius

genius

late 14c., "tutelary or moral spirit" who guides and governs an individual through life, from latin genius "guardian deity or spirit which watches over each person from birth; spirit, incarnation; wit, talent;" also "prophetic skill; the male spirit of a gens," originally "generative power" (or "inborn nature")

sacrifices were made to one's genius (male) or juno (female) on one's birthday

the sense of "characteristic disposition" of a person is from 1580s. the meaning "person of natural intelligence or talent" and that of "exalted natural mental ability, skill in the synthesis of knowledge derived from perception" are attested by 1640s.

the latin equivalent to the greek daimonion is also called genius

genie

1650s, "tutelary spirit," from french génie (from latin genius); used in french translation of "thousand and one nights" to render arabic jinni, singular of jinn, which it accidentally resembled, and attested in english with this sense from 1748.

gny'

aramaic gny’, vocalized ginnaya (plural ginnayē)

guardian spirits, similar to arabic jinn: both initially described gods, but were degraded to guarding spirits

genius loci

"spirit of a place"

a genius can accompany and protect a person or a place