8 Hidden TV Monsters (And What They Really Look Like)

8. Djinn - The Witcher

Technically, The Witcher unabashedly shows the Djinn in its entirety in the clip it appears in during the TV shows run. With the Netflix series following the titular witcher, Geralt of Rivia - a mutated man that hunts monsters - we encounter a handful of the beasts he's tasked with taking down, and a few that he bumps into on his perilous adventures. One such creature is the Djinn, a magical entity that grants three wishes and takes loosely the form of swirling smoke, able to be bottled and imprisoned if captured correctly.

But what does a Djinn really look like? Well, if we look to the Islamic mythology that brings them to life, they can be perceived as formless, humanoid fire. They're spiritual beings, neither inherently good or bad, and often associated with demons.

Of course, one of the most popular realisations of them comes in Aladdin's Genie, but in real world lore they can take the form of animals, and are commonly associated with serpents, though black dogs also crop up often. They can anthropomorphize into human-like creatures, but retain animal features, making them malleable spirits that you'd soon spot should they be mixed up in human society.

There's realisations of the strange, inhuman form of Djinns in B-Movies from Clash of the Titans to Netflix originals, and whilst The Witcher's form is a different, secretive one - it's not necessarily wrong, just a different interpretation of the mythological beings.

[Ashleigh Millman]