# The Djinn — Just So Stories character guide

> The Djinn in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Djinn

**First appearance:** 0001-how-the-camel-got-his-hump

## Snapshot

The Djinn in charge of All Deserts, who wields a magic fan to conjure the Humph and teach the lazy Camel his lesson.

## Who they are

He presides over the desert realm where the Camel refuses to work, answering the complaining Ox, Dog, and Horse with a plan of his own. His authority is playful yet absolute: he summons a puff of magic and shapes the Humph to punish idleness, then instructs the Camel to hump without ever ceasing. His inventive justice sets the tale's comic machinery in motion and gives the story its most memorable transformation.

## Relationships

### [The Camel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_camel)

_rivalry_

The Camel is lazy and defiant toward The Djinn, who punishes him by giving him a hump for his insolence.

### [The Camel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/the_camel)

_rivalry_

The Camel is lazy and defiant toward The Djinn, who punishes him by giving him a hump for his insolence.

## In the story

### [How the Camel Got His Hump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/how-the-camel-got-his-hump)

The Djinn in charge of All Deserts who punishes the Camel by giving him a hump.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

Shown making the magic that gave the Camel his hump and guiding the magic with his fan.

## Links

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