Marid

Marid (Arabic: مارد‎ mārid) is an Arabic word meaning rebellious, which is sometimes applied to supernatural beings.

In Arabic sources

The word mārid is an active participle of the root m-r-d (مرد), whose primary meaning is recalcitrant, rebellious. Lisān al-`arab, the encyclopedic dictionary of classical Arabic compiled by Ibn Manzur, reports only forms of this general meaning. It is found as an attribute of evil spirits in the Qur'an (aṣ-Ṣāffāt, 37:7), which speaks of a "safeguard against every rebellious devil" (شَيْطَانٍ مَارِدٍ, shaitān mārid). The Wehr-Cowan dictionary of modern written Arabic also gives secondary meanings of demon and giant. Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon cites a source where it "is said to be applied to an evil jinnee of the most powerful class," but this distinction is by no means universal. For example, in standard Arabic editions of One Thousand and One Nights one finds the words marid and ifrit used interchangeably (see, e.g., The Story of the Fisherman in the MacNaghten edition.)

Marid (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the marid is a type of genie.

Publication history

The marid first appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Dragon #66 (October 1982). The marid then appeared in the adventure module The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982), and was reprinted in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).

The marid appeared in second edition under the "genie" heading in Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), and in the Monstrous Manual (1993). The noble marid and the Great Padisha of the Marids appeared for the Al-Qadim setting in the Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix (1992). The marid appeared under the genie of Zakhara heading in the Land of Fate boxed set (1992).

The marid appeared in the third edition Manual of the Planes (2001).

Description

A marid is a genie from the Elemental Plane of Water.

References

MARID

MARID was an IETF working group in the applications area tasked to propose standards for E-mail authentication in 2004. The name is an acronym of MTA Authorization Records In DNS.

Background

Lightweight MTA Authentication Protocol (LMAP) was a generic name for a set of 'designated sender' proposals that were discussed in the ASRG in the Fall of 2003, including:

These schemes attempt to list the valid IP addresses that can send mail for a domain. The lightweight in LMAP essentially stands for no crypto as opposed to DomainKeys.

In March 2004, the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF held a BoF on these proposals and as the result of that meeting, chartered the MARID working group.

Microsoft's Caller-ID proposal was a late and highly controversial addition to this mix, with the following features: