Read The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World

The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World

Garnik S Asatrian

4.9/5 (16006 ratings)

Description:Based in Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the Yezidi people claim their religion - a unique combination of Christian, Islamic, and historical faiths - to be the oldest in the world. Yezidi identity centres on their religion, Sharfadin, which has evolved into a highly complex pantheon of one God with many incarnations, the chief of whom is Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel.The Yezidi faith can be traced to a range of pre-Islamic belief systems, such as Sufism, some extreme Shi'ite sects, Gnosticism and other traditions surviving from the ancient world. This particular formulation has served to unify Yezidi religious identity and ethnicity.Based on extensive fieldwork, The Religion of the Peacock Angel presents the first detailed examination of the Yezidi pantheon. The idea of one God and his chief incarnations is first analysed, then the various 'deity figures, ' saints, holy patrons and divinized personalities in the Yezidi belief system are considered in the context of related religious traditions. The study determines the place of all these characters in the system of the Yezidi faith, defining their main functions, features, and genealogies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World. To get started finding The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1317544293

Description: Based in Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the Yezidi people claim their religion - a unique combination of Christian, Islamic, and historical faiths - to be the oldest in the world. Yezidi identity centres on their religion, Sharfadin, which has evolved into a highly complex pantheon of one God with many incarnations, the chief of whom is Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel.The Yezidi faith can be traced to a range of pre-Islamic belief systems, such as Sufism, some extreme Shi'ite sects, Gnosticism and other traditions surviving from the ancient world. This particular formulation has served to unify Yezidi religious identity and ethnicity.Based on extensive fieldwork, The Religion of the Peacock Angel presents the first detailed examination of the Yezidi pantheon. The idea of one God and his chief incarnations is first analysed, then the various 'deity figures, ' saints, holy patrons and divinized personalities in the Yezidi belief system are considered in the context of related religious traditions. The study determines the place of all these characters in the system of the Yezidi faith, defining their main functions, features, and genealogies.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World. To get started finding The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World

The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World

More Books

Ethnic composition of Iran: From the “Expanse of the Aryans” to the Myth of Azerbaijan

Ethnic composition of Iran: From the “Expanse of the Aryans” to the Myth of Azerbaijan

کردها و خاستگاه آنها

کردها و خاستگاه آنها

Iran and the Caucasas Volume 9.1

Iran and the Caucasas Volume 9.1

Iran and the Caucasas Volume 8.1

Iran and the Caucasas Volume 8.1

Iran and the Caucasas Volume 8.2

Iran and the Caucasas Volume 8.2

Scytho-Alano-Ossetica: From Scythian Saddle to Ossetic Word (Iran and the Caucasus Monographs, 7)

Scytho-Alano-Ossetica: From Scythian Saddle to Ossetic Word (Iran and the Caucasus Monographs, 7)

Studies on Iran and the Caucasus: In Honour of Garnik Asatrian

Studies on Iran and the Caucasus: In Honour of Garnik Asatrian

A Handbook of the Minorities of Armenia. A Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Survey. In collaboration with Garnik Asatrian, Viktoria Arakelova, Vardan Voskanian, and others

A Handbook of the Minorities of Armenia. A Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Survey. In collaboration with Garnik Asatrian, Viktoria Arakelova, Vardan Voskanian, and others