#yazidism

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Tawûsî Melek - تاوسی مەلەک

Also known as Melek Taûs, a central being in Yazidism, a religion born out of pre-Islamic Iran. In this belief God creates seven angels from itself which now govern the world, with Tawûsî Melek being the leader and most important of these angels. Tawûsî Melek is the ruler of the world and himself has emanations, considered a divine triad, those being Sheik Adi ibn Musafir and Sultan Ezid. From the seven colors of the rainbow was born the divine peacock, the most beautiful bird in the world, which blessed everything it flew over until landing in Lalish, now its holy place. As a result peacocks have become sacred to Yazidis and they do not harm or eat them, its imagery adorns their shrines and holy places, and the New Year is represented as the time that the peacock descends and reinvigorates the world. A similar or identical figure exists in Yarsanism, a related religion, named Malak Tawus. Some Muslims and others of Abrahamic religions have considered this angel to be identical to Satan, an evil spirit, though Yazidis do not agree with this sentiment.

Pantheon: Yazidism, Yarsanism

Domain or Function: Supreme angel who rules over all other angels and the well-being of the world, sacred personification of the peacock.

Alternate Names: Melek Taûs, Malak Tawus (Yarsanism).

Character Traits: Said to represent all things good and bad in life, protects humanity and blesses the world.

Visual Traits: Said to be a seven-colored peacock representing the colors of the rainbow.

Symbolism: Peacock, rainbows.

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Yezidi child in the Temple City of Lalish, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq🇮🇶

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April 2024: Dohuk, Iraq Iraqi Yazidis light candles outside the Temple of Lalish in a valley near the Kurdish city during a ceremony marking the Yazidi new year Photograph: Safin Hamid/AFP/Getty Images

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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

[eirikrjs]

Is there any religion/cult that has never been represented in the saga?

There's a lot of religions and localized belief systems out there, so of course!

What first come to mind for me are the Yazidis and Melek Taus, but also that it might be in poor taste due to their historic and recent persecution.

[whencyclopedia]

YAZIDISM

YAZIDISM is a syncretic, monotheistic religion practiced by the Yazidis, an ethnoreligious group which resides primarily in northern Iraq, northern Syria, and southeastern Turkey. Yazidism is considered by its adherents to be the oldest religion in the world and the first truly monotheistic faith. The Yazidi calendar states that the religion, as well as the universe, is almost 7,000 years old, which is 5,000 years older than the Gregorian Calendar and 1,000 years older than the Jewish calendar. Yazidism has had a rich history of syncretic development. For thousands of years, Yazidism incorporated elements of Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam, all of which coalesced from 1162 CE to the 15th century CE. Ultimately, this process created Yazidi culture and ethnic identity. However, to understand Yazidism, its history must first be explained.

Almost nothing is recorded about the history of the first Yazidis. The etymology of the word 'Yazidi' is uncertain. Scholars debate whether or not it comes from the Middle Persian and Kurdish Yazad, which means 'God.' Other scholars believe that the Yazidis originated in the Zoroastrian city of Yazd in Iran. Another theory is that the Yazidis are descended from the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu’awiya, who reigned from 680 to 683 CE and killed the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein ibn ‘Ali. After the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 CE, descendants of the royal family and other Umayyad sympathizers fled into the Kurdish mountains from the rival Abbasid Caliphate. There, they were welcomed by the Kurds, who remained loyal to them. The theory concludes that the Umayyad refugees intermarried with the Yazidis, passing along their admiration for Yazid ibn Mua’wiyah, their ancestor and former ruler.

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Turkish Backed Free Syrian Army ransack and destroy a a Yazidi Temple, tomb and cemetary in occupied Afrin

Yazidis are a crucial ethnic minority in Mesopotamia, that while ethnically similar to the kurds, practice an esoteric religion linked to pre-islamic mesopotamian faiths in the region as well as Zoroastrianism and Sufi islamic faith.

At the height of Islamic State power, they became world renown for the vicious genocide they suffered in Iraq and north eastern Syria under the Islamic State, that killed the men and sold the women into sex slavery.

The United States and NATO countries like Turkey declared their intent to involve themselves in the war to defeat ISIS in order to protect minority groups like the Yazidis

In Afrin, The Free Syrian army adheres to the same sunni radical faith that the Islamic State derived it’s own from, so the Yazidis too are considered satan worshipping apostates deserving of persecution and destruction by elements of the FSA.

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April 2023: According to Yazidi beliefs, God finished creating the universe on the first Wednesday of April, so "Red Wednesday" was described as the day of creation.

It is called Red Wednesday because, on this day, the Lord pumped blood into the body of Adam, so his flesh became fully formed, blood flowed through his body and life was resurrected on planet Earth. [Ismael Adnan/Al Jazeera]