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The Yezidis the History of a Community, Culture and Religion. Cover Image

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The Yezidis the History of a Community, Culture and Religion

Summary: Yezidism is a fascinating part of the rich cultural mosaic of the Middle East. Yezidis emerged for the first time in the 12th century in the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq. Their religion, which has become notorious for its associations with 'devil worship', is in fact an intricate syncretic system of belief, incorporating elements from proto-Indo-European religions, early Persian faiths like Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, Sufism and regional paganism like Mithraism. Birgul Acikyildiz offers a comprehensive appraisal of Yezidi religion, society and culture. Written without presupposing an.

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ISBN: 9780857720610 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0857720619 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (318 p.)
Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2010.

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Formatted Contents Note:

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Meeting the Yezidis; Geographical Location and Distribution; 1. Origins, History and Development; Yezidis in Mesopotamia and Anatolia; Yezidis in Syria; Yezidis in Transcaucasia; 2. Religious Belief System; God, Angels and the Trinity; God (Xwedê); Angels; The Peacock Angel (Tawûsî Melek); Sultan Êzi; Sheikh 'Adi; Yezidi Mythology; The Creation of the Cosmos and the Universe; The Creation of Human Beings; Th e Flood; Holy Books; Religious Hierarchy; 3. Religious Practices, Observances and Rituals.

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