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The Yezidi Pantheon

The Yezidi Pantheon  Brill, Leiden, 2004 Iran and the Caucasus, 8.2 THE YEZIDI PANTHEON GARNIK ASATRIAN Yerevan State University VICTORIA ARAKELOVA Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan General Besides the Holy Triad, 1 constituting the so-called dogmatic base of the Yezidi religion and standing distinctly out in the cult and in the be- liefs, the pantheon of the Yezidis includes a multiplicity of deities and spirit guardians, which are not too easy to determine, by many reasons other than scarcity or sparseness of the available material. Identifying the denotata of the Yezidi nomenclature of divine beings is obstructed by the multiplicity and heterogeneity of the revered historical person- alities—Sheikh ‘Adi’s kinsmen and ambience, locally significant saints, having restricted spheres of influence, the Sufi saints (Mansur al-Hal- laj, Rabi‘a ‘Adawwiya), Biblical and Qur’anic characters (Ibrahim, Musa, ‘Isa, ‘Ali, etc.), as well as simply sheikhs and pirs possessing a cer- tain halo of saintliness. At the same time, many mythical and semi- mythical figures, saints, often even historical characters, having re- tained their cults in various Near Eastern religious traditions, e. g. in Islam and, in particular, in its so-called heretical environment, gained popularity with the Yezidis who worship them along with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Iran and the Caucasus Brill

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Brill
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1609-8498
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1573-384X
DOI
10.1163/1573384043076063
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Abstract

 Brill, Leiden, 2004 Iran and the Caucasus, 8.2 THE YEZIDI PANTHEON GARNIK ASATRIAN Yerevan State University VICTORIA ARAKELOVA Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan General Besides the Holy Triad, 1 constituting the so-called dogmatic base of the Yezidi religion and standing distinctly out in the cult and in the be- liefs, the pantheon of the Yezidis includes a multiplicity of deities and spirit guardians, which are not too easy to determine, by many reasons other than scarcity or sparseness of the available material. Identifying the denotata of the Yezidi nomenclature of divine beings is obstructed by the multiplicity and heterogeneity of the revered historical person- alities—Sheikh ‘Adi’s kinsmen and ambience, locally significant saints, having restricted spheres of influence, the Sufi saints (Mansur al-Hal- laj, Rabi‘a ‘Adawwiya), Biblical and Qur’anic characters (Ibrahim, Musa, ‘Isa, ‘Ali, etc.), as well as simply sheikhs and pirs possessing a cer- tain halo of saintliness. At the same time, many mythical and semi- mythical figures, saints, often even historical characters, having re- tained their cults in various Near Eastern religious traditions, e. g. in Islam and, in particular, in its so-called heretical environment, gained popularity with the Yezidis who worship them along with

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Iran and the CaucasusBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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