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The Cult of the Peacock Angel


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Éditeur : Witherby Date & Lieu : 1928, London
Préface : Pages : 236
Traduction : ISBN :
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 140x220 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Ang. Gen. 2479Thème : Religion

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The Cult of the Peacock Angel

The Cult of the Peacock Angel
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE YEZÎDÎ TRIBES OF KURDISTÂN

THE few pages contained in this volume are the outcome of curiosity aroused in myself as to the ancient faith of the little known Yezîdi tribes, based on a visit to their strongholds and amplified by a little research amongst the existing literature on the subject. A certain amount of local gossip has been included and a few deductions drawn from the little information available as to the origin of these remarkable people and their rites, their lives being so far removed from the march of civilization. From a study of the Yezîdî it will be appreciated that the followers themselves of Melak Tâ'ûs, the Peacock Angel, are unable (perhaps unwilling) to throw much light on their ancient history, and that it has been left to Christians and Muhammadans to crystallize certain nebulous theories in connection therewith.

It must, therefore, suffice for us to know that the religion has survived the vicissitudes of at least a thousand years ; and, although the numbers of the Yezîdîs have lately been much reduced, their faith in the worship of the Devil remains serenely unchanged by the conflict of the claims of three of the great world religions which surround them....


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CONTENTS

PREFACE / 7

PART-I
I. DEVIL WORSHIP / 21
II. THE ORIGIN OF THE YEZÎDÎ TRIBES / 27
III. SOME TRIBAL CUSTOMS AND HABITS / 49
IV. TRIBES AND THEIR STRONGHOLDS / 66
V. HISTORY OF THEIR FAITH / 70
VI. RELIGION, BELIEFS AND SUPERSTITIONS / 77
VII. SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS / 89
VIII. SHEIKH 'ADÎ, THE SAINT / 103
IX. SHEIKH 'AD/, THE SHRINE / 112
X. MELAK TÂ'ÛS / 134
XI. THE HOLY BOOKS / 145
XII. CONCLUSION. . 155

PART-II
A COMMENTARY BY SIR RICHARD TEMPLE ON MR.
EMPSON'S RESEARCHES / 161

BIBLIOGRAPHY / 223
INDEX / 225
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SHEIKHÂN YEZÎDÎS / 72
THE QÂIM-MAQÂM OF ALKOS (LEFT) / 116
THE MIR'S KASR FROM BA' IDHRÂ VILLAGE / 120
THE TEMPLE AT SHEIKH ADÎ / 124
THE KHANS AT SHEIKH ADÎ / 132




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