Author |
Açikyildiz, Birgül
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Title |
The Yezidis : the history of a community, culture and religion / Birgül Açikyildiz |
Imprint |
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010 |
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New York : Distributed in the United States and in Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan |
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Permalink |
http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b3096521~S9
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Table of Contents |
| List of Illustrations | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Meeting the Yezidis | 5 |
| Geographical Location and Distribution | 33 |
1 | Origins, History and Development | 35 |
| Yezidis in Mesopotamia and Anatolia | 37 |
| Yezidis in Syria | 63 |
| Yezidis in Transcaucasia | 66 |
2 | Religious Belief System | 71 |
| God, Angels and the Trinity | 71 |
| God (Xwede) | 71 |
| Angels | 72 |
| The Peacock Angel (Tawusi Melek) | 73 |
| Sultan Ezi | 81 |
| Sheikh Àdi | 82 |
| Yezidi Mythology | 86 |
| The Creation of the Cosmos and the Universe | 86 |
| The Creation of Human Beings | 87 |
| The Flood | 88 |
| Holy Books | 88 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 91 |
3 | Religious Practices, Observances and Rituals | 99 |
| Haircut, Baptism, Circumcision, Brother of the Hereafter, Marriage, Death | 99 |
| Prayer | 103 |
| Fasting | 104 |
| Pilgrimage | 104 |
| Festivals and Ceremonies | 108 |
| Taboos | 112 |
4 | Material Culture | 115 |
| Homeland, Landscape, Sacred Places | 115 |
| Places of Worship | 130 |
| The Sanctuary | 131 |
| Mausoleums | 146 |
| Shrines | 175 |
| The Baptistery | 177 |
| Caves | 180 |
| Tombstones | 182 |
5 | Conclusion | 197 |
| Appendices | 205 |
Appendix I | Yezidi Saints | 205 |
Appendix II | Genealogy of the Umayyads and Sheikh Àdi's Family | 211 |
Appendix III | Genealogy of the Early Shamsani Family | 212 |
Appendix IV | Yezidi Mausoleums in Northern Iraq | 213 |
Appendix V | Typology of Mausoleums in Northern Iraq | 216 |
Appendix VI | Typology of Mausoleums in the Republic of Armenia | 217 |
| Glossary | 219 |
| Notes | 225 |
| Interviews | 249 |
| Bibliography | 251 |
| Index | 269 |
Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
OCLC # |
489374338 |
Phys. Description |
xvi, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
SERIES |
Library of modern religion ; 17 |
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Library of modern religion ; 17
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ISBN |
9781848852747 (hbk.) |
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1848852746 (hbk.) |
Subjects |
Yezidis
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Yezidis -- History
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