Angel Peacock
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Angel Peacock is an English rendering of the name Melek Taus, the central peacock-angel figure revered in the Yazidi religious tradition.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angelic being
ⓘ
deity ⓘ religious figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yazidi cosmology
ⓘ
creation of the world ⓘ monotheism ⓘ |
| centralFigureOf | Yazidism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredByYazidisAs | supreme angel ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
cosmic authority
ⓘ
loyalty to God ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Kurdish communities ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
guardian of Yazidi people
ⓘ
maintainer of cosmic order ⓘ overseer of fate ⓘ |
| hasGender | male (in most Yazidi descriptions) ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
bird imagery
ⓘ
peacock-shaped standards ⓘ |
| hasNameIn | English ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant | Melek Taus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition | Yazidism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief angel
ⓘ
mediator between God and creation ⓘ protector of the world ⓘ |
| hasSacredSite | Lalish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | peacock ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Melekê Tawûs (in Kurmanji Kurdish)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peacock Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredDuring |
Feast of the Assembly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yazidi festivals ⓘ |
| isEnglishRenderingOf | Melek Taus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Yazidi angelic heptad ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Yazidi hymns
ⓘ
Yazidi oral tradition ⓘ |
| misidentifiedAs | devil in some external accounts ⓘ |
| misinterpretedBy | some non-Yazidi observers ⓘ |
| rankWithinHeptad | highest ⓘ |
| religion | Yazidism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reveredIn | Yazidi religious tradition ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | God in Yazidi belief ⓘ |
| traditionLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ Neo-Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Yazidis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipInvolves |
lighting of lamps
ⓘ
offering of oil ⓘ pilgrimage to Lalish ⓘ |
| worshipPracticedAt | Lalish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.