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.

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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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Melek Taus meaningOfName Angel Peacock