List of Yazidi saints

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This is a list of saints in Yazidism.[1]

There are dozens of saints that are revered by Yazidis. The names of many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi saints.[2][3]

List[]

Sheikh Adi's lineage[]

Shemsani lineage[]

  • Ezdina Mir
  • (four major saints who are the sons of Ezdina Mir)
    • Sheikh Shems (Shems ad-Dīn)
      • Amadîn (‘Emad ad-Dīn), son of Sheikh Shems; patron of stomachaches
      • Şêx Bavikê Şemsa (Sheikh Babik), son of Sheikh Shems
      • Şêx Alê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
      • Şêx Avîndê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
      • Şêx Babadînê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
      • Şêx Evdalê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
      • Şêx Hesenê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems, Xatûna Fexra's husband
      • Şêxê Reş (Cinteyar)
      • Şêx Tokilê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
      • Şêx Xidirê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
      • Sitiya Îs/Ês, daughter of Sheikh Shems
      • Sitiya Nisret, daughter of Sheikh Shems
      • Sitiya Bilxan (Belqan), daughter of Sheikh Shems
    • Fakhraddin
      • Şêx Mend, eldest son of Fakhraddin; Lord of Snakes and Serpents
      • Xatûna Fexra, female saint, daughter of Fakhraddin, wife of Şêx Hesenê Şemsa; Guardian of Birth and Pregnancy
      • Şêx Bedir, son of Fakhraddin
      • Aqûb, adopted son of Fakhraddin
    • Nasirdin
    • Sejadin

Minor patron saints[]

Below are minor saints, many of whom are considered to be patrons of specific objects and functions.[1]

  • Pir Jerwan, patron saint of scorpions
  • Gavanê Zerzan (protector of cattle)
  • Mem Şivan ("the Shepherd"), protector of sheep, he is represented in the bas-reliefs here with his crook and sheep.[4]
  • Sheikh 'Ebrûs (patron of thunder and lightning)
  • Pîrê Libnan (patron of bricks), said to have built many shrines at Lalish during the time of Sheikh Adi
  • Derwesh el-'Erd (Dervish of the Earth; invoked during sowing and at burials)
  • Baba Gûshgûsh (patron of ear diseases)
  • Pire Terjiman, Sheikh Adi's Arabic to Kurdish translator (since Sheikh Adi was born in Lebanon)
  • Sheikh Mushelleh (patron of roads)
  • Sitt Nefîse (patron of fever and insomnia)
  • Sheikh Bako
  • Feqire 'Eli
  • Sheikh Kiras
  • Kanî Zerr, Kaniya Zerka (patron of jaundice), personification of a spring. His name literally means "yellow spring."
  • Pir Dawud, a loyal servant of Sheikh Adi
  • Melekê Mîran (Mêran) (patron of rheumatism)
  • 'Ebd Resh ('Ebdî Resho)
  • Shehsiwar (patron of war and horsemanship)
  • Pir Sinî Daranî/Bahrî (Lord of the sea and son of a sea maiden)[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
  2. ^ Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.
  3. ^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.
  4. ^ "The Yazidi Mausoleums of Mam Chevan". Mesopotamia. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  5. ^ Pirbari, Dimitri; Mossaki, Nodar; Yezdin, Mirza Sileman (2020-03-03). "A Yezidi Manuscript:—Mišūr of P'īr Sīnī Bahrī/P'īr Sīnī Dārānī, Its Study and Critical Analysis". Iranian Studies. 53 (1–2): 223–257. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1669118. ISSN 0021-0862.
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