Yazidism

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Yazidism is an ancient, syncretic monotheistic religion with roots in Mesopotamia, traditionally practiced by the Yazidis, many of whom are ethnically Kurdish.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Yazidism (Yazidism is an ancient, syncretic monotheistic religion with roots in Mesopotamia, traditionally practiced by the Yazidis, many of whom are ethnically Kurdish.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yazidism canonical 70
Yazidi divine hierarchy 1
Yazidi faith 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion ⓘ
monotheistic religion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
syncretic religion ⓘ
angelRoleOfMelekTaus chief of the seven holy beings ⓘ
world’s guardian ⓘ
calendarFeature Cejna Cemaiya (Feast of the Assembly) ⓘ
New Year in April (Çarşema Sor) ⓘ
centralSanctuary Lalish temple complex ⓘ
corePractice baptism in sacred springs ⓘ
fasting on specific holy days ⓘ
pilgrimage to Lalish ⓘ
veneration of sacred fires and lamps ⓘ
cosmologyFeature creation of the world by God ⓘ
governance of the world by seven holy beings ⓘ
estimatedAdherents hundreds of thousands ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Kurdish ⓘ
Kurmanji-speaking communities ⓘ
hasAdherents Yazidis ⓘ
hasClericalClass faqirs ⓘ
pirs ⓘ
sheikhs ⓘ
hasHolySite Lalish ⓘ
hasLayClass murids ⓘ
hasReligiousLawFeature dietary restrictions ⓘ
purity rules ⓘ
taboos on certain words and foods ⓘ
hasReligiousLeaderTitle Baba Sheikh ⓘ
Mîr (prince) ⓘ
hasSacredLanguage Kurmanci Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Kurmanji
hasSacredText Mishur (oral religious tradition) ⓘ
Qewls (sacred hymns) ⓘ
historicalRoots Christianity ⓘ
Islamic Sufism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
local Kurdish beliefs ⓘ
pre-Islamic Mesopotamian religions ⓘ
holySiteCountry Iraq ⓘ
marriageRule endogamy within the community ⓘ
strict caste endogamy ⓘ
mischaracterizedAs devil worship by some outsiders ⓘ
notableEvent 2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ
originRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
persecutedIn Baathist Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Ba'ath Party

Islamic State (ISIS) attacks ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
primaryRegions Armenia ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Northern Iraq ⓘ
linked to: northern Iraq

Shekhan district ⓘ
Sinjar region ⓘ
linked to: Sinjar

Syria ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Yazidi diaspora in Europe ⓘ
principalAngel Melek Taus ⓘ
prohibits conversion into the religion ⓘ
conversion out of the religion ⓘ
selfDescription strict monotheism ⓘ
supremeDeity God ⓘ
transmissionMode oral tradition ⓘ
veneratedFigure Melek Taus ⓘ
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir ⓘ
Sheikh Fexredin ⓘ
Sheikh Nasir ad-Din ⓘ
Sheikh Obekr ⓘ
Sheikh Sejadin ⓘ
Sheikh Shams ⓘ
Sultan Ezid ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurds → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Assyrians → religiousMinority → Yazidism ⓘ
Northern Iraq → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Iraq
Kurdistan → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
Iraqi American → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Northern Syria → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Syria
Zaza people → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Yazidis → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Sinjar → religionAssociated → Yazidism ⓘ
Mishur → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Mishur → centralTo → Yazidism ⓘ
Lalish → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Melek Taus → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → associatedReligion → Yazidi faith ⓘ
linked to: Yazidism
Sultan Ezid → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Sheikh Fexredin → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Sheikh Fexredin → partOf → Yazidi pantheon of holy figures ⓘ
linked to: Yazidism
Cejna Cemaiya → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
Cejna Cemaiya → isMajorFestivalIn → Yazidism ⓘ
Northwestern Iran → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
subject linked to: northwestern Iran
Sheikh Shams → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Sheikh Shams → belongsToPantheon → Yazidi divine hierarchy ⓘ
linked to: Yazidism
Sheikh Sejadin → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Baba Sheikh → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Iraqi people → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Dom people → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Mardin → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
Duhok → hasReligiousCommunity → Yazidism ⓘ
Sheikh Obekr → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Şanlıurfa → hasMinorityReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
subject linked to: Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Iraqi society → hasReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
Angel → foundInReligion → Yazidism ⓘ
Kaka’i → sharesTraditionsWith → Yazidism ⓘ
Bahdinan region → religion → Yazidism ⓘ
Bashiqa → hasReligiousCommunity → Yazidism ⓘ
Khanke → religionPracticed → Yazidism ⓘ