Tawûsê Melek

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Tawûsê Melek is the central peacock-angel figure in Yazidism, revered as a chief divine being and guardian of the world.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tawûsê Melek canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf angelic being ⓘ
deity ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
associatedColor multicolored ⓘ
associatedCommunity Kurdish Yazidis ⓘ
linked to: Yazidis
associatedConcept cosmic order ⓘ
creation ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
divine mercy ⓘ
testing of humanity ⓘ
associatedEthic loyalty to God ⓘ
repentance and forgiveness ⓘ
associatedNumber seven ⓘ
associatedRitual annual Feast of the Assembly at Lalish ⓘ
associatedRitualObject bronze peacock effigies ⓘ
cosmicRole guardian of the world ⓘ
leader of the seven angels ⓘ
cosmologicalStatus first among the seven angels ⓘ
cultCenter Lalish temple complex ⓘ
function dispenser of reward and punishment ⓘ
governor of the world’s affairs ⓘ
protector of Yazidi community ⓘ
honorificTitle Melek Tawus ⓘ
linked to: Melek Taus

Peacock Angel ⓘ
languageOfName Kurmanji Kurdish ⓘ
linked to: Kurmanji
mainShrineLocation Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan ⓘ
linked to: Lalish
misinterpretedAs devil by some outsiders ⓘ
moralCharacterInYazidism benevolent ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ
forgiving ⓘ
nameComponent Melek (angel) ⓘ
linked to: Melek

Tawûs (peacock) ⓘ
nameMeaning Peacock Angel ⓘ
positionInPantheon chief divine being ⓘ
rejectionByYazidis identification with Satan ⓘ
relationToGodInYazidism manifestation of God’s will ⓘ
servant of God ⓘ
religion Yazidism ⓘ
roleInReligion central figure in Yazidism ⓘ
scripturalSource Yazidi oral tradition ⓘ
Yazidi religious hymns (qewls) ⓘ
symbol peacock ⓘ
sanǧaq peacock standard ⓘ
veneratedBy Yazidis ⓘ
viewWithinYazidism God’s representative on earth ⓘ
mediator between God and the world ⓘ
supreme emanation of God ⓘ
worshipPlace Lalish ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Melek Taus → alsoKnownAs → Tawûsê Melek ⓘ
Laliş Nûranî → hasPrimaryDeity → Tawûsê Melek ⓘ
Peacock Angel → hasName → Tawûsê Melek ⓘ