Angel Peacock

E776584

Angel Peacock is an English rendering of the name Melek Taus, the central peacock-angel figure revered in the Yazidi religious tradition.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Angel Peacock canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf angelic being ⓘ
deity ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
associatedWith Yazidi cosmology ⓘ
creation of the world ⓘ
monotheism ⓘ
centralFigureOf Yazidism ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Yazidism ⓘ
hasRole chief angel ⓘ
mediator between God and creation ⓘ
protector of the world ⓘ
hasSacredSite Lalish ⓘ
hasSymbol peacock ⓘ
hasTitle Melekê Tawûs (in Kurmanji Kurdish) ⓘ
linked to: Melek Taus

Peacock Angel ⓘ
honoredDuring Feast of the Assembly ⓘ
Yazidi festivals ⓘ
isEnglishRenderingOf Melek Taus ⓘ
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 ⓘ
reveredIn Yazidi religious tradition ⓘ
subordinateTo God in Yazidi belief ⓘ
traditionLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
veneratedBy Yazidis ⓘ
worshipInvolves lighting of lamps ⓘ
offering of oil ⓘ
pilgrimage to Lalish ⓘ
worshipPracticedAt Lalish ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Melek Taus → meaningOfName → Angel Peacock ⓘ
Peacock Angel → hasTitle → Angel Peacock ⓘ