Late antique motifs in Yezidi oral tradition
Religious movements in the Middle East -- The origin of the Yezidis and of Yezidi studies -- The religion of the Yezidis -- Religious oral tradition and literacy among the Yezidis of Iraq -- The Yezidi creation myth of Adam -- The khirqe, or garment of faith -- "The song of the commoner" :...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Piscataway, NJ
Gorgias Press
c 2010
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In: |
Gorgias dissertations (52)
Year: 2010 |
Series/Journal: | Gorgias dissertations
52 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Late Antiquity
/ Reception
/ Yezidis
/ Oral literature
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Further subjects: | B
Thesis
B Yezidis |
Summary: | Religious movements in the Middle East -- The origin of the Yezidis and of Yezidi studies -- The religion of the Yezidis -- Religious oral tradition and literacy among the Yezidis of Iraq -- The Yezidi creation myth of Adam -- The khirqe, or garment of faith -- "The song of the commoner" : the motif of sleep and awakening -- The origin myth of the Yezidis : the myth of Shehid Bin Jer -- The birth of Prophet Ismail in the Yezidi "Tale of Ibrahim" -- Epilogue : late antique motifs and modern Yezidism -- Appendix I : transcript of recordings of the myth of Adam and the myth of Shehid Bin Jer -- Appendix II : Yezidi hymns translated by P. Kreyenbroek |
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Item Description: | Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D., Central European University, Budapest, 2009) Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 1607249987 |