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The Cult of the Peacock Angel
a short account of the Yezîdî tribes of Kurdistân
by Ralph Horatio Woolnough Empson
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The Cult of the Peacock Angel: a short account of the Yezîdî tribes of Kurdistân
1928, H.F. & G. Witherby
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The cult of the Peacock Angel: a short account of the Yezîdî tribes of Kurdistân
1928, H.F. & G. Witherby
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The Cult of the Peacock Angel
a short account of the Yezîdî tribes of Kurdistân
This edition was published in 1928 by H.F. & G. Witherby in London.
First Sentence
"According to Christian missionaries, a worship of the Devil is world-wide; but probably nowhere outside the territories south of the present Asiatic Turkey, known as Kurdistân and the Sinjar, does it amount to anything more than a cult which, in the absence of a better term, might be termed a limited Atheism."
Table of Contents
| 1 | the Cult of the Peacock Angel | 19 |
| 1 | Devil Worship | 21 |
| 2 | The Origin of the Yezîdî Tribes | 27 |
| 3 | Some Tribal Customs and Habits | 49 |
| 4 | Tribes and Their Strongholds | 66 |
| 5 | History of Their Faith | 70 |
| 6 | Religion, Beliefs and Superstitions | 77 |
| 7 | Secular and Religious Orders | 89 |
| 8 | Sheikh 'Âdi, the Saint | 103 |
| 9 | Sheikh 'Âdi, the Shrine | 112 |
| 10 | Melak Tâ'ûs | 134 |
| 11 | the Holy Books | 145 |
| 12 | Conclusion | 155 |
| 2 | A Commentary by Sir Richard Temple on Mr. Empson's Researches | 161 |
| Bibliography | 223 | |
| Index | 225 |
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| June 16, 2009 | Edited by ::ffff:76.71.63.232 | added the first sentence from the first chapter of my copy of the book |
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