Remarks on the Yezidi Religious Identity

This article focuses on the process of identitarian formation of the Yezidi minority, paying particular attention to the sycretistic character of the Yezidi religion as well as to the different statute of its (oral and written) sources. Among the examined aspects, the valuation of the two so-called...

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Published in:Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Main Author: Mantovani, Margherita (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Italian
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Published: Morcelliana [2017]
In: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2017, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 422-435
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kitêba Cilwe / Mishefa Reş / Yezidis / Religious identity / Arameans / Folk religion / Sufism
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Angelo Pavone (Tawūsī Melek)
B Genesi
B Book of Genesis
B history of scholarship
B oralità vs. testualità
B storia degli studi
B Peacock Angel (Tawūsī Melek)
B Identità yezida
B Yezidi identity
B Orality vs. Textuality
Parallel Edition:Electronic