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Melek Taus

tā ʾ Melek Us, also known as "The peacock god" (in Arabic ملك طاووس) is the name of the central figure in the religion of the Yazidis.
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religious significance The Yazidis consider Melek

tā ʾ us like a benevolent angel that has redeemed his guilt, and has become a demiurge creator of the cosmos. After his repentance cried for 7000 years and tears filled 7 jars, which put out the fires of hell. MLK

The term can be read [1] and as Melek and as Malak. In Arabic and Farsi, Kurdish, Ottoman Turkish, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Somali, Swahili Malik (pl. Muluk) means "king", while malak (pl. bad ʾ ika) means "angel." Tā ʾ U.S. can 'only mean peacock. The fact that the peacock is not present in places where Melek tā ʾ Us is revered is linked to the spread of Persian literature, which considers him a symbol of royal power.
There is also a hypothesis that the cult comes from India where the peacock is sedentary animal.
The Yazidi believe that the founder of their religion, Sheikh Adi b. ʿ Mustafa, was an incarnation of tā ʾ Melek Us. In paintings and sculpture Melek tā ʾ us is always rendered as a peacock. It is believed that the Yazidis are the only worshipers of a bird as the main deity. Unlike in other religions



Several branches of Christians, Muslims and other religions, identify Lucifer with Melek tā ʾ Us or Shaytan (Satan). Of course, when Yazidis say that their god is "the first demon" of other religions do not help to clarify the issue. The prohibition of the Yazidi to pronounce the word - the belief that God is blasphemous name - does not help the understanding of the phenomenon. According to the Kurdish linguist Jamal Nebez, the word "tā ʾ us" could come from the Greek and be connected to "Zeus" and "Theos" meaning "god." Melek Taus become "Angel of God," and it seems confirmed by the fact that the Yazidis themselves see Melek tā tā ʾ ʾ U.S. or US-and Melek ([1] p. 21). Hypostasis as divine.
Yazidis have suffered many persecution as a minority religion, and were nearly wiped out following several massacres. This led them to confuse them with the precepts of Islam dominant.