Nasirdîn Explained
| Type: | Yazidism |
| Nasirdîn |
| Deity Of: | Angel of Death and Renewal |
| Member Of: | the Heptad |
| Venerated In: | Yazidism |
| Parents: | Ezdina Mir (father) |
| Region: | Kurdistan |
| Ethnic Group: | Kurds (Yazidis) |
| Other Names: | Sheikh Nasirdin, Melek Nasirdin, Naṣir ad-Dīn |
Sheikh Nasirdin, Melek Nasirdin or Naṣir ad-Dīn ([1]) is a holy figure venerated in Yezidism, he is considered one of the Seven Divine Beings, to all of whom God assigned the World's affairs, and his earthly incarnation is considered one of the four sons of Ezdina Mir along with Sheikh Shems (Shems ad-Dīn), Fakhraddin, and Sejadin, who are the respective ancestors and patriarchs of the four Şemsanî Sheikh lineages.[2]
Along with Sejadin, he is also revered as one of the two death angels who take Yazidi souls into the afterlife. Nasirdin is identified as the Angel of Death and Renewal while Sejadin plays the role of a psychopomp and Messenger of Death. They come to a person during his/her death whereupon Sejadin serves as a messenger of death, whereas Nasirdin is the hangman who separates the soul from the body.[3] [4] [5] He is also portrayed as holding knife and as an executioner.[6]
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Notes and References
- Book: Omarkhali, Khanna . Khanna Omarkhali . The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts . Harrassowitz Verlag . Wiesbaden . 2017 . 978-3-447-10856-0 . 994778968.
- Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip . Philip G. Kreyenbroek . Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition . E. Mellen Press . Lewiston NY . 1995 . 0-7734-9004-3 . 31377794.
- Fobbe, Sean. Navrouzov, Natia. Hopper, Kristen. Khudida Burjus, Ahmed. Philip, Graham. Nawaf, Maher G. Lawrence, Daniel. Walasek, Helen. Birjandian, Sara. Ali, Majid Hassan. Rashidani, Salim. 2019-08-02. Destroying the Soul of the Yazidis: Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis. en. 55–109. 10.5281/zenodo.3826126.
- Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip G.. Yezidism--its Background, Observances, and Textual Tradition. 1995. E. Mellen Press. 978-0-7734-9004-8. 92–124, 127. en.
- Omarkhali. Khanna. 2011-03-20. YEZIDI RELIGIOUS ORAL POETIC LITERATURE: STATUS, FORMAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND GENRE ANALYSIS: With some examples of Yezidi religious texts. Scrinium. 7-8. 2. 144–195. 10.1163/18177565-90000247. 1817-7530. free.
- Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip . Philip G. Kreyenbroek . God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition . Harrassowitz Verlag . Wiesbaden . 2005 . 978-3-447-05300-6 . 63127403.
