Sicadîn Explained
Sheikh Sejadin or Sejad ad-Dīn ([1]) is a holy figure venerated in Yazidism, 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 Nasirdîn, Sheikh Shems, and Fexredîn, who are the respective ancestors and patriarchs of the four Şemsanî Sheikh lineages and are considered to have been avatars of the angelic beings.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Along with Nasirdîn, he is also revered as one of the two death angels who take Yazidi souls into the afterlife.[6] Nasirdîn is identified as the Angel of Death and Renewal while Sicadîn plays the role of a psychopomp and Messenger of Death. They come to a person during his/her death whereupon Sicadîn serves as a messenger of death, whereas Nasirdîn is the hangman who separates the soul from the body.[7] [8] [9]
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Notes and References
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- Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip G. . Yezidism--its Background, Observances, and Textual Tradition . 1995 . E. Mellen Press . 978-0-7734-9004-8 . en.
- Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip . God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition . Harrassowitz Verlag . 2005 . 978-3-447-05300-6 . Wiesbaden . 63127403 . Philip G. Kreyenbroek.
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- Book: Murad, Jasim Elias . The Sacred Poems of the Yazidis: An Anthropological Approach . 1993 . University of California, Los Angeles . en.
- Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip . God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition . Harrassowitz Verlag . 2005 . 978-3-447-05300-6 . Wiesbaden . 63127403 . Philip G. Kreyenbroek.
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- 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.
