{"id":24144,"date":"2022-10-18T10:46:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T10:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=24144"},"modified":"2022-10-18T11:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:02:32","slug":"livre-noir-annexe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/kurdish-mythology\/black-book-appendix\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Book Appendix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24144\" class=\"elementor elementor-24144\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af80932 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af80932\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\">Book<\/a> black <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/kurdish-mythology\/\">Yazidi<\/a> (and its appendices \u2013 Black Book Appendix) is one of two <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/book-libraries\/\">books<\/a> written in the style of a sacred book of <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/kurdish-mythology\/\">Yazidis<\/a> in their native language Kurmanji (northern Kurdish), the other being the Yezidi Book of Revelations (or Revelation).\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"Black Book Appendix\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They say our hearts are our books, and our \u0161ei\u1e2bs tell us everything from the second Adam until now and the future. When they see the sun rise, they kiss the spot where the first rays fall; they do the same at sunset, where its last rays fall.<\/p><p>Likewise, they embrace the place where the moon casts its first rays and where it casts them last. They think, moreover, that by multiplying gifts to \u0161ei\u1e2b and idols, they ward off troubles and afflictions.<\/p><p>There is a big difference between the \u1e33\u00f4chaks, they contradict each other. Some say: &quot;Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs appears to me and reveals to me many revelations&quot;. Others say, \u201cWe appear to people in different ways. Some believe that the Christ is \u0160ei\u1e2b \u0160ams himself. They say they have had prophets of all times; the \u1e33\u00f4chaks are the prophets.<\/p><p>One of the kochaks says in one of his prophecies: \u201cI was in Jonah&#039;s boat, where a spell was cast in my presence. He ran into Jonah; and he was cast into the sea, where he remained forty days and nights. Another said, &quot;I sat with the great God, who said, &#039;I hope the time will come when I will send Christ to the world.&#039; I told him: &#039;Yes.&#039; Then he sent it.<\/p><p>After making a sign to the sun, Christ descended to earth. He appeared to go our sect only, and made for us seven circles, which are at \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. Now it has appeared to us because we observe the necessary order, which the other sects do not observe. Their origin and race are unknown; ours is known. We are emirs and sons of emirs; we are \u0161ei\u1e2bs and sons of \u0161ei\u1e2bs; we are \u1e33\u00f4chaks and sons of \u1e33\u00f4chaks, etc.<\/p><p>But Christians and Muslims make themselves priests and mullas of those who had none of their relatives in these functions before, and will never have any thereafter. We are better than them. We are allowed to drink wine; our young men can also desire it when they devote themselves, in the company of women, to dances and religious games. Some \u1e33\u00f4chaks and \u0161ei\u1e2bs, however, are not allowed to drink it.<\/p><p>When someone is about to die, he is visited by a \u1e33\u00f4chaks, who places some dust of \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee in his mouth. Before being buried, his face is anointed with it. In addition, sheep dung is placed on his grave. Finally, food is offered in the name of the dead. The \u1e33\u00f4chaks pray for the dead at the graves, a service for which they are paid.<\/p><p>They tell the relatives of the dead what they see in dreams and visions, and the condition of their dead, whether they have been transferred to the human race or the animal race. Some people hide silver or gold coins which they plan to withdraw in case they are born for the second time into this world. Some believe that the spirits of many righteous people travel through the air.<\/p><p>These spirits make revelations to the \u1e33\u00f4chaks, who know the world of mysteries and secrets. Life and death are in their hands.<\/p><p>Therefore, the fate of the people depends on the gratitude and honor they show to the \u1e33\u00f4chaks. According to the Yazidis, hell does not exist. It was created in the time of the first Adam, they say, when our father, Ibr\u00ee\u1e33 al-A\u1e63far, was born.<\/p><p>Due to his generosity and noble deeds, Ibr\u00ee\u1e33 had many friends. Now, when he saw hell, he became very sad. He had a small ba\u1e33b\u00fb\u1e33 a\u1e63far, in which, while weeping, his tears fell. In seven years it was filled. He then threw him into hell, and all his fires were extinguished so that mankind would not be tortured. This incident relates to one of the noble deeds of our first father, Ibr\u00ee\u1e33 al-A\u1e63far.<\/p><p>They have many more upright men of noble deeds. One such is Mohammed Ra\u0161\u00e2n, whose resting place is behind Mount \u0160ei\u1e2b Mattie. He (Ra\u0161\u00e2n) is extremely strong, so the most sacred oaths are taken by him. If someone falls ill, he takes refuge by making wishes to \u1e2basin, i.e. idol pillars. There is now a religious shrine called Sitt Nafisah. This place is a mulberry tree in Ba&#039;a\u0161\u00ee\u1e33a village.<\/p><p>Another such place is called &#039;Abdi Ra\u0161\u00e2n and is in the villa of \u1e32arabek. A third place of pilgrimage is in the Ba\u1e25zanie village, which is called \u0160ei\u1e2b Bak\u00fb. Nearby is a spring, and next to it is a mulberry tree. Whoever is afflicted with fever, goes to this tree, hangs a piece of cloth from his clothes on its branches, and throws bread at the source for the fish. He does all this to be healed.<\/p><p>They maintain the belief that anyone who unties or shakes one of the shreds of fabric will catch the disease the man was afflicted with when he hung it up. There are many such trees in Ba&#039;a\u0161\u00ee\u1e33a village and other places. There is also a spring of water, called in the common language &#039;Ain a\u1e63-\u1e62afra (Yellow Spring). The Yazidis call him Kan\u00ee-Zarr.<\/p><p>In this bath those who are afflicted with the disease of ab\u00fb-\u1e63afar (jaundice.) But those who are disturbed by dropsy go to be treated at the house of the Pir who lives in the village of Man Re\u0161.<\/p><p>When they gather at \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, no one is allowed to cook anything. Everyone must eat at \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee&#039;s table. As for the \u1e33\u00f4chaks, each of them is seated alone, as one is seated in prayer. It is to them that the laity go, seeking help. They give them money on making their request, and swear to the stone on which the \u1e33\u00f4chak sits, sheep and oxen, each according to his means.<\/p><p>Now, at New Year places are given contractually. When they get together at New Year, they dance and play with instruments of joy. Before eating the kabd\u00fb\u0161, that is to say the vowed ox, they bathe in the water of Zamzam, a source coming from under the temple of \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. Then they eat in a hurry, tearing the meat from the pot like fanatics, so that their hands are frequently burned.<\/p><p>This practice is in accordance with their rules. After eating, they climb the mountain firing their guns, then return to \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. Each of them takes a little dust and preserves it for the time of marriage and death. They wear intertwined belts which they call the back ties (belt).<\/p><p>They baptize these and the sanja\u1e33s with Zamzam water. The one called Jawi\u0161 wears a stole which is woven from goat hair. It is nine bays in length and around it are sans\u00fbls (garlands).<\/p><p>When the meeting comes to an end, they collect the money from the \u1e33\u00f4chaks and contractors, and bring it to the emir. After each has taken according to his rank, the rest goes to the emir.<\/p><p>They have another gathering which takes place on the feast of Al-Hij\u00e2jj. During this pilgrimage, they go up to the mountain which is called Jabal al-&#039;Araf\u00e2t. After staying there for an hour, they hurry towards \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. He who arrives there before his companions is greatly praised. Therefore, everyone is trying to excel. The successful one receives abundant blessings.<\/p><p>They have yet another congregation. This is called &quot;the route of the \u1e33\u00f4chaks&quot;, when everyone, putting a rope around his neck, climbs the mountain. After collecting wood, they bring it to \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, carrying it on their backs. The wood is used for heating purposes and for the emir&#039;s cooking.<\/p><p>During these assemblies, the sanja\u1e33 are distributed. First, they are washed with acidulated sumac water in order to be cleaned of their rust. Water is distributed in drinks for the purpose of blessing. In exchange money is taken. Secondly, the k\u00f4chaks walk around with the sanja\u1e33 to collect money.<\/p><p>In their preaching, the \u0161ei\u1e2bs tell the people that all kings come from their descent, like Nisroch, who is Nasr-ad-D\u00een, and Kamu\u0161 who is Fahr-ad-D\u00een, and Art\u00e2m\u00ees, who is \u0160ams-ad-D\u00een , and many others, such as Shabur and Yoram; and many of the royal names of the ancient kings, as well as their own (Yazidi) kings, came from their seed.<\/p><p>The sign of the Yezidi is that he wears a round-breasted shirt. It differs from that of other people, whose shirts chest is open all the way down.<\/p><p>There is an occasion when no Yezidi will swear falsely, that is when one draws a circle on the ground, and is told that this circle belongs to \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs-Melek, \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, and Yez\u00eed, and baryshaba\u1e33ei.<\/p><p>He places him in the middle of the circle, then tells him that Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs and all those mentioned above will not intercede for him after his death, and that the shirt of the Jew Nasim will be on his neck, and that Nasim&#039;s hand be on his neck and his eyes, and let Nasim be his brother for the next world, and let him be for a \u0161ei\u1e2b and a pir if he does not speak the truth.<\/p><p>So if he swears to tell the truth, he can&#039;t hide anything. For an oath made under such conditions is considered greater than one made in the name of God, and even than one made in the name of one of their prophets.<\/p><p>They fast three days a year from morning to evening. The fast falls in December, according to the Eastern calendar. They have no prayer except what is mentioned above, such as that referring to the sun and the moon, and asking for help from the \u0161ei\u1e2b and the holy places when they say: &quot;O \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, O \u0161ei\u1e2b \u0160ams. &quot; etc.<\/p><p>They are all forbidden to teach anything to their children except for two stanzas which they teach their children out of necessity and because it is traditional.<\/p><p>A story is told about them by reliable people. Once, while \u0160ei\u1e2b Na\u1e63ir was preaching in a village on Mount Sinjar, there was a Christian Mason in attendance who, seeing the house full of people, thought they were going to pray. He then pretended to take a nap, in order to have fun with what he would hear.<\/p><p>He knew the Kurdish language. When the Christian seemed asleep, but was truly awake and listening, \u0160ei\u1e2b Na\u1e63ir began to preach, saying, \u201cOnce the great God appeared to me in vision. He was angry with Jesus because of an argument with him. So he caught him and imprisoned him in a pit without water. In front of the mouth of the pit, he placed a large stone. Jesus stayed in the pit for a long time, calling on the prophets and saints for help and asking for their help.<\/p><p>Everyone Jesus asked for help would beg the great God to release him. But God did not grant their requests. Jesus therefore remained in a painful state, not knowing what to do. After this the preacher remained silent for a quarter of an hour, and so a great silence reigned in the house.<\/p><p>Then he went on to say, \u201cO poor Jesus, why are you so forgotten, so neglected? Don&#039;t you know that all the prophets and all the saints do not have the favor of the great God towards Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs? Why did you forget about him and didn&#039;t call him? Saying this, the preacher remained silent again as before. Afterwards, he continued again: \u201cJesus remained in the pit until the day when he remembered Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs.<\/p><p>He then asked for her help, praying, &#039;O Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs, I have been in this den for some time. I am imprisoned; I sought the help of all the saints, and none of them could deliver me. Now rescue me from this lair. When Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs heard this, he descended from heaven to earth faster than the blink of an eye, removed the stone from the top of the pit and said to Jesus: \u201cGo up, behold, I have brought you out. Then both ascended to heaven.<\/p><p>When the great God saw Jesus, he said to him, \u201cO Jesus, who brought you out of the pit? Who brought you here without my permission? Jesus answered and said, &#039;Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs brought me out of the pit and up here.&#039; Then God said, \u201cIf it had been another, I would have punished him, but Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs is much loved by me; stay here for my honor. So Jesus stayed in heaven. \u00bb<\/p><p>The preacher added: \u201cNotice that those who are outside do not like Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs. Know that in the resurrection he will not love them either, and he will not intercede for them. But, as for us, he will put us all in a tray, carry us on his head, and take us to heaven, while we are in the tray on his head. When the congregation heard this, they stood up, kissed his clothes and feet, and received his blessing.<\/p><p>Now, the views of the Yazidis regarding the birth of Christ and the explanation of the name of the Apostle Peter, are found in one of their stories, which goes like this: &quot;Truly Mary, the Virgin mother of Jesus, begot Jesus in a different way than she begot him from the right side, 31 between his clothes and his body.<\/p><p>At that time, the Jews had a custom that if a woman gave birth, all her relatives and neighbors brought her gifts. The women were calling, carrying in their right hand a plate of fruit that was to be found in this season, and in their left hand they carried a stone. This custom was very old.<\/p><p>This is why, when Mary the Virgin gave birth to Jesus, the wife of Jonas, who is the mother of Peter, came to her; and, according to custom, carried a plate of fruit in his right hand and a stone in his left. As she entered and gave the dish to Mary, behold, the stone that was in her left hand begat a male. She called his name Simon Cifa, meaning son of stone. Christians don&#039;t know these things like we do. \u00bb<\/p><p>They have a story explaining the word heretic. It is this: When the great God created the heavens, he placed all the keys of the treasures and the mansions in the hands of Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs, and ordered him not to open a certain mansion. But he, unbeknownst to God, opened the house and found a piece of paper on which was written.<\/p><p>\u201cYou will worship only your God, and he alone you will serve. He kept the paper with him and didn&#039;t let anyone else know about it. So God created a ring of iron and hung it in the air between heaven and earth. Then he created Adam first. Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs refused to worship Adam when God commanded him to do so. He showed the writing paper he took from the mansion and said, \u201cSee what is written here. \u00bb<\/p><p>Then the great God said: \u201cYou may have opened the house that I forbade you to open. He replied, \u201cYes. Then God said to him, &quot;You are a heretic, because you have disobeyed me and transgressed my commandment.&quot; \u00bb<\/p><p>From this we know that God speaks in the Kurdish language, that is to say the meaning of this saying: &quot;Enter the iron ring which I, your God, have made for whoever acts contrary to my command and disobeys me\u201d.<\/p><p>When one criticizes a story like this saying that God cast Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs out of heaven and sent him to hell because of his pride before God the highest, one does not admit that this is the case. They answer: \u201cIt is possible that one of us in his anger drives his child out of his house and leaves him to wait until the next day before bringing him back? Of course not. Similar is the relationship of the great God to Melek \u1e6c\u00e2\u2032 us.<\/p><p>In truth, he loves her extremely. You don&#039;t understand the books you read. The Gospel says: &#039;No one has ascended to heaven except he who has descended from heaven.&#039; No one descended from heaven except Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs and Christ. From there we know that the great God was reconciled with Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs, who ascended to heaven, just as God descended from heaven and ascended. \u00bb<\/p><p>Here is the story of a k\u00f4chak: It is said that at one time there was no rain in the village of Ba&#039;a\u0161\u00ee\u1e33a. In this village there was a Yezidi who was called K\u00f4chak Ber\u00fb. There were also saints and visionaries who lived there.<\/p><p>They (the people) gathered to ask Ber\u00fb to take care of the rain. He told them, \u201cWait until tomorrow so I can take care of it. They approached him the next day and said, \u201cWhat have you done about the rain issue? We are extremely alarmed because she is being restrained. He replied, \u201cI ascended to heaven last night and entered the couch where the great God, \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, and some other \u0161ei\u1e2b and righteous men were seated.<\/p><p>The priest Isaac sat next to God. The great God said to me: \u201cWhat do you want, O K\u00f4chak Ber\u00fb; why did you come here? I said to him, &#039;My lord, this year the rain has been denied us so far, and all your servants are poor and needy. We beg you to send us rain according to your custom. He remained silent and did not answer me.<\/p><p>I repeated the speech twice and three times, begging him. Then I turned to the \u0161ei\u1e2b who were sitting there, asking for their help and intercession. The great God answered me: \u201cGo away until we think about it. I descended and I don&#039;t know what happened after I descended from heaven. You can go find the priest Isaac and ask him what happened after my descent. \u00bb<\/p><p>They went to find the priest and told him the story, and asked him what had been said after the descent of K\u00f4chak Ber\u00fb. This priest Isaac was a great prankster. He answered them: \u201cAfter the descent of the k\u00f4chak, I begged God of the rain for you. It was agreed that after six or seven days he would send it. They waited accordingly, and by a strange coincidence, at the end of the period it was raining like a downpour for some time.<\/p><p>Seeing this, the people believed what they were told and honored the priest Isaac, considering him one of the saints and thinking that he must have Yazidi blood in him. For over twenty years this story has been told as one of the tales of their saints.<\/p><p>Once, \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee bn Mus\u00e2fir and his murids were entertained by God in heaven. When they arrived, they found no straw for their animals. This is why \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee ordered his murids to carry straw from his threshing floor to the earth.<\/p><p>While being transported, some fell on the way and have remained as a sign in the sky to this day. It is known as the Strawman Road.<\/p><p>They think prayer is in the heart; that is why they do not teach it to their children. And in their book there is also no rule regarding prayer, nor is prayer considered a religious obligation.<\/p><p>Some say that at one time \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, together with \u0161ei\u1e2b &#039;Abd-al-\u1e32\u00e2dir, made a pilgrimage to Mecca, where he remained for four years. After his absence Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs appeared to them (the two \u0161ei\u1e2bs) in his symbol. He dictated to them some rules and taught them many things. Then it was hidden from them.<\/p><p>Four years later, \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee returned from Mecca; but they refused it and did not accept it. They claimed he either died or ascended to heaven. He remained with them, but was without his former respect.<\/p><p>When the moment of his death came, Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs appeared to them and declared: \u201cIt is \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee himself, honor him. Then they honored and buried him with due reverence, and made his grave a place of pilgrimage. In their estimation, it is a more excellent place than Makkah.<\/p><p>Everyone is required to visit it at least once a year; and, on top of that, they give a sum of money through the \u0161ei\u1e2b to obtain satisfaction (so that \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee will be pleased with them). He who is not is disobedient.<\/p><p>Moreover, it is said that the reason why the pilgrimage to his tomb is considered excellent by us and by God is that at the resurrection \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee will carry in a tray all the Yazidis on his head and take them to paradise, without requiring them to be accountable or answerable. Therefore, they regard the pilgrimage to his tomb as a greater religious duty than the pilgrimage to Mecca.<\/p><p>There are domes, huts, around the tomb of \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. They are there for the purpose of receiving the blessings of the tomb. And they are all attributed to the great \u0160ei\u1e2bs, like the hut of &#039;Abd-al-\u1e32\u00e2dir-al-J\u00eel\u00e2n\u00ee; the hut of \u0160ei\u1e2b \u1e32ad\u00eeb-al-B\u00e2n; the hut of \u0160ei\u1e2b \u0160ams-ad-D\u00een; the hut of \u0160ei\u1e2b Man\u1e63\u00fbr-al-\u1e24all\u00e2j, and the hut of \u0160ei\u1e2b \u1e2aasan-al-Ba\u1e63r\u00ee. There are also a few other huts. Each hut has a calico banner. It is a sign of conquest and victory.<\/p><p>Eating deer meat is forbidden to them, they say, because the eyes of the deer resemble the eyes of \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. In truth, its virtues are well known and its commendable qualities are traditions handed down from generation to generation. He was the first to accept the Yezidi religion. He gave them the rules of the religious sect and founded the office of the \u0161ei\u1e2b.<\/p><p>In addition to this, he was renowned for his devotion and religious exercise. From Mount Lali\u0161, he used to hear the preaching of &#039;Abd-al-\u1e32\u00e2dir-al-J\u00eel\u00e2n\u00ee in Baghdad. He used to draw a circle on the ground and say to the monks: &quot;Whoever wants to hear Al-J\u00eel\u00e2n\u00ee&#039;s preaching, let him enter this circle.&quot; The following custom, which we have, started with him: If we want to swear to someone, a \u0161ei\u1e2b draws a circle, and the one who has to take the oath enters it.<\/p><p>At one point, passing by a garden, \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee asked about lettuce; and, as no one answered, he said: &quot;Huss&quot; (shh). For this reason, lettuce is prohibited and not eaten.<\/p><p>Regarding fasting, the month of Rama\u1e0d\u00e2n is said to be dumb and deaf. That is why, when God ordered the Muslims to fast, he also ordered the Yazidis, saying to them in the Kurdish language \u201csese\u201d, which means \u201cthree\u201d. The Mohammedans did not understand this; they took it for &quot;se&quot;, &quot;thirty&quot;. For this reason, they (Yazidis) fast for three days.<\/p><p>Additionally, they believe there is eating, drinking, and other earthly pleasures in the afterlife. Some hold that the rule of heaven is in the hands of God, but the rule of the earth is in the hands of \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee. Being extremely loved by God, he granted it according to &#039;Adi&#039;s desire.<\/p><p>They believe in the transmigration of souls. This is evidenced by the fact that when Man\u1e63\u00fbr-at-\u1e24all\u00e2j&#039;s soul separated from his body when the Caliph of Baghdad killed him and threw his head in the water, his soul floated on the water. By a wonderful coincidence and a strange fact, the sister of the said Man\u1e63\u00fbr went to fill her jar. His brother&#039;s soul entered it.<\/p><p>Without knowing what had happened, she came with her to the house. Tired, she was thirsty and drank from the jar. At that moment her brother&#039;s soul entered her, but she only noticed it when she was pregnant. She gave birth to a son who looked like \u0160ei\u1e2b Man\u1e63\u00fbr himself. He became his brother by birth and his son by imputation.<\/p><p>The reason they don&#039;t use drinking vessels that have a narrow mouth or a net-like lid is that when you drink water from them, they make a noise. When \u0160ei\u1e2b Man\u1e63\u00fbr&#039;s head was thrown into the water, it gurgled. In his honor we do not use small jars with narrow necks.<\/p><p>They claim that they are waiting for a prophet who will come from <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/mythes-et-legendes-de-perse-1542\/\">Persian<\/a> that he annuls the law of Mahomet and abrogates Islam. They believe that there are seven gods, and that each god administers the universe for ten thousand years; and that one of these gods is Lasiferos, the chief of the fallen angels, who also bears the name of Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs.<\/p><p>They make a carved image of him in the form of a rooster and worship him. They play the tambourine and dance in front of him to make him rejoice with them. They (\u1e33aww\u00e2ls) travel to the villages of the Yazidis to collect money, at which time they bring it to homes for it to bless and honor them. Some say that \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee is a deity; others that he is like a vizier for God. It is to him that all things are referred. It is the age of Melek \u1e6c\u00e2&#039;\u00fbs.<\/p><p>The reigning and administrative power is in his hands until the thousandth year. When time comes to an end, he will hand over power to the next god to rule and administer until the end of another thousand years, and so on until the seventh god.<\/p><p>And yet there is agreement and love between these gods, and none is jealous of him who can rule and administer the world for a period of ten thousand years. They have a book called Al Jilwah which they attribute to \u0160ei\u1e2b &#039;Ad\u00ee, and they do not allow anyone who is not one of them to read it.<\/p><p>It is mentioned in some of their books that the First Cause is the Supreme God who, before creating this world, was playing on the seas; and in his hand was a large white pearl, with which he was playing. So he resolved to throw it into the sea, and then this world was created.<\/p><p>Moreover, they think that they are not of the same seed from which the rest of mankind came, but that they are begotten from the son of Adam, who was born to Adam from his spitting. For this reason, they imagine themselves more noble and more pleasing to the gods than others.<\/p><p>They say they have taken fasting and sacrifice from Islam; baptism of Christians; prohibition of Jewish food; their mode of worshiping idolaters; concealment of the doctrine of the Rafi\u1e0dis (Shiites); human sacrifice and transmigration of the pre-Islamic paganism of the Arabs and Sabians. 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