Yazidi Religion Explained

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Bibliography:
Eszter Spät, “The Song of the Commoner: The Gnostic Call in Yezidi Oral Tradition.” In In Search of Truth: Augustine, Manichaeism and Other Gnosticism. Ed. J. A. van den Berg and J. van Schaik, 663-683. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Victoria Arakelova, "Book Review of God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect,” in Iran and the Caucasus 11 (2007).
Richard Foltz, “The ‘Original’ Kurdish Religion? Kurdish Nationalism and the False Conflation of the Yezidi and Zoroastrian Traditions,” Journal of Persianate Studies, 10 (2017), 87-106.
Peter Nicolaus, “The Serpent Symbolism in the Yezidi Religious Tradition and the Snake in Yerevan,” Iran and the Caucasus 15 (2011), 49-72.
Sebastian Maisel, “Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority."
Philip Kreyenbroek, "Yezidism Its Background Observances and Textual Tradition."
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Yazidi Temple in Armenia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

[@ReligionForBreakfast]

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[@mikecrews2713]

I'm Christian but I like to know what is going on with other religions and culture.

[@m.n.9496]

I'm so glad I found your channel

[@jamesnomos8472]

Why is there cuneiform in the image displayed at 2:36?

[@Jenvlogs404]

We should protect grassroots that are truly innocents and being preyed on.

[@aminrodriguez4707]

Great job, as usual.

[@Avan.22.]

I'm Yazidi from iraq and i love all religion💟🙏🌹

[@blackraven2062]

I’m an atheist and I love Yazidi people ❤️

[@EzraB123]

I'm Jewish and I'm very fascinated by the Yazidis. I see much overlap with my own culture. I hope you and your family are safe, may G-d protect you.

[@rohitbhushan7229]

Love you from India. Our civilization stands with Yazidi community. Your practices have similarities with our practices. We welcome you to India

[@bilalelomari323]

May Allah curse you

[@indrajeet7311]

May God give you protection from the people those who want to convert or destruct the Non believers So called #peacefuls

[@gabriel.knight]

We had Yazidis in our high school in Germany - never realized how rare that is until a decade later.

[@denizmetint.462]

I've never met one in my life

[@stephanfree250]

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

[@sathish2532]

Yes, they follow oldest tamil cultures.

[@BellaliebtLulu]

@@denizmetint.462 Here is one🥰

[@denizmetint.462]

@@BellaliebtLulu Salutations, I hope things are going well for you and your family.

[@Pu-nishant]

I can see so many Similarities between Yazidi and Indic(Indian) Religion. My appeal to Yazidi brothers never abandoned your believes. One day we will sit together drinking tea and exchange our Idea of God.

[@RajKumar-xs6ue]

Tea? nah.. We need beer

[@Pu-nishant]

@@RajKumar-xs6ue after beer we don't discuss God but discuss about women 😂

[@barbaraolson600]

Love many beliefs of yazdis. The fact that he’ll has been destroyed makes total sense as God is all powerful,

[@RajKumar-xs6ue]

@@Pu-nishant only amateur drinkers get boozed after few beers

[@Pu-nishant]

@bir ümmet tek millet We Hindus know how our God look like. Do muslim know how Allah look like ? A men or a women or alien ? Why would you believe in a God who never visited earth to save us.

[@nikhilyadav5718]

The Peacocks are only found in Indian Subcontinent also Yazids use fire lamp... I guess they have a connection with India

[@erkangreen6182]

In case anyone wonders why there are so many similarities to hinduism. Yazidis and Hindus have the same ancestry. both groups belong to the Indo-Iranian family. and thousands of years ago these peoples all lived together. Yazidis have their origins in present-day Iran and at that time these areas bordered on the Vedic cultures

[@melhembarkat7800]

@@erkangreen6182 On the contrary, we are Lina Hindus, as our history goes back to thousands of years before the advent of the Hindus. We are the oldest religion that existed on the surface of the earth and we are the first religion that knew the existence of God. The word Yazidi is the greatest evidence of my words. Especially our local dialect

[@shankaranarayanan9730]

Tamil God 'MURUGAN' #முருகன்

[@shirokun4742]

@@melhembarkat7800 Google this Oldest religion

[@melhembarkat7800]

@@shirokun4742 Yes, it is the oldest religion on earth

[@danialashraf99]

A fascinating video about dualism and Yazidism. As Muslim, I denounced the act of terror made by the so-called Islamic State towards the Yazidis, Assyrians, Armenians, Chaldean & other minorities in Iraq & Syria. May God bless these people.

[@dust001]

Why do you denounce the acts of the Islamic State? It's in accordance with the teachings of Islam as presented in the Qur'an, the Hadith and commentaries and opinions of Muslim scholars through 1400 years.

[@humanity600]

@@dust001 the qur'an has several versions, I doubt the original teachings condoned this behaviour...

[@dust001]

@@leopardofdawah1340 I have personally watched hundreds of hours of apologetics and they can only deceive uneducated people on the subject, as a former Muslim who is also an Arab I got to study the Quran and it's interpretations in Arabic same as the Hadith, the Shariah and other fields of Islamic studies, what I've learned is that what Isis did was in perfect accordance with every thing the prophet and his companions did, you can watch all the apologetic videos you like but as long as you don't open the actual traditions you wouldn't learn a thing.

[@PaintedHoundie]

Here we go with the unnecessary Islam arguments..

[@Nomad1992]

@TheApocalypseApostate because Muslims are not walking Qur’ans, the same way Christians are not walking Bibles and Jews are not walking Torahs. There is no such thing as true Islam, there are as many Islams as there are Muslims, the same is true for Christians and Jews.

[@goblinsdammit]

I recently went to the world's largest Yazidi temple under construction in Armenia! Very beautiful and interesting architecture.

[@pahbody5336]

Wow they have cool hats

[@AdamSahr-cj4kf]

I recently went to Taipei and saw some very tall sky scrapers... How does that improve the human condition ?! Just asking ...

[@pahbody5336]

Adam Sahr place to chill for old people?

[@goblinsdammit]

@Killikia Productions Are you sure about that? It had similarities to Armenian architecture but it also looked quite different.

[@jindapurebeauty]

Can you give me the address?

[@ysolla85]

We just had the first group of lovely Yazidi students graduate from our local high school in Wagga Wagga, Australia. So proud of them, after everything they've been through ❤️❤️❤️

[@shankaranarayanan9730]

Tamil God 'MURUGAN' #முருகன் 🙏🙏🙏

[@blackraven2062]

Always let love lead the way ❤️❤️❤️

[@zaidanhasan2748]

Can you help us to come to Australia we love Australian and we want to come but there is no way please help us Yazidi 🙏❤️

[@macs3948]

Goofy ahh city name

[@ysolla85]

@@macs3948 it's from a local First Nations term that means "to dance or celebrate"

[@prognosis8768]

The first referenced that I ever encountered to Yazidis was in an H.P. Lovecraft story. In the "Horror at Red Hook" Lovecraft refers to them as "the Yezidis, last survivors of the Persian devil-worshippers". So, there is an example of the type of incorrect characterizations of their belief system that they have historically suffered.

[@Eamonshort1]

Wait, H.P. Lovecraft? Holding bigoted beliefs? Well colour me surprised, actually don't, I know how Lovecraft felt about coloured people.

[@arturhashmi6281]

@@Eamonshort1 his dog's name was n...

[@thesolantor8624]

@@arturhashmi6281 it was his cats actually

[@PaintedHoundie]

@@Eamonshort1 i just did a research paper about him. i was gonna explore whether or not he was racist, then i discovered he was everythingist and had to adjust the research paper accordingly

[@alioffiziel6928]

The angel Taus is the representative of God for this earth, tausi melek and God created Adam... when the world was completed on a Wednesday, Tausi melek came to earth as a peacock angel symbol... before that tausi melek had the primeval pearl 40 million years on her back... until it burst and everything became earth and water Mankind should finally accept archangels

[@RM-yf2lu]

The way they use the fire looks just just like hindu "Aarti"

[@rouhinbiswas7958]

Yea bruh, its much looks like ganga arti, and the yazidi worship place looks like Hindu mandirs, the caste system, the 7 angels looks like 7 sages of Hinduism, its looks like they are the long lost brethrens of Hindus.

[@spiyengar6769]

Yes. It is SKANDA, SHIVA’s son and you can see snakes and Peacock (SKANDA’s VAAHANA) who was brought up by 7 matrukas and of course their temples resemble Hindu temples. They perform ARTHI exactly as Hindus do.

[@karthikdon5]

Yes it's related with Tamil civilization of India..... Malek Taus it's a Tamil word which is "Thava Meylon" means murugan in meditation posture, he is worshipped in that form. See my display picture.

[@RM-yf2lu]

@Yusuf patel if that is so then how come the philosophy is so vastly different? Your statement would imply that the Abraham character was introduced quite recently into India, yet be made into the head of their pantheon of God's which were around for millennia. Seems highly unlikely to have occurred in the manner in which you suggest. Do you have documentation to back up your claim?

[@RM-yf2lu]

@Yusuf patel I'm an atheist and I'm not indian, but it's clear what your agenda is...

[@cladivostoc]

As someone who's interested in anthropology and everything culture, I can only say THANK YOU RFB 💙

[@yakubmohamoud]

Hey dude thank you so much, I did not know the name of the feeling of love I have for world religions and culture and now I found it. Cheers 🍻

[@yakubmohamoud]

Jose Martel De Leon Gonzales no, I am thinking of switching field from Software Engineer to a more management and communication focused role in an international company (and maybe even doing a PhD in Communication methodology in IT sectors). But learning about others faith, political views and cultural practices helps in breaking down communication. Well that’s the theory anyways and I want to see if the data supports it

[@tc2334]

The sanjak looks like a lot like the lamps that are very common in Hindu temples.

[@ashishmoudgil972]

Video maker have zero % knowledge about yazidi religion.... First all older civilization belongs to Aryans and yazidi was older group of Sanatan Dharma....

[@rak810]

yes brother. everything is hindu.

[@tc2334]

@purva Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me. Especially since Hinduism was spread far through the middle east throughout history.

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

It's not Hinduism, my dear bhakts, but a proto indo-european religion from which Hinduism and the other religions except the abrahamic religions came. Sadly, all except Hinduism are dead

[@rak810]

@@kakalimukherjee3297 nooo you are wrong.

[@EmmanuelMarin07]

I became teary eyed at many points in this video; I feel so sorry for them. I know I shouldn't pity them though; in fact, I should be inspired by them because they and their practices have withstood the test of the time over and over and over again. I just hope one day they won't ever have to live in fear like this. And with videos like this, we can help them through first identifying them correctly.

[@AC-mp7cx]

more Muslims have been killed by ISIS than yazidis btw

[@lets_wrapitup]

@@AC-mp7cx exactly, yet people want to identify isis with Islam which is completely bs. They’ve even killed more Muslims than Americans/Christians

[@sero6976]

@@lets_wrapitup It is Islam though, their ideologies are completely based on Islam, they fight in the name of Islam and their founder had a PhD degree in Islamic studies.

[@lets_wrapitup]

@Ashish Rajput lol

[@zaidanhasan2748]

I am a Yazidi. What Islam did between us, Turkey and all Muslims was cruel. ISIS applied the ideas of the Qur’an, and this is the reality of ISIS, the killers of Christians and other minorities.

[@dargossss]

I like that you bring to public light a lot of mostly unknown religions, this one in particular was very interesting. Thank you, and keep up the good work.

[@naruvimama]

Based on practice Peacock Shape of oil lamps Shape of temples Use of holy fire Reincarnation It could easily be a sub culture within Hinduism.

[@shilvimuthanna5132]

I highly doubt it. Yazidism is a part of a larger realm of Iranian religions collectively termed 'Yazdanism'. Therefore, it is highly unlikely it is related to Hinduism. If anything, Yazidism is a sub sect of Zoroastrian ism. Yazidism is monotheistic, unlike Hinduism. The shape of lamps cannot be used as a comparison. It doesn't act as concrete evidence.

[@shilvimuthanna5132]

@रामशिष्यऽर्यः । Yazidism was a part of the Abrahamic Zoroastrian Covenant. The First Prophet (Nabi) that the Yazidis recognize is Adam. Also, all the angels of Yazidis are mentioned in the Torah, the New Testament and the Quran. Nowhere are they mentioned in any Hindu work. Yes you are correct. Monotheism is what is the real Hinduism.

[@sheikharfat1997]

😂😂😂😂😂. The history and origins of the religion are a complete rip off from Islam and Christianity but still you want to associate it with your religion. 😂😂

[@shilvimuthanna5132]

@@sheikharfat1997 My religion is paganism soo...👀... Not even Muslim or Christian or Jewish lol... How dumb

[@tampabay2888]

@@sheikharfat1997 they hv very less resemblance with abrahamic religion. If somethin may b becoz of coexistence or may b afraid if islam n Christians persecution

[@junaid1]

This was so beautifully prepared and presented. You are a tribute to historians everywhere. Your research and your attribution to other's research displays so much integrity and proper scholarship. I look forward to each video you make. They are so intelligently produced. These are the kind of subjects one does not learn in school or in church.

[@Curdledgorilla]

When I learned about the Yazidis a few weeks ago, this channel is the first place I checked for further information on them. Glad to finally see it.

[@CSHallo]

There was a BBC series a little over a decade ago called Around the World in 80 Faiths. It was overall dilettantish. But they had a fascinating episode on the Yazidi with footage in Lalesh. I recommend it for the visuals alone.

[@313heythere]

This was really wonderful. I can't help but smile whenever I see a new upload. Thank you so much for what you do. This kind of content is so important.

[@lalitabhandari3973]

God! That's sees like the middle eastern version of Hinduism... Even the temples, worshiping the Sun, etc is similar to Hinduism

[@einsjam]

Oh shut it. Stick to India.

[@lalitabhandari3973]

@@einsjam I know that is a completely different religion, if you are an Ezidi/Yazidi .... Didn't mean to hurt anyone's religious centiment ... And in case you are not a Yazidi, shut the F up

[@einsjam]

@@lalitabhandari3973 hey, stop finding similarities in every religion. You guys literally live and breath conspiracies and fantasies.

[@lalitabhandari3973]

@@einsjam ok Boss... Peace... Understood... Will take care

[@lalitabhandari3973]

@Anne Liam I thought the same... However later Abrahamic religions were followed and those common traits of worshipping natural forces slowly got almost extinct... Didn't really know before watching this video that these rituals somehow managed to exist

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

I have a 12th century Ezidi fire bowl made of bronze. The seven angels & Sheikh Adi ibn Musa are depicted by engraving & perforated filigree around it's circumference. On the base is a geometric engraving which represents the Melek Taus. If a flame is placed in the bowl in a dark room, the perforations emit projections of light on the walls. It is a beautiful relic & fine work of art.

[@ay0ung373]

Hi what’s your socials I am yezidi myself and would love to see a picture

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

@@ay0ung373 I will post a video of it & I will tell you when I have uploaded it.

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

@@ay0ung373 I just uploaded a video of the fire bowl on my youtube channel for your pleasure.

[@ay0ung373]

@@anvilbrunner.2013 also forbidden to say his name in any other language

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

@@ay0ung373 There might be a comment missing there. Or half a message.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

I'd love to see a video on the differences among Greek, Russian, Coptic, and Ethiopian versions of orthodoxy. Differences among Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Ethiopian Judaism would be fascinating, too.

[@hungjury7482]

Well regarding Judaism, the only significant differences are regarding holidays. Some restrictions are different and the Sephardic Jews have a different and longer but less intense preperation to Yom Kippur. There are also a fee holidays but those are nationality not religious. Hope this helps!

[@johnwilson6324]

@Fabrisse ter Brugghe There are some differences in terms of how to interpret religious law (Such as "pilpul"): www.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-pilpul-and-why-on_b_507522?guccounter=1

[@Janine.Najarian]

Way to forget us homeboy 🇦🇲🙄🇪🇷😑💙🤍❤️

[@magister343]

I helped build a Habitat for Humanity house for a family of Yazidi refugees a few years ago. One of the more interesting work days on that house was when we had a group of international students come to paint the house. Several of those students were Saudi Arabians, whom I assume were Wahhabi. I don't think I've ever seen more shock on anyone's face than the moment we told then they would be working to help Yadizis from Iran. Those student didn't get much work done as they took several long breaks for prayer.

[@hermescarraro3393]

What do you mean? Why did they pray? Was it because they felt bad for them or because they were disgusted by them and felt sinful?

[@hermescarraro3393]

Ooooh... Now I see... Yeah... Ouch

[@Janine.Najarian]

They're decent people and they deserve respect. Period 🇦🇲🤝❤️☀️🤍

[@Janine.Najarian]

Also there is no Kurdistan just occupied Assyria and Western Armenia 😜💙🤍❤️🇦🇲

[@hazim2320]

@@Janine.Najarian go cry 😜😜😜😜😜😜

[@Berxwedan.]

Thanks ❤☀️✌🏼

[@sipanaskar14]

We Ezidis love our Armenian brothers ❤️

[@ellaartenstein853]

@@Janine.Najarian Kurdistan is real and there nothing you can do about it :)

[@chriswestphal723]

This guy should have so many more views/subscribers... Very well spoken and researched. Been subscribed for 2 or 3 years and have learned so much.

[@peacock69mcp]

Wow! The 7 angels represented by 7 candles also have co-relation with the 7 chakras or energy points in Indian / eastern spirituality. The Ezidi way of life is by far, the most interesting of all in the Middle East.

[@shankaranarayanan9730]

Tamil God 'MURUGAN' #முருகன் 🙏🙏🙏

[@faithlesshound5621]

Or the Seven Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort (pbuh). Also, don't forget Morgan le Fay, enchantress and sister of King Arthur and great-aunt of St Mungo.

[@HeatLure5324]

@@faithlesshound5621 nice But u forgot that Harry Potter is a movie and Hinduism and ezidie are realities And also that yezidie live in Iran which was home to zoroastrians,a religion originated from Hinduism So chances of yezidie being Hindus r very high Peacock is the vehicle of hindu god MURUGAN

[@gourdguru]

@@HeatLure5324 Murugan is one of Shiva's offspring, brother of Ganesh, right? sorry, my indian mythology is pretty rusty.

[@himanshunagarwal1019]

​@@HeatLure5324also peacock is connected with Lord Krishan even Today I Every Lord Krishna temple a sign of peacock is necessary like feathers

[@milosivanovic1141]

Great video as usually. Really enjoying your content. You made me love religious topics. Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@thanuvasistha9074]

I'm just so thankful for the existence of your channel...🥺

[@Kieran_McNally]

Excellent video. Informative and very thought-provoking. Thanks for all the effort you put into this.

[@rachelselima2609]

This is an amazingly informative video! Thank you so much for uploading this!

[@marcelo90z]

Your videos are such a great resource. I wish that, when I finally become a teacher, I can use some of them as complement for my future history lessons, even though I will have to translate them to portuguese because I live in Brazil. You're an inspiration to me become a history teacher due to your professionalism in the religion studies subject.

[@claralabreck5979]

Love your channel! I have always had an interest in religions and your videos fill that interest in a thorough yet understandable way! Keep up the good work!

[@annarivera912]

I read about this religious group many years ago. Apparently Sadam Hussein protected their religious practice and once he was eliminated their safety was no longer protected. Thank you for this video because I forgot the name of this religion and every time I told folks about this religion they thought I was crazy once I mentioned the peacock. I appreciate this!

[@Janine.Najarian]

Yeah. He wasn't a nice guy by any means but we had no right to depose him especially considering what he was doing for the religious minorities. Everybody gets one 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@manga12]

@@Janine.Najarian yea but gassed the kurds, those that are persian diaspora from long ago like parsis in india

[@BlazingFlame69]

@@manga12 You know living under one terror but stable dictatorship is better than living in an unstable landscape where your dont know what will happen to you. Also i hate yall for only seeing the crimes commited by Easterners but dont see the hell EU and USA is doing upon all around the world

[@dragonmaster3207]

@@Janine.Najarianalso the killings of the Shia

[@ellaartenstein853]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@basuta-dshrara Dude your country invaded another country unprovoked, decimated their public infrastructure, murdered 500,000 people, is now in a shitty situation all around because of your country’s actions there, and somehow all your country did was “respond to help”? Also if you think there was a reason for the Iraq war other than oil you are dumb.

[@smiedranokatirova5987]

Thxx for this video All love to all the native Mesopotamian Iraqi Yezidis

[@sero6976]

We Yezidis are Kurdish

[@s.s.a8741]

@@sero6976 one day an independent Kurdistan will definitely happen 🇹🇯

[@AlindFc]

Love 💓 Thanks brother

[@onlylonely455]

@@sero6976 No Eizidy never says we are kurdish they say we are just Eizidy

[@sero6976]

@@onlylonely455 Ezidis are Kurdish and most Ezidis consider themselves so

[@ndm0227]

Your comments on syncretism are brilliant, thank you for being so eloquent. ✌️

[@juditsivo309]

Very interesting, I know Eszter personally, happy to see her contribution to this subject. Congratulations to both of you !

[@markservice8735]

Happy to have found this channel.

[@paulmelton8101]

They could also be incorporating Hinduism. The peacock is a symbol of Lord Krishna and I’ve seen Yazidi iconology with A person riding a peacock who had markings on their foreheads that resemble both Vaisnava and Saivite markings. One of Krishnas sons in their scriptures rides a peacock in battle. The seven seers or Siddhas are used in Hinduism and also represent the planets. Too many similarities!

[@kangkankrishnasarmapegu7789]

Exactly. Some theorists say when the plates were still moving, the South Indian civilization who were followers of the cult of Skanda or God who rides the peacock dispersed. So most likely they branched off to middle East and developed into modern Yazidism

[@erkangreen6182]

In case anyone wonders why there are so many similarities to hinduism. Yazidis and Hindus have the same ancestry. both groups belong to the Indo-Iranian family. and thousands of years ago these peoples all lived together. Yazidis have their origins in present-day Iran and at that time these areas bordered on the Vedic cultures. Not many Yezidis know this fact..

[@relax3576]

You are incorrect. Lord krishna not using peacock, it's lord shivas elder son.. Lord muruga or lord karthikeya, yazidis are belivers of lord muruga.., it's a Hinduism.

[@wetube8414]

Our hindu religion has same similarities on them

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

Yezidism it seems, are that with the followers of God who didnt folow Moses and Israel as a covenant. The one God was followed before Abraham and the people of Israel. And I think Yezidism comes from that, it predates sumerian pantheons. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGPEp2CumdmArbs I'd love it if you came to chat on my channel.

[@webbess1]

There's a large Yazidi community in Lincoln, Nebraska apparently.

[@mimisslopez]

Yes! I live here and Lincoln is one of the refugee cities for them :)

[@annaad2026]

Really?omg

[@jaspalsingh150]

it is sad that Yazidis have faced so much persecution.

[@hilmyahmed6446]

Thank you for taking the effort to present such an excellent video.

[@shakeelmohamed7962]

Melek Taus closely resembles lord Murugan the tamil god of war Do anyone noticed the resemblance

[@akhilkartha]

Well peacock is the Devine ride of Lord Murugan, not murugan himself. Modern Yazidism seems to be a hybrid of some ancient Pagan or Animist religion and Islam.

[@peterparker-pl8wt]

Yes, heard that they are Hindus and Murugan is their God. Recently group of Yazadis went to India and did prayers

[@karthikdon5]

Yup true it's our Lord Murugan of Tamils

[@AdamSahr-cj4kf]

That confirms the folkloric nature of Yazidism !!!

[@karthikdon5]

@Baby Sama 48 Nope you are wrong

[@myamyone]

Thank you for publishing current and accurate information on religion and religious history without judgment or fear-mongering.

[@Merrymangos]

Thankyou, I love finding out about different religions, very well done

[@kristenphelps4602]

I've been living in Kurdistan for the past 6 years, have been to Lalish more times than I can remember, have asked lots of Yazidi friends, and this is the best understanding of Yazidism I have had to date. Thank you!

[@atomicwoodpecker0123]

Hey Andrew, you're an inspiration to me as a Junior in highschool who plans to go into religious studies. Do you have any tips on how to get in and what to study beforehand? Is religious studies a viable career option/in demand?

[@kylestevensanders]

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

[@elfarlaur]

Religious studies isn't in high demand per se, but any job which involves interacting with people of various backgrounds will benefit from a degree in it. In general, I advise people to study what makes them happy and usually they will be able to do something with it if they are willing to work hard. Studying something you love will make it feel less difficult when trying to find or create a career. But if you're looking for an easy way to make money, you're looking in the wrong place.

[@lshulman58]

Pursue such study at a public (State) university. Private colleges tend to have a historical connection to some Christian denomination. May have very strong theology studies but weak when it comes to a comprehensive and general study of religion or focus on non Christian religion. I would recommend Indiana University (Bloomington), that is where I did my graduate work in Religious Studies. Well rounded and balanced offerings.

[@atomicwoodpecker0123]

@Guska Blanco His website says his name is Andrew though?

[@mchevre]

@@atomicwoodpecker0123 It was a joke. He looks a bit like a younger version of comedian and TV show host John Oliver.

[@locklear2478]

I’m a psychology major who was just going to get a masters in counseling eventually. My school offered Religious Studies eventually so I dual majored. Now I’m looking at clinical psych PhD programs with a focus on Psychology of Religion. You give me a lot inspiration for a career.

[@dickcole5628]

A very good presentation I've now subscribed Cheers keep up the good work

[@israfeltheinstramentalist_3715]

Love your videos, man! Keep up the good work.

[@hungjury7482]

Can you do Bahai'ism? Or Druze? Or maybe even lesser-known groups like the Carmelites or Dönmeh

[@johnprice3593]

Druze are too complicated to explain honestly, not to doubt him, but it'll create too much misinformation.

[@atherkhan646]

Druze episode will be very interesting. Druze and Bahai both seems to attempt to unify abrahamic religion. but lets see.

[@watcherwlc53]

@@johnprice3593 if he could explain this one, my bet is he could do a good job

[@starfthegreat]

Alawites are an interesting bunch also

[@Miatpi]

I wouldn't say Christianity did "borrow" the Hebrew writings or practices though, as it really is an offshoot/continuation of jewism. Jesus, the apostles and all early Christians were all Jews and considered themselves to be such as well.

[@ramo4207]

Don’t think anyone rejects the idea that Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism

[@AC-mp7cx]

@@ramo4207 its an offshoot but has very very different theological principles

[@miguelatkinson]

​@@lets_wrapitupIslam did not always exist

[@gustavoluiz1000]

I never heard about it before. Thank you for the great content!

[@brandonmcleod9182]

Hey ReligionForBreakfast I just want to say that I'm a big fan of your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@roland4877]

I spent my second deployment at Sinjar and on Sinjar Mountain. I always took interest in their culture. I wish there was more information on the old temple on Sinjar peek. Thank you

[@hardrock6r]

I remember that temple very well! I spent a chunk of time there in OIF 1.

[@lmao5070]

The temple is in UNESCO right because it turned out to be 4000 years old. But as a Yazidi I don't believe that it will exist for long. In the past we used to hide so others wouldn't know of our existence and that's how we protected ourselves and our temples from outsiders. But now because everyone knows the place of the temple they might go and b0mb it. They do it all the time. My dad died in a suicide bombing and one day someone also bombed himself in the middle of our village without any reason and that was even before is!s existed.

[@josephsmith2682]

Thank you for this video! I love learning about different religions, and it's so hard to find information about some of them, Yazidis included. I would be super interested in a video about the Alawites if you're looking for topics.

[@silaslackey7966]

Thank you for including bibliographies in each video

[@Peter-ci1zw]

These videos are bloody great, good work my dude

[@funkyskitchen]

I have to say, as a lay student of comparative religion, I'm impressed by the content of yours that I have seen. Although there are a lot of things in videos I've seen, but this was pretty deep into a new subject without being too technical. If you ever need help with your research, I'd be more than happy to help you.

[@Adam-gx1ml]

Awesome as always, genuinely some of my favourite content on this site. Any plans to do a video on the Druze?

[@republiccooper]

This would be wonderful. I hope he does.

[@majidanvi8674]

Druse same yazid no so different but yzadi live in iraq and druza live in Lubnan

[@schmitzfrance]

Brilliant. Thank you for your time and efforts.

[@taha2010ification]

Awesome video, thank you!

[@yourhandsomestep-dad2669]

Your videos have inspired me to have a more in depth understanding of my own faith (Christianity) and the faiths of others. Your videos are very informative and they are always worth the view.

[@mnichols1979]

You'll find all "religions" are cults. Some are just socially accepted.

[@Tenebrio-Morio]

@@mnichols1979 refer to religion for breakfast's video on cults.

[@ethanomcbride]

I cannot express how grateful I am that you took the time to make this video. When I wrote my analysis of crimes against humanity committed by ISIL I struggled to adequately explain the group to my fellow IR students largely because they had no cultural touchstones to help them understand Yazidi faith and people. The background info presented here has really helped me make sense of Yazidi faith and culture

[@anarchycastro]

Very interesting, thanks for the video.

[@chrish.7965]

Thank you for this interesting and informative video.

[@me0101001000]

Today, KZbin Recommended was a good boy I just found a gem!

[@kesharkhadkapunwar2029]

🚩Hail mother Sri Bhavani 🚩🚩🚩 👏 🌹🌹🙏 🇳🇵Love from Nepal !!!

[@Javastackoo7]

Jai Maa 🙏🙏

[@kesharkhadkapunwar2029]

@Arindam Chakraborty 🇳🇵🇮🇳 👏🌹🙏

[@joanneceo6523]

Thank you for such an informative video.

[@melhembarkat7800]

I am a young man from the Yazidi religion..Perhaps many do not know our customs and traditions. We are Yazidis and do not know anything about our Lalish temple.

[@blueskybruno]

These videos are so important, they are also timeless, people however many years AFTER you posted this need to see it! Fantastic work!

[@abhi565b]

Seven angles are similar to saptrishis or the seven sages to whome Shiva taught the knowledge of yoga to spread throughout the world. This may be a connection.

[@nationalistthug4234]

It's sapta kanniga'seven Angels worshipping lord Muruga in Tamil Nadu. I have been to such temples in TN. It is just identical to what is worshipped by yazidis. Peacock, seven Angels etc.

[@abhi565b]

@@nationalistthug4234 ya this may be a connection. But how this form of worship reached yazidis is still a question

[@izzathturak8463]

Hindu concept only in India 🇮🇳 😂

[@abhi565b]

@@izzathturak8463 ohh that's why "karma" and "yoga" has become an English word now!!Even their is an international yoga day on 21st June designated by UN. And many western people have started believing in reincarnation concept and reject one life concept of Abrahamic religions!!Grow up buddy and follow international spiritual giants of India such as sadguru, Osho etc

[@dineshpadhi9421]

@@izzathturak8463 yeah there will be judgement day 👍😂😂

[@michaelearendil6843]

What a fascinating, informative exploration of the Yazidi religion! It reminds me of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. Many thanks for the education and for your clear explanations.

[@parulrajwanshi3282]

I LOVE your channel, and your videos. They are very well balanced, dispel any truly wrong assumptions while also emphasising true key features of any religion you discuss, and your research is so credible and I as a viewer am able to see your true effort behind all your videos and their researches. Kudos! And glad I found this channel as a religio-curious person :)

[@biggusmunkusthegreat]

This was incredibly well formatted. I'm atheist and not at all a religious academic, and just came across Yazidi religion earlier today per happenstance, and decided to search it up here. Earned a sub for sure.

[@Emotionengne]

I figured out who they really are. They’re Humans.

[@aitbenhammoumohand-salah4042]

@Not Needed Africans are humans too. But I really curious to know why you say they aren't ?

[@generalisimo1]

When I was in Syria the Kurds that spoke English viewed them more or less as a type of Islamic-Buddhism. It makes sense to me now with the various beliefs of reincarnation and the Sufi connection.

[@LS-ql4wp]

One can read about ancient hindu temples. The temple shape similarity. Use of peacock lamps in India. Concept of avatar is common in both Concept of atma i.e portion of divine in soil

[@editorrbr2107]

This was fascinating. Thank you.

[@barbaraolson600]

Thank you again ! So many religions, lots to study.

[@simko28]

Yazidi to me as an atheist Kurdish man is the roots of kurdishness , all Kurdish cultural elements along history preserved in that community, suck as tolerance, house hold rules , even looks , they didn’t mix up with other nations and empires came and go so look wise they are what pure Kurdish ethnic looked like 3400 years ago,

[@lmao5070]

First kurd who accepted the fact. Although I'm also an atheist but I'm still a ezidy and will not leave my group. If you understand the meaning of the words ezdi and khude in Kurdish you will understand what you believed in and why the kurds still use the name khuda. Ezdi or Ezda is made up of two word. Ez meaning Me and das meaning give or created and khu meaning himself and da meaning give. The meaning is god is the self given while he gave us or created us. Every time we call ourselves ezidi we are just saying created us (we are the creation of god). It has no deep meaning though because I really don't believe in god.

[@kidzu209]

best explained, more than religion was interested to know about a civilization which co exists with us, thanks for your efforts.

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

This video is what makes youtube great. Such an important valuable lecture than Im so happy to have found. Shame on YT for actively suppressing such positive and beneficial work.

[@juiceytee]

Excellent ❤ I’d love a deeper dive too

[@edgarmkrtumyan9247]

Armenian Loves YAZIDI WE ARE BROTHERS!

[@Janine.Najarian]

Ayo jan

[@matrixxx3662]

Majority of these Yezidis and Syriac are assmilated Armenians. They are your people. Come and get them.

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Catholicsm: we have a trinity. Yazidism: *Laughs in heptarchy*

[@ekadria-bo4962]

Its really heptanity or-?. Hmm..

[@thedamnedatheist]

So does Christianity. See my entry above.

[@redhornsms2649]

Haft is 7 in kurdish

[@Miatpi]

@@thedamnedatheist Yes? Catholicism is a branch of Christianity; the branch that declared the trinity as dogma.

[@thedamnedatheist]

@@Miatpi, yes, but in one entry in the bible the archangel Raphael speaks of being one of seven archangels serving god.

[@KrishnaSingh-yt3rq]

Wonderful!! Very nice..lets share this

[@akirubamiru6700]

Thank you for clarifying for us a community that was unknown to us.

[@edwardaugustus9680]

Excellent video, would love to see a video about Yarsanism and the theory that they are a sibling religion of the Yazidi religion. A video about what the Alawites believe would be good as well as most descriptions online say that Alawites don't like talking to outsiders about it..

[@ArkadiBolschek]

If I remember correctly (speaking from memory as I haven't been able to find the source) Yazidi tradition also has a story in which all the angels bow before the newly created Adam except for Melek Tawus; when God asks him why he isn't bowing, Melek Tawus replies "because You told us earlier to bow to no creature but You", then God rewards him by elevating him above the rest of the angels. A similar story exists in the Muslim and Judeo-christian traditions, but in that one it's Satan/Eblis who won't bow to Adam, and he is _punished_ for it, not rewarded. All in all, I guess it's not surprising that people took the Yazidis for devil worshippers...

[@tstarr8314]

Technically Iblis wasn't punished for not bowing to Adam. Iblis had been given special permissions from God such as interacting with the angels, which other djinn were not permitted to do, because he was loved by God. Then he disobeyed God's command, questioned God's decision to create Adam essentially telling God He had made a mistake, and declared himself to be better than Adam because he was made from fire while man was made from clay. He put his love for himself over his love for God. In Islam it is said that anyone with an ounce of arrogance in their heart will not enter Paradise, and it sounds like Iblis had pounds of it.

[@jehielhernandez8152]

Uhmm Christian tradition has no beliefs such as Satan and other Angels getting commanded to bow to Adam. I think Islam and maybe Judaism have such beliefs, but certainly not Christianity

[@ArkadiBolschek]

@@jehielhernandez8152 I'll have to check up on that! Edited my original comment just to be on the safe side.

[@data4pass]

Actually, the idea of Satan/Iblis being praiseworthy for refusing to prostrate to Adam actually existed among some extreme (from an orthodox Sunni point of view) Sufi figures, such as Mansur al-Hallaj. I wonder if his ideas somehow seeped to Sheikh Adi's thought (and thus Yezidis).

[@lmao5070]

@@data4pass To be honest as a yezidy I heard of this story about 5 years ago. None of our elders or relatives know of it. It's pretty made up by the people in lalish like the banning of pork even though there is no teaching in yezidy religion of banning pork. The religious group which are the Shaikh were directly thought by sheikh adi in lalish. So that would make sense.

[@shanedavis2176]

Very good, excellent work.

[@TooToo246]

Very informative, thank you

[@shashwatsinha2704]

The practices and architecture look too much like Hinduism. Edit: Also the caste system.

[@shashwatsinha2704]

@shaz I mean, Monotheism is not outside the realm of Hinduism.

[@coe3408]

I have read some of claims of a kind of connection, maybe because both practice ancient Indo-European religions

[@adnankhalid8611]

Dream on.

[@hardgamer5375]

Well not only that the believes like 7 Angels also similar with Hindu 7 Sages.

[@koolar1528]

Not at all. This yezide Temple first constructed in 15th century and you can find Simular christian church build Same in iran regiona. Only in north india the top part is build simple. Nobody can stand near magnificant temple bildings like southindian tamils.

[@TheBestThomasJay]

These videos make me want to get a PhD in Religious Studies.

[@diamondgeezertunes]

Focus on science .. not myths

[@mertinibus]

@@diamondgeezertunes who tf are you to tell people what to focus on?

[@sabz_1675]

@@mertinibus ikr

[@watcherwlc53]

@@sabz_1675 yeah it's like he's giving people directives or something

[@spawnofchaos9422]

@@diamondgeezertunes Studying religion has nothing to do with what you believe.

[@MedianAryanLight]

Very accurate video ! Well done !

[@fairyfawzy]

I learned a lot from your videos thank you for your efforts

[@vixendoe2545]

This iis very interesting. The peacock was also seen as a personification of God in Celtic Christianity.

[@pirbird14]

Could you expand on this point? I've never heard of this aspect of Celtic belief.

[@vixendoe2545]

@@pirbird14 In the Illustrated Book of Kells, the Four Gospels there are many illustrations of animals. The peacock is one. Augustine even said the peacock could represent the Christ resurrected, as it's flesh does not corrupt as readily as that of other animals. There is a book called Reading the Bible the Celtic Way, the Peacock's Tail Feathers.

[@pirbird14]

@@vixendoe2545 Thank you!

[@vixendoe2545]

You are so very welcome!

[@watcherwlc53]

there's also the use of the peacock as a Christian symbol in medieval Christianity

[@reeja2893]

This world is beautiful with diverse religions . If hate and dominance can be removed, we all can live peacefully.

[@schublak]

Thank you so much for sharing your profound knowledge.

[@danielamin]

I first came across yazidism in Alan Moore's Top 10, where one of the superhero cops is a Yazidi named "King Peacock". That must have been 20 years ago. I was super curious to learn more but it was difficult to find information online at the time. Really cool to see this video now.

[@RastafarianPilgrim]

The qewwals remind me of the griots of Africa, living libraries of myth and legend.

[@JM-vj7we]

Yes...... i don’t understand people who seek out knowledge of other people or their religions but obviously are so bias that their ignorance is profound.

[@WanderingWaystrel]

The portion about focusing more on identity and practice than “correct belief” really spoke to me. As a Jewish person, I’ve always found my religion to be similar, and found it odd when Christians focused so much on the exact details of the stories in the Torah and not at all on the cultural connection and understanding of your ancestors you get from studying the torah that I felt were what was actually important about my religion

[@lmao5070]

That is because we don't believe that other people from other religion won't go to heaven or reincarnated in a good life after this life. Most important thing is to help others and never disrespect god and always pray to him. We are not really that religious but to helping others is the most important thing in life. My family smuggled alot Jewish people out of iraq when the arabs got crazy in Iraq for no reason.

[@anujoseph9229]

​@@lmao5070u really great people. It doesn't matter which religion u are important thing how good we are and our contribution to the world. I wish u a prosperous and peaceful life. From Kerala India

[@iammozu3]

My close friend in Germany is Ezidi and I am Japanese... we met though work. I've not dared to ask what she and her husband had gone through in Iraq before moving to Germany. Having to survive through such deep collective trauma is truly horrendous and heartbreaking. I pray for them. Thank you so much for putting together this thoughtful presentation!!!

[@kareemaly7177]

I really appreciate how respectful you are towards people’s beliefs