Melek Taus

Melek Taus (Kurdish: Tawûsê Melek‎), also spelled Malik Tous, translated in English as Peacock Angel, is one of the central figures of Yazidi religion. In Yazidi creation stories, God created the world and entrusted it to the care of a Heptad of seven Holy Beings, often known as Angels or heft sirr ('the Seven Mysteries'), preeminent of which is Tawûsê Melek, the Peacock Angel.

Like many aspects of the secretive Yazidi religion, Tawûsê Melek is subject to varied and ambiguous interpretations. The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Ketêbâ Jelwa), an early twentieth-century text written by non-Yazidis but based on Yazidi oral tradition, is purported to contain the words of Tawûsê Melek; it states that he allocates responsibilities, blessings and misfortunes upon humanity as he sees fit and that it is not for the race of Adam to question his choices.

Since the late 16th century, Muslims have accused Yazidis of devil worship due to the similarity between the Quranic story of Shaitan and the account of Tawûsê Melek's refusal to bow to Adam. Whereas Muslims revile Shaitan for refusing to submit to God and bow to Adam, believing that his defiance caused him to fall from God's grace, Yazidis revere Tawûsê Melek for his independence. Accusations of devil worship fueled centuries of violent persecution, which have led Yazidi communities to concentrate in remote mountainous regions of northwestern Iraq. The Yazidi taboo against the Arabic word Shaitan (الشیطان) and on words containing the consonants š (sh) and t/ṭ have been used to suggest a connection between this Tawûsê Melek and Shaitan, although no evidence exists to suggest Yazidis worship Tawûsê Melek as the same figure.

Melek

Melek is a municipality and village in the Nitra District of the south-west of Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.

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Coordinates: 48°12′N 18°20′E / 48.200°N 18.333°E / 48.200; 18.333

Çömelek

Çömelek is a village in Mut district of Mersin Province, Turkey. The village is situated in the Taurus Mountains to the east of Mut. The distance to Mut is 45 kilometres (28 mi) and to Mersin is 165 kilometres (103 mi). The population of the village was 389 as of 2012. Sason canyon is to the south of the village.

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Melek (album)

Melek (English: Angel) is Candan Erçetin's sixth studio album. In this album she made a duet with rapper Ceza.

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