Непознатите йезиди – между Слънцето и „Падналия ангел”. Йезидската общност в Южен Кавказ (Армения и Грузия)
Unknown Yezidis – between the Sun and "Fallen Angel". Yezidi Community in the South Caucasus (Armenia and Georgia)

Summary/Abstract: The text aims at presenting the Yezidi community in the South Caucasus - Armenia and Georgia. Myths about the Yezdis abound. The epithet “devil-worshipper” – perhaps the most famous of the myths attributed to the Yezidis. The Yezidis are a small Kurmanji-speaking ethno-confessional group, the followers of an doctrine, called Yezidism or the Yezidi religion. They originate in northern Iraq and are distinguished from other Kurds by adherence to the Yezidi religion. The Yezidis of the South Caucasus form part of a larger Yezidi global community, located predominantly in the historic homeland of the Yezidi faith, northern Iraq, and also in Turkey, Syria and, increasingly, Western Europe. The Yezidis of the South Caucasus represent the second largest concentration of Yezidis worldwide.

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