Sicadîn

Sicadîn
Sicadîn
Psychopomp & Messenger of Death
Member of the Heptad
Venerated in	Yazidism
Region	Kurdistan
Ethnic group	Kurds (Yazidis)
Genealogy
Parents	Ezdina Mir (father)
Siblings	Fexredîn, Nasirdîn, Sheikh Shems

Sheikh Sejadin or Sejad ad-Dīn (Kurdish: Şêx Sicadîn^[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]

References

^ Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.
^ Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (1995). Yezidism--its Background, Observances, and Textual Tradition. E. Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-9004-8.
^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.
^ Pirbari, Dimtri (2008). Lalisha Nurani. Баско. p. 14. ISBN 978-5-91356-048-3.
^ Murad, Jasim Elias (1993). The Sacred Poems of the Yazidis: An Anthropological Approach. University of California, Los Angeles.
^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.
^ Fobbe, Sean; Navrouzov, Natia; Hopper, Kristen; Khudida Burjus, Ahmed; Philip, Graham; Nawaf, Maher G; Lawrence, Daniel; Walasek, Helen; Birjandian, Sara; Ali, Majid Hassan; Rashidani, Salim (2019-08-02). "Destroying the Soul of the Yazidis: Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis": 55–109. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3826126. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (1995). Yezidism--its Background, Observances, and Textual Tradition. E. Mellen Press. pp. 92–124, 127. ISBN 978-0-7734-9004-8.
^ 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. doi:10.1163/18177565-90000247. ISSN 1817-7530.

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[Omarkhali_2017-1] Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.

[2] Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (1995). Yezidism--its Background, Observances, and Textual Tradition. E. Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-7734-9004-8.

[Kreyenbroek_20052-3] Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.

[4] Pirbari, Dimtri (2008). Lalisha Nurani. Баско. p. 14. ISBN 978-5-91356-048-3.

[5] Murad, Jasim Elias (1993). The Sacred Poems of the Yazidis: An Anthropological Approach. University of California, Los Angeles.

[Kreyenbroek_2005-6] Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.

[:17-7] Fobbe, Sean; Navrouzov, Natia; Hopper, Kristen; Khudida Burjus, Ahmed; Philip, Graham; Nawaf, Maher G; Lawrence, Daniel; Walasek, Helen; Birjandian, Sara; Ali, Majid Hassan; Rashidani, Salim (2019-08-02). "Destroying the Soul of the Yazidis: Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis": 55–109. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3826126. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[:16-8] Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (1995). Yezidism--its Background, Observances, and Textual Tradition. E. Mellen Press. pp. 92–124, 127. ISBN 978-0-7734-9004-8.

[9] 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. doi:10.1163/18177565-90000247. ISSN 1817-7530.

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v t e Yazidi holy figures
Sheikh Adi lineage	Sheikh Adi Sheikh Hesen Sherfedin Sheikh Obekr Abdul Qadir Sheikh Ismail Enzel Musa Sor ("Red Moses")
Shemsani lineage	Ezdina Mir Sheikh Shems Fakhraddin Nasirdin Sejadin Amadîn Şêx Mend Xatûna Fexra
Other saints	Shehid ibn Jerr Pir Ali Mehmed Reshan Rabi'a al-Adawiyya
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