CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Spät, Eszter |
|---|---|
| Title | Late Antique Motifs in Yezidi Oral Tradition |
| Summary | The thesis studies the presence and use of late antique motifs in the oral religious tradition of the Kurdish speaking Yezidis of Northern Iraq. Yezidi mythology and religious imagery have incorporated and adapted to their particular religious system certain myths and motifs which once enjoyed widespread popularity among the interrelated religious movements of Late Antiquity, from Judaism through Christianity to Gnosticism and Manichaeism, but which have since been mostly been relegated to oblivion. Such a quest simultaneously contributes to a better understanding of Yezidi religion, orality in the Middle East, and the influence of late antique religiosity on the religious development of the region. |
| Supervisor | Jaritz, Gerhard; Perczel, István |
| Department | Medieval Studies PhD |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/mphspe02.pdf |
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