Huangtian Shangdi:Chinese supreme God,Sky Daddy

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Two fascinating Melek Ta'us images:

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.7898...,f8f8f8.u1.jpg

https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000...ba3f6d2e48373d

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Two fascinating Melek Ta'us images:

That blue Melek Taus is funny. Most likely drawn by the Hindus or something. Hundi people relate Melek Taus to one of their deities called Murugan. If there is some connection between Taus and Murugan then I think that Murigan is derived from Melek Taus or Mithra. Mithra was also related to the Sun (Sol)/Sky God.


This is what professor Philip G. Kreyenbroek writes about the Yezidism:


"Yezidis are remnants of Iranian tribes who refused to be influenced by the Daeva cult or by Zarathustra"
"Besides the group of early Iranians who came into direct contact with the Daeva cult and refused to bow to it, there were other tribes who continued to follow the ancient religion without being influenced by the Daeva cult or by Zarathustra."

"These Iranians continued to worship in the traditional, pre-Zoroastrian manner, and only came into contact with Zoroastrianism much later, when Zoroastrianism became a dominant tradition in western parts of Iran under the Achaemenids. I believe that the cultures of the Yezidis and the Yarsan, most of who speak forms of Kurdish, have preserved features of that ancient religion."


Major divergence of the Zoroastrianism from the Yezidism or Mithraism.

What is the importance of the dualism and conflict between light and darkness in Zoroastrianism and Yazidism?

First of all, the term 'dualism' is only partly correct. Both religions believe in the existence of two 'spheres' 'this-worldly' (getig, zaher) and 'other-worldly' (menog, baten). In Zoroastrianism, the struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, true believers and demon worshippers, was felt to be very important. In Yazidism and Yarsanism, it is much less prominent. There, people believe that what happens in this world is ultimately in the hands of the 'Lord of this World' and humans can only do their best and try to understand the hidden (baten) reality behind the manifest (zaher).

http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/4663...-be-influenced

[Aila]

That blue Melek Taus is funny. Most likely drawn by the Hindus or something. Hundi people relate Melek Taus to one of their deities called Murugan. If there is some connection between Taus and Murugan then I think that Murigan is derived from Melek Taus or Mithra. Mithra was also related to the Sun (Sol)/Sky God.

I think there was a saying with a picture like this one and it said something like:
"That which you are looking for – is looking at you …"
(… from all directions, the 4 or 8 directions, above and below plus inner) … I might add.

https://buddhaweekly.com/wp-content/...l-Buddhism.jpg

So one can represent it with a single ‘all-seeing-eye’ or thousands of eyes all-around …

P.S.
I think our Shamans borrowed the early Iranian peacock image and covering their earthly eyes they now ‘saw-with-the-eyes-of-spirit', a spatial viewpoint … and ‘space/emptiness’ of course is everywhere.