Tawûsê Melek
E776582
Tawûsê Melek is the central peacock-angel figure in Yazidism, revered as a chief divine being and guardian of the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tawûsê Melek canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9065478 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tawûsê Melek Context triple: [Melek Taus, alsoKnownAs, Tawûsê Melek]
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A.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
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B.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel is a Belgian prince, a member of the royal family of Belgium and the son of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.
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C.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is with us," used in various languages and cultures.
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D.
Rury Jezuickie
Rury Jezuickie is a historic district of Lublin, Poland, known as the birthplace of communist leader and postwar head of state Bolesław Bierut.
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E.
Jesús
Jesús is a common Spanish given name derived from the name of Jesus Christ, widely used across Spanish-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tawûsê Melek Target entity description: Tawûsê Melek is the central peacock-angel figure in Yazidism, revered as a chief divine being and guardian of the world.
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A.
Jebus
Jebus is the ancient Canaanite name for the city later known as Jerusalem.
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B.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel is a Belgian prince, a member of the royal family of Belgium and the son of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.
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C.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "God is with us," used in various languages and cultures.
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D.
Rury Jezuickie
Rury Jezuickie is a historic district of Lublin, Poland, known as the birthplace of communist leader and postwar head of state Bolesław Bierut.
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E.
Jesús
Jesús is a common Spanish given name derived from the name of Jesus Christ, widely used across Spanish-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angelic being
ⓘ
deity ⓘ religious figure ⓘ |
| associatedColor | multicolored ⓘ |
| associatedCommunity |
Kurdish Yazidis
ⓘ
linked to:
Yazidis
|
| associatedConcept |
cosmic order
ⓘ
creation ⓘ divine justice ⓘ divine mercy ⓘ testing of humanity ⓘ |
| associatedEthic |
loyalty to God
ⓘ
repentance and forgiveness ⓘ |
| associatedNumber | seven ⓘ |
| associatedRitual | annual Feast of the Assembly at Lalish ⓘ |
| associatedRitualObject | bronze peacock effigies ⓘ |
| cosmicRole |
guardian of the world
ⓘ
leader of the seven angels ⓘ |
| cosmologicalStatus | first among the seven angels ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Lalish temple complex ⓘ |
| function |
dispenser of reward and punishment
ⓘ
governor of the world’s affairs ⓘ protector of Yazidi community ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Melek Tawus
ⓘ
linked to:
Melek Taus
Peacock Angel ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Kurmanji Kurdish
ⓘ
linked to:
Kurmanji
|
| mainShrineLocation |
Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan
ⓘ
linked to:
Lalish
|
| misinterpretedAs | devil by some outsiders ⓘ |
| moralCharacterInYazidism |
benevolent
ⓘ
compassionate ⓘ forgiving ⓘ |
| nameComponent |
Melek (angel)
ⓘ
linked to:
Melek
Tawûs (peacock) ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Peacock Angel ⓘ |
| positionInPantheon | chief divine being ⓘ |
| rejectionByYazidis | identification with Satan ⓘ |
| relationToGodInYazidism |
manifestation of God’s will
ⓘ
servant of God ⓘ |
| religion | Yazidism ⓘ |
| roleInReligion | central figure in Yazidism ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Yazidi oral tradition
ⓘ
Yazidi religious hymns (qewls) ⓘ |
| symbol |
peacock
ⓘ
sanǧaq peacock standard ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Yazidis ⓘ |
| viewWithinYazidism |
God’s representative on earth
ⓘ
mediator between God and the world ⓘ supreme emanation of God ⓘ |
| worshipPlace | Lalish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tawûsê Melek Description of subject: Tawûsê Melek is the central peacock-angel figure in Yazidism, revered as a chief divine being and guardian of the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.