Taus-Melek
Other Names / Variants:

Malek Tawûs, Melek-I-Taus

Taus-Melek - The peacock angel worshipped by the Yezidis as the devil-god and benefactor of mankind.  Taus-Melek is a Buddhist paraphrase for the devil (Satan).  To the Yezidis, a Kurdish Moslem sect inhabiting the mountains of Upper Mesopotamia (Iraq), Taus-Melek "is a fallen archangel, now pardoned, to whom God has committed the government of the world and the management of the transmigration of souls."  [Rf. Louis Massignon, "The Yezidis of Mount Sindjar" in the symposium, Satan.] See also Wall, Devils.  (a)

See also:  Tausa

Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from the original source:

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967

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