In the environs of modern Iraq the Yazidi peoples have continuously practiced Sharfadin, an ancient and swiftly diminishing (because of horrific religious persecution) religion, for thousands of years. Although elements of the Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism appear in Sharfadin, it it a religion into its own self. It teaches monotheism, but also that seven angels or Heptad have been in charge of the universe as divine deputies. It also upholds an idea that the ages, angels, and ordinary humans constantly reincarnate. The “Peacock Angel” Melek Taus, shown on this symbol, is the most important archangel and sees over much of daily life.
