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Tree worship: Sacred Trees and Wishing Trees

Tree worship refers to the veneration of trees, groups of trees, and sacred groves. They can be regarded as the embodiment of mythological beings themselves,…

Zazaki in the Context of Alevism

This entry examines the function of Zazaki (Kırmancki) within the Alevi religious world, particularly centred on Dersim. Zazaki plays an important role in Alevism not…

Shahmaran and Shahapet: The Snake Cults of the Kurds, Yazidis, and Armenians

The worship of snakes is one of the oldest natural religious or polytheistic beliefs worldwide. There are two contrasting views: 1) Snakes are seen as…

Mountains and Fire Worship: Sacred Peaks and Fiery Rituals: Tracing the Pre-Christian Roots of Dersim’s Alevi Beliefs

The entry informs about the continuity of pre-Christian/pre-Islamic veneration of high, usually volcanic mountains in the antic Armenian Highlands, including Dersim. These venerated mountains were…

Xızır's (Hızır's) Sacred Herd (Bezoar Goats of Dersim)

This entry explores pantheistic nature worship in the Raa Haqi faith, using the example of the worship of bezoar goats living in Dersim. These wild…

Alevis’ Struggles for Rights: A Human Rights Law Perspective

This entry examines Alevis’ struggles for rights in Turkey within the framework of freedom of religion and conscience, the right to education, and the prohibition…

A Brief Sketch of the Development of Alevi Studies

This is an annotated bibliography of the most significant contributions to Alevi studies, in chronological order from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. It identifies American Protestant…

Dersim - Jiar u Diyar (Sacred Geography)

This entry reconceptualises Dersim not as a mere geographic or administrative region but as a sacred-political topography (a cultural geography) central to the Raa Haqi…

Alevism Lessons in British Schools: Inclusion through Religious Education

This entry demonstrates the importance of education as a space for inclusive strategies to integrate minoritised and excluded communities like Alevis and give them a…

Ahl-é Haqq (Ehli Heq, Ahl-é-Haqîqat, Yarsanism, Kaka‘i)

Yarsanism, also known as Ahl-e Haqq, is a syncretic belief that combines various mystical and gnostic traditions with Islamic, Mazdean, and ancient Kurdish elements. The…
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