Adam
Adam is the figure who is positioned in Raa Haqi creation narratives as the first human being, the ancestor of humanity, and the musahib of...
Adır / Agır (Fire)
Adır or Agır means “fire” in the Kırmancki and Kurmanci Alevi religious vocabulary. In the belief world of Raa Haqi, fire is understood not merely...
Cem / Cevat
Cem is the central ritual within Alevi and Bektashi forms of worship. In the Raa Haqi tradition, cem is not only a collective act of...
Community Assembly / Cemat (Cemaat Çekırın)
Cemat or cemaat çekırın refers to an assembled community within the belief and social order of Raa Haqi, particularly the collective forum in which individual...
Melek-i Tavus
Melek-i Tavus, or Meleka Tavus, is a cosmological figure in Raa Haqi creation narratives. He initially holds an important position in the realm of angels...
Water / Auwe / Aw
Auwe or Aw means “water” in the Raa Haqi tradition. Water is regarded as one of the two fundamental sources of life on earth, together...
Beyit (Beyıt / Beyıte)
Beyıte (or Beyıt) is the general term for the poems recited during ritual worship in the belief system of Raa Haqi. These poems vary according...
Kirvelik (2)
This entry examines the institution of kirvelik (Kivralık / Kirve / Kewra / Kirêw & Male Circumcision) in the context of Dersim Alevism (Raa Haqi),...
Ahiret (Axrete / Axiret)
Axrete (afterlife) refers to the sacred realm in the belief system of Dersim Alevism (Raa Haqi) where post-mortem existence takes place. As one of the...
Hard / Erd (Earth / Soil)
Hard / Erd (earth/soil) in the belief world of Dersim Alevism (Raa Haqi) refers to the space in which material life is sustained. However, it...
