Bibi Mushkilkusho
Yaghnobi · numen · Yaghnobi traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Bibi Mushkilkusho ('Lady Who Undoes Difficulties') is the companion patroness of Bibi Seshanbe in the women's devotional life of the Tajik world, including the Yaghnob valley. Her name is spoken in vows and thank-offerings made when a hardship has been resolved or a wish fulfilled, and her rite, like that of Bibi Seshanbe, is held in a small gathering of women with consecrated food. The two ladies are often invoked together, and both are held to derive from a pre-Islamic cult of a female protector of women and the home.
Domains
- difficulty relief
- protection women
Powers
- loosen every hardship
Epithets
- мушкилкушо — opener of difficultiesComparative study of the cult of Bibi Mushkilkusho (oaji.net, 2015). (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Bibi SeshanbeInvoked together with Bibi Seshanbe in the women's devotional cycle.Comparative study of rituals of the cult of Bibi Seshanbe and Bibi Mushkilkusho (oaji.net, 2015). (secondary)
Sources
- Bibi Mushkilkusho, 'the Lady who undoes difficulties', is a patroness of women paired with Bibi Seshanbe in Tajik Central Asian folk devotion including the Yaghnob valley.: Comparative study of rituals of the cult of Bibi Seshanbe and Bibi Mushkilkusho (oaji.net, 2015). (secondary)
- Her veneration, like Bibi Seshanbe's, is held to have pre-Islamic Iranian roots.: oaji.net (2015): pre-Islamic roots of the female saints Bibi Seshanbe and Bibi Mushkilkusho. (secondary)