Pir Musi
Yarsani · deity · Yarsani traditional religion; continuing · deity
Pir Musi is one of the seven holy companions of the central manifestation in Yarsani belief. He is the recording angel of the heptad, charged with keeping the register of human deeds, and tradition further honours him as the scribe who first committed the orally revealed sacred poems to writing. He is commonly identified with the archangel Michael. Together with Benyamin and Dawud he forms the triad of companions named most often in the sung Gurani liturgy, and the lineage tracing its descent from him is one of the founding houses of the Ahl-e Haqq.
Domains
- record of deeds
- sacred scribehood
Powers
- to record and keep the register of every human deed
- to write down the revealed sacred poems
Epithets
- Pir Musi
Relations
- subordinate to: Soltan Sahak
- companion: Soltan Sahak
- companion: Pir Benyamin
- companion: Pir Dawud
Sources
- Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan: A Sociological, Historical and Religio-Historical Study of a Kurdish Community. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990.
- Kreyenbroek, Philip G. "The Religious Textual Heritage of the Yārsān (Ahl-e Haqq)." Oral Tradition 36/1 (2022).