Pir Musi
Yarsani · deity · Yarsani traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
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 MusiHamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990. (secondary)
Relations
- subordinate to: Soltan SahakMusi is one of the holy companions who attend and serve the central manifestation Soltan Sahak.Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990. (secondary)
- companion: Soltan SahakOne of the seven holy companions (Haftan) of Soltan Sahak.Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990. (secondary)
- companion: Pir BenyaminMusi, Benyamin and Dawud are the three companions most frequently named together in the sacred poetry of the dispensation.Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990. (secondary)
- companion: Pir DawudNamed together with Dawud among the inseparable triad of holy companions.Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990. (secondary)
Sources
- Pir Musi is one of the Haftan, the holy companions of Soltan Sahak, the recording angel who keeps the register of human deeds and is traditionally regarded as the scribe who first wrote down the sacred Yarsani poems.: Hamzeh'ee, M. Reza. The Yaresan: A Sociological, Historical and Religio-Historical Study of a Kurdish Community. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1990. (secondary); Kreyenbroek, Philip G. "The Religious Textual Heritage of the Yārsān (Ahl-e Haqq)." Oral Tradition 36/1 (2022). (secondary)