Pir Mehmed Reshan
Pir Mam Rashan or Pir Mehmed Reshan (
Pir Mehmed Reshan | |
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Lord of the rain and protector of harvest | |
Maqlub Mountain near Bardarash | |
Other names | Şêr Memê Reşan ('Lion Memê Reşan') |
Venerated in | Yazidism |
Animals | Patron of cats[4] |
Mount | Lion; In Yazidi religious texts, Memê Reşan is called Şêr Memê Reşan ('Lion Memê Reşan'), because there is a storyline about Memê Reşan, who, to show his power, saddled a stone, which then turned into a lion.[5] |
Region | Kurdistan |
Ethnic group | Kurds (Yazidis) |
Part of a series on the Yazidi religion Yazidism |
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