Fritillaria Kurdica. Bulletin of Kurdish Studies. no. 3,4

We have pleasure to present the new issue of our Kurdish Studies Bulletin no. 3,4. It consists of two parts. The first one is devoted to the Yezidi topic and presents papers delivered during the international seminar The Diverse Heritage of Yezidi tradition which was held in Kraków on November 13 2013. The second consists of Kurdish and English articles on other topics that contribute to our research project. We owe our special thanks to Professor Martin van Bruinessen for his extensive text on The Veneration of Satan among the Ahl-e Haqq community and to Sidqî Hirorî for his will and interest to explore old and almost forgoten Polish texts and newspaper cuttings on the Kurds.

Contents

The Diverse Heritage of Yezidi Tradition

Martin van Bruinessen, Veneration of Satan Among The Ahl-e Haqq of The Guran Region

Artur Rodziewicz, Yezidi Eros. Love as The Cosmogonic Factor and Distinctive Feature of The Yezidi Theology in The Light of Some Ancient Cosmogonies

Karol Kaczorowski, Yezidism and Proto-Indo- Iranian Religion

Joanna Bocheńska, Following The Snake. Yezidi Inspirations in Contemporary Kurdish Literature

Marcin Rzepka, Discovering Communities, Inventing Beliefs. Christian Missionary Attitudes towards the Yezidis in the 19th century

Sidqi Hirori, Bi kurti li ser kurdnasiya poloni (Few Remarks on Kurdish Studies in Poland)

Ferzan Şêr, Li Keleha Vegotine Vebejereki RastGo (The Raliable Narrator At The Castle of Narration)

Renata Kurpiewska-Korbut, Cultural Policy of The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. Some Preliminary Notes

Krzysztof Lalik, The Origins and Formation of Syriac Christian Churches in Kurdistan