In
Yazidism, the Silat Bridge is a bridge in
Lalish
Lalish ( ku, لالش, translit=Laliş, also known as Lalişa Nûranî) is a mountain valley and temple in Shekhan, Duhok Governorate in Iraq. It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, ...
, Iraq that leads to the most holy
Yazidi shrine
This is a list of Yazidi temples across the world.
Background
Yazidis are an ethnoreligious group who live predominantly in northern Iraq. Their religion is known as Yazidism.
List
See also
* List of Yazidi saints
* List of Yazidi settlem ...
. It symbolizes the connection and crossing over from the profane earthly world and the sacred, esoteric world. As with the
Chinvat Bridge in
Zoroastrianism, the Silat Bridge in will also play a role at the end of times in Yazidism (Kreyenbroek 2005: 39).
Every year, thousands of Yazidi pilgrims arrive at the bridge for the
Feast of the Assembly
The Feast of the Assembly is a Yazidi festival.
As the greatest festival of the Yazidi calendar, it is called the ''Cêjna Cemaiya'' in Kurmanji, which includes an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Sheikh Adi (''Şêx Adî'') in Lalish, northern ...
as they cross the bridge to the sacred site of
Sheikh Adi
‘Adī ibn Musāfir ( ku, شێخ ئادی, translit=Şêx Adî, ar, الشيخ عدي بن مسافر born 1072-1078, died 1162) was a Muslim sheikh of Arab origin, considered a Yazidi saint. The Yazidis consider him as an avatar of Tawûsê M ...
's tomb.
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As-Sirāt
As-Sirāt ( ar, الصراط ''aṣ-ṣirāṭ'') is, according to Islam, the bridge which every human must pass on the Yawm al-Qiyamah ("Day of Resurrection") to enter Paradise. It is mentioned in the Quran, and is described in hadith.
As-S ...
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Bifröst
In Norse mythology, Bifröst (), also called Bilröst, is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. The bridge is attested as ''Bilröst'' in the ''Poetic Edda''; compiled in the 13th centur ...
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Brig of Dread
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Chinvat Bridge
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Matarta
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Vaitarna River
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Otherworld
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Zoroastrian eschatology
''Frashokereti'' ( ae, 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬴𐬋⸱𐬐𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬌 ') is the Avestan language term (corresponding to Middle Persian ''fraš(a)gird'' ) for the Zoroastrian doctrine of a final renovation of the universe, when evil will be de ...
References
Mythological bridges
Yazidi mythology
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