The Haftan, the Seven holy companions of the Yarsani faith: the higher of the two great heptads of holy beings, the divine companions closest to the manifestation of the divine in Sultan Sahak, foremost among them Pir Benyamin, along with Dawud, Pir Musi, and the others, who accompanied the founding revelation and now form the inmost angelic hierarchy of the Yarsani cosmos, a foundational mystery of this living Kurdish religious tradition.

Pir Ali, also called Pirali, is a holy figure of the Yazidi faith, honoured especially by the Yazidi community in whose tradition the Batizmi festival is celebrated in his name: a saint remembered for the miracles he is said to have worked among the Yazidi villages, and revered in Yazidi tradition as an incarnation of Tawuse Melek, the Peacock Angel, one of the cherished holy figures of the Yazidi faith and a focus of festival and devotion.

Sheikh Sherfedin, the holy figure of Yazidi tradition: Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan, the son and religious heir of the great Sheikh Hasan, a leader who defended and renewed his people in a time of trial, especially revered in the Sinjar region, where his great temple is honoured as one of the holiest of all Yazidi sites, and who in sacred tradition is awaited as a figure of hope at the end of time, one of the great holy figures of the Yazidi faith.

Pir Mam Rashan, also called Pir Mehmed Reshan and known as the Lion, is one of the beloved holy figures of the Yazidi faith: the Lord of the Rains and the patron of agriculture and the harvest, the bringer of the life-giving rains to whom the people turn for the blessing of the land, honoured at his great shrine on Mount Sinjar and at the holy valley of Lalish, one of the cherished Pirs of the Yazidi tradition.

Sheikh Obekr, the holy figure of Yazidi tradition: one of the Heptad, the Seven Holy Beings to whom the one God entrusted the affairs of the world, whose earthly incarnation became the founding patriarch of the Qatani lineage of Sheikhs, and who is honoured as the bearer and protector of the Xerqa, the sacred black garment that symbolises asceticism and devotion in the Yazidi faith, one of the great holy figures of Yazidism.

Amadin, the holy figure of Yazidi tradition: a son of the great holy being Sheikh Shems and a patriarch of the Shemsani Sheikh lineage, venerated as a saint of healing to whom the people turn for relief, and remembered in Yazidi tradition as a figure connected with the founding of the historic Bahdinan emirate, one of the honoured holy figures of the Yazidi faith.

Musa Sor, the holy figure of Yazidi tradition known as the Lord of Air and Wind: the Xudan to whom the air and the winds are entrusted, invoked at the winnowing of the grain so that the winds may serve the people, venerated as a patron of healing, and honoured as the guardian of the moving air and the breath of life, one of the Xudans of the natural world in the Yazidi faith.

Xatuna Fakhra, the holy female figure of Yazidi tradition: venerated as the Xudan, the guardian and protectress, of women and children and as the patron of childbirth, pregnancy, and fertility, the daughter of the great holy figure Sheikh Fakhradin and a beloved representative of protective female power, to whom Yazidi women turn for safe birth and the wellbeing of their children, one of the cherished holy figures of the Yazidi faith.

Asman, the yazata of the sky in Zoroastrian tradition: the divinity of the shining heaven, the highest sky and the firmament, the first part of the material world created by the Wise Lord, envisioned as a vast shining vault and personified as a divinity in gleaming armour who stands against the powers of darkness, one of the great cosmic divinities of the Iranic vision.

Raman, the yazata of peace and the joy of life in Zoroastrian tradition: the divinity whose name means peace and tranquility, who gives zest and gladness for living, the savour of food, good abodes and good pastures, and the comforts of the present life, the close companion of Vayu the wind, one of the gentle divinities of well-being and contentment of the Iranic vision.

Arshtat, the yazata of rectitude and justice in Zoroastrian tradition: the divinity who personifies rightness, uprightness, and honest dealing, the close companion of Rashnu the divine judge, invoked with Mithra and Sraosha among the guardians of the soul's judgment at the Chinvat Bridge, the upholder of truth and just dealing, one of the divinities of rectitude of the Iranic vision.

Nairyosangha, the messenger of Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian tradition: the divine herald who carries the word of the Wise Lord between heaven and earth, the envoy through whom Ahura Mazda communicates with the world and its divinities, associated with the sacred fire and with prayer, the bearer of the divine message in the great events of the cosmic vision, one of the beneficent divinities of the Iranic tradition.

Chista, the yazata of wisdom and insight in Zoroastrian tradition: the divinity of knowledge, understanding, and the right path, known as the most upright Chista, the close companion of Daena the conscience, who illumines the way of the faithful and guides them on the path of truth, honoured in the hymn that bears the name of Daena, one of the divinities of wisdom of the Iranic vision.

Vourukasha, the cosmic world-ocean in Zoroastrian cosmology: the great heavenly sea at the centre of the world, created by Ahura Mazda and fed by the waters of Anahita, the source from which all the seas and rivers of the world flow, at whose centre grow the Tree of All Seeds and the Tree of Immortality, and on whose waters the rain-star Tishtrya does battle for the life-giving rains, one of the grandest images of the Iranic cosmic vision.

Drvaspa, the yazata of herds and horses in Zoroastrian tradition: the divinity whose name means she who keeps horses healthy, the protector of cattle, flocks, and horses who keeps the herds in health and watches over the animal world, invoked by the great heroes of legend for aid and victory and honoured in her own sacred hymn, one of the beneficent divinities of the pastoral world of the Iranic vision.

Hvare-khshaeta, the radiant Sun in Zoroastrian tradition: the yazata of the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun, whose light gives life and warmth, fertilizes and purifies the earth and the waters, and keeps the powers of darkness at bay, one of the great heavenly luminaries of the Iranic vision, whose ancient name lives on in the word Khorshid, the sun, to this day.

Airyaman, the yazata of healing and friendship in Zoroastrian tradition: the longed-for divinity of health, harmony, and community, chief among the healing powers alongside Asha Vahishta, invoked in one of the great sacred prayers for health and for the blessing of marriage, and called upon at the final renovation of the world to bring the great healing that will purify all creation and end all sickness and strife.

The Haftawaneh, the Seven Powers of the Yarsani faith: the second great heptad of holy beings, formed by Sultan Sahak alongside the Haftan, charged with the affairs of the outer world, each responsible for the guidance of a community of the faithful, whose lineages became the original seven Khandans or spiritual houses of the Ahl-e Haqq, a foundational institution of this living Kurdish religious tradition.

Nasirdin and Sejadin, two of the Seven Holy Beings of the Yazidi faith: sons of Ezdina Mir and brothers of Sheikh Shems and Fakhradin, patriarchs of two of the four Shemsani sheikh lineages, and the two holy beings associated in the tradition with the passage of the soul and its renewal, revered figures of the Yazidi sacred order who complete the quartet of the holy sons.

Fakhradin, one of the Seven Holy Beings of the Yazidi faith: the personification of the Moon, brother and counterpart of Sheikh Shems the Sun, a great poet and author of the sacred hymns, the qewls, and the patriarch of one of the four Shemsani sheikh lineages, one of the most revered holy figures of the Yazidi sacred order and a foundational figure of its sacred poetry.