Kurdish creation myths refer to beliefs in many mythologies regarding how the Kurds began as a nation.
History In Islam, Noah’s Ark landed on Judi Mountain. Kurdish mythology held Melik Kurdim to be a member of the tribe of Noah. When Noah’s Ark landed, Melik Kurdim established rule over Judi Mountain and built a civilization. Melik Kurdim also formed his own language, which became spoken by his descendants. Melik Kurdim lived for 600 years, and predated Christianity by 3,000 years according to Kurdish mythology.Towards an Independent Kurdistan: Self-Determination in International Law, Loqman Radpey, 2023, pp. 136, Ser kurdo, ¿es un delito? : retrato de un pueblo negado, Jacqueline Sammali, 1999, pp. 64, The Kurdish File: With All Aspects, M. Abdulhalûk Çay, 2001, pp. 117, The language he created was held to be the ancestor of the Kurdish language, and the first language that was not Semitic. Evliya Çelebi wrote about Melik Kurdim after being told the story by Kurdish villagers.Batılı Seyyahların Gözüyle Şırnak ve Çevresi, Rezan Birlik, pp. 41-42, No Friends But the Mountains: The Tragic History of the Kurds, John Bulloch, Harvey Morris, 1992, pp. 57,
Evliya Çelebi wrote that "the first town built after Noah's Flood was the town of Judi, followed by the castles of Sinjar and Silvan. The city of Judi was ruled by Melik Kurdim from the community of the Prophet Noah, who did not live less than 600 years and traveled the lengths and widths of Kurdistan. When he came to Silvan, he loved the climate and settled there, a large lineage was born from him. They spoke their own language unrelated to Hebrew. Neither Hebrew nor Arabic, Persian, Dari or Pahlavi, they still say the language of the Kurds. The Kurdish language, which was born and spoken in Silvan and is currently used in Kurdistan, owes its name to Melik Kurdim from the community of the Prophet Noah."Van Bruinessen, M. (2000). Kurdistan in the 16th and 17th centuries, as reflected in Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname. The Journal of Kurdish Studies, 3.1:1-11.
There were also different claims on Kurdish origins in other mythologies. Ferdowsi wrote in the Shahnameh that Kaveh the Blacksmith was the ancestor of the Kurds.Masudi. Les Prairies d’Or. Trans. Barbier de Meynard and Pavet de Courteille, böl.9 . Paris: La Société Asiatique, 1861.Özoglu, H. (2004). Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries. Albany: State University of New York Press, s. 30. In Jewish mythology, the jinns who served Solomon had settled in the Zagros Mountains and mixed with its inhabitants, who became the ancestors of the Kurds.Peter Schäfer, Catherine Hezser, The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture, böl.3, Mohr Siebeck, 2002 – 486 sayfaları, s. 80Adolf Büchler, Studies in Jewish history, Oxford University Press, 1956, s.279, s. 84Israel Abrahams, Adolf Büchler, The Foundations of Jewish life: three studies, Arno Press, 1973, s.512, s . 84
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