Tradition / Region: Lebanese Mythology
Alternate Names: Adne Hasadeh, Abne Hasadeh, Bar Nash D’Tur
Category: Plant
The Myth
In the wild and lonely places of the earth there was said to live a strange being called the Yedua, a creature neither fully plant nor fully animal.
It stood in human shape, with a face, body, arms, and feet like those of a person. Yet it did not walk freely upon the land. From its navel grew a stem, thick and living like the vine of a gourd, which fastened it to the ground. Through this cord the creature drew its life, feeding from the soil beneath it.
The Yedua roamed only within the circle that its tether allowed. Anything living that entered this boundary was in danger, for the creature would seize and kill animals or people who came too close. Within that same circle it devoured every plant and blade of grass, leaving the ground stripped bare around it.
Because its life depended on the stem, hunters knew how it could be slain. They dared not approach, but instead shot arrows from afar, aiming for the cord at its navel. Once the stem was cut or uprooted, the creature’s strength failed at once, and it fell lifeless to the earth.
The remains of the Yedua were thought to hold strange power. Its bones were prized by those who practiced secret arts, for it was said that if one placed them in the mouth and spoke certain words, hidden knowledge and visions of the future might appear.
Thus the Yedua was remembered as a being rooted between worlds — a man of the field bound to the earth like a plant, fierce while alive, and mysterious even after death.
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Sources
A Book of Creatures. (n.d.). Yedua. Retrieved March 1, 2026, from https://abookofcreatures.com/2016/01/18/yedua/
Interpretive Lenses
Religious Readings
- Christian Ascetic Deep Dive
Philosophical Readings
- Nietzschean Deep Dive
Psychological Readings
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Political / Social Readings
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