Adathan and Yadathan

{{short description|Pair of uthras in Mandaeism}}

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| name = Adathan and Yadathan

| deity_of = Guardians of the Gate of Life

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| image = Zihrun Raza Kasia - Adatan u-Yadatan.jpg

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| caption = Adathan and Yadathan in Zihrun Raza Kasia (DC 27)

| other_names = Adatan u-Iadatan

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| abode = World of Light

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In Mandaeism, Adathan ({{langx|myz|ࡀࡃࡀࡕࡀࡍ}}) and Yadathan ({{langx|myz|ࡅࡀࡃࡀࡕࡀࡍ}}) are a pair of uthras (angel or guardian){{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}{{rp|8}} who stand at the Gate of Life in the World of Light (Right Ginza 15.8), praising and worshipping Hayyi Rabbi (Qulasta prayer 77).{{Cite book|title=The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans|last=Drower|first=E. S.|publisher=E. J. Brill|year=1959|location=Leiden|page=89|quote=... to praise, honour, magnify and bless Adatan and Yadatan, who stand at the Gate of Life and praise and extol Life, and pray for the spirits and souls of righteous and believing people in the Place of Life.}} In the Ginza Rabba and Qulasta, they are always mentioned together.{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.de/Ginza-Rabba-English-Translation-Drabsha/dp/B00A3GO458|last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais Mughashghash |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed Mughashghash |chapter=Glossary |title=Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. An equivalent translation of the Mandaean Holy Book |year=2019 |edition=2 |publisher=Drabsha}} Book 14 of the Right Ginza mentions Adathan and Yadathan as the guardians of the "first river" ({{Transliteration|myz|yardna qadmayya}}).{{cite book |url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba/ |last1=Gelbert |first1=Carlos |title=Ginza Rba |year=2011 |publisher=Living Water Books |location=Sydney |isbn=9780958034630}}

Along with Shilmai and Nidbai, Adathan and Yadathan are among the most frequently invoked uthras in Mandaean prayers, such as in the Asut Malkia.Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.