In Pre-Islamic Arabian mythology, Zarqa’ al-Yamama (Arabic: زرقاء اليمامة) was a blue-eyed woman with exceptional intuition, keen sight, and ability to predict events before they happened. Some Arab historians argue that the district of Al-Yamama was named after her.
Zarqa al-Yamama’s legend
According to the ancient tale, Zarqa’s tribe relied on her powers in detecting enemies and defending their land; as she was believed to have the ability to see riders from the distance of one week. In hopes to evade Zarqa’s gaze, enemies of her tribe decided to hide behind trees which they carried. Zarqa noticed what was going on and alerted her tribe that the trees were moving towards them and that they hid soldiers behind them. To her dismay, members of her tribe thought she was going mad and choose to ignore her warning . The enemy troops eventually reached her tribe and killed every man in the camp, then they tore out Zarqa’s eyes and crucified her.