Saudukar (males from Salusa Secundus in service of Harkonnens and Shaddam IV of the Corrino family)įish Speakers (females from Rakis in serivce of Leto II) I found no mention at all of polytheist beliefs such as Hinduism or Dualism beliefs such as Taoism. The idea being that the Zen Buddhists and those of the Muslim faith blended together whereas - apparently - the Roman Catholics split into Bene Geserit and then disappeared.
One should note that - other than perhaps futars late in D5 and D6), no aliens are in the Known Universe so the humans are all descendants of a diaspore from Terra in the distant past. I liked the mashup of Zen Buddhism and Islam and found that it was a creative way of projecting out human development. Note: The Bene Geserit, while originally derived at least partially from Roman Catholic Monastical practices views religion as a tool for manipulating the masses and opportunistically plays religions off each other) Orange Catholic (remnants of Roman Catholic faith)
Sufi (closely related to Zensunni - very close to Bene Tleilaxu core beliefs)įreemen Worship of Leto II / the God Emperor / the Tyrant (for Bene Geserit) / Guldur (for Honored Matres) Zensunni (overall fusion of Islam and Zen Buddhism which is sort of the ambient religion across the Known Universe) Of course, each of these (yet not always described in a homogeneous amount of detail) are incredibly complex societies with interesting dynamics which made for great reading. There are also only three extra-royal organizations (and later a fourth) that operate within the walls of the first 6 books.
Honored Matres (female - returning Bene Geserit from the Scattering hellbent on destruction) Ix (unknown, only contact with male ambassadors) It is interesting to me that despite the massive scale of Dune, it remains a tale concerning really only three families (initially) competing for power.īene Tleilaxu (male -females reduced to living axlotl tanks for breeding (D5) Some initial notes for building my impressions of Dune where book references are denoted by D1-D6 for the 6 volumes of the trilogy - warning - there are some spoilers below, but once again if you have read this far into the Dune series, they are hardly spoilers because you already know all of this, or most of it.
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