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'''Muad'Dib''' ({{IPA-en|ˌmuːɑːdˈdiːb|pron}}) is a ] ] within ]'s ]. It is also the name for a ] of stars and is taken as a name by the first novel's hero, ]. |
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==''Dune'' glossary== |
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{{Main|List of Dune terminology}} |
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In ''Terminology of the Imperium'', the glossary of the 1965 novel '']'', Herbert provides the following definition: |
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<blockquote>'''MUAD'DIB''': the adapted ] of ], a creature associated in the ] earth-spirit mythology with a design visible on the planet's second moon. This creature is admired by Fremen for its ability to survive in the open desert. </blockquote> |
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In addition to the moon, there is also a ] called Muad'Dib in the sky of Arrakis; its tail points to the north, resulting in it being known as "The One Who Points the Way."<ref name="Dune">{{Cite book|first=Frank |last=Herbert |authorlink=Frank Herbert |year=1965 |title=] |isbn=0-441-17271-7}}</ref> |
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Herbert derived the Fremen messianic religion vocabulary from real-world ].<ref name="7 Beauties">{{Cite book|title=The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction |first=Istvan |last=Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. |publisher=Wesleyan |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZVYxl5ued-oC&lpg=PP1&ots=SXCbLw__1D&dq=The%20seven%20beauties%20of%20science%20fiction%20by%20Istvan%20Csicsery-Ronay%2C%20Jr.%2C%20Istvan%20Csicsery-Ronay%20%28Jr.%29&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=November 28, 2008 |isbn=0819568899}}</ref> In Arabic, مؤدّب ''mu’addib'' means 'educator'<ref name="Wehr">] (1994). '']''. ISBN 0-87950-003-4.</ref> "He who disciplines/teaches manners". ''Ad'dab'' or ''A'adaab'' أدب are 'manners' or 'literature'.<ref name="Arabic">{{Cite web|url=http://baheyeldin.com/literature/arabic-and-islamic-themes-in-frank-herberts-dune.html |title=Arabic and Islamic themes in Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' |last=Bahayeldin |first=Khalid |date=January 22, 2004 |accessdate=July 21, 2009 |publisher=Baheyeldin.com}}</ref> In ''Dune'', Herbert writes that the Fremen call the Muad'Dib mouse "instructor-of-boys."<ref name="Dune"/> |
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==Paul Muad'Dib== |
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In ''Dune'', when Paul is accepted into the Fremen, he is given the secret "sietch name" (known only to his tribe) ], the Fremen word meaning "the base of the pillar." Paul takes "Muad'Dib" as his chosen name of manhood, to be used openly: |
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Paul: ''What do you call the mouse shadow on the second moon?''<br/> |
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]: ''We call that one Muad'Dib.''<br/> |
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Paul: ''Could I be known as Paul Muad'Dib?''<br/> |
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Stilgar: ''You are now Paul Muad'Dib!''<ref name="Dune"/> |
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Stilgar explains why the choice of "Muad'Dib" pleases the Fremen: |
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<blockquote>Muad'Dib is wise in the ways of the desert. Muad'Dib creates his own water. Muad'Dib hides from the sun and travels in the cool night. Muad'Dib is fruitful and multiplies over the land. Muad'Dib we call 'instructor-of-boys.' That is a powerful base on which to build your life, Paul Muad'Dib, who is Usul among us.<ref name="Dune"/></blockquote> |
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The choice of a small animal for this name is ostensibly modest but conveys a sense of hidden power, which is a recurring theme in the story.<ref>{{citation |url=http://bb.solahpmo.com/assets/Schreiber.pdf |chapter=The Images of the Hero: The Hero as Misfit |title=The Shape of the Hero in Modern Epic Fantasy |author=John Schreiber |year=1983}}</ref> |
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Paul is agonized by visions of terrible Jihad which will destroy the Imperium. Yet he becomes Paul Muad'Dib, ] of the Fremen, accepting the role imposed by ]. A new religion sweeps Paul to power.<ref name="Thomas D. Clareson">{{cite book |title=Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period |last=Clareson |first=Thomas |authorlink=Thomas D. Clareson |pages=171,173 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OlTc6yOyYbwC&lpg=PA171&dq=muad'dib%20mahdi&pg=PA171#v=onepage&q=muad'dib%20mahdi&f=false Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, By Thomas D. Clareson }}</ref> |
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==Politics and religion== |
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Between the events of ''Dune'' and '']'' (1969), the name Muad'Dib becomes a battle cry on the lips of the Fremen army that sweeps across the universe in a jihad in the name of Muad'Dib's religion.<ref name="D Palumbo"></ref> The population of the universe sees Muad'Dib as their god, whether they like it or not, and they can not deny his power religiously.<ref name="Dune Politics and Religion">{{citation|url=http://74.125.155.132/scholar?q=cache:RA3jUtKZuL0J:scholar.google.com/+muad+dib&hl=en&as_sdt=2000 |title=Dune Politics and Religion |first=Andrew |last=Sherry|editor=Professor Julie Dennison}}</ref> The Fremen culture is irreparably damaged by jihad; the new religion takes shape of rituals that are dependent on Muad'Dib's ].<ref name="Thomas D. Clareson"/> As Muad'Dib, Paul is the messiah and the Emperor (King of Kings) who gives himself to fate and becomes a martyr to his followers, wanders blinded into the desert to die,<ref name="Thomas D. Clareson"/> later finding emancipation as a heretic of his own church as the Preacher.<ref name="Kevin Williams">{{citation |url=http://reconstruction.eserver.org/033/williams.htm |title=Imperialism & Globalization: Lessons from Frank Herbert's Dune |author=Kevin Williams}}</ref> The regency of Paul's sister ] and the Qizarate priests continue to promote Muad'Dib's religion to help keep control of the universe, ensuring that others do not oppose them.<ref name="Dune Politics and Religion"/> In his ], Herbert presents an argument of how to create a healthy society, avoiding despotism and hero worship, a trap in which social groups can be caught: |
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<blockquote>To make a world where human kind can make its own future from moment to moment, free from one man's vision. Free from the perversion of the prophets words. And free of future pre-determined...<ref name="Kevin Williams"/></blockquote> |
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==Attributions== |
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Conspiracy theorist, John Hill, used the ] ''Muad'Dib'' when making the film '']'' about the ]. The film conflated ideas and imagery from the ''Dune'' stories with the real-world Muslim ideology which inspired the bombers.<ref>{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8124687.stm |title=Unmasking the mysterious 7/7 conspiracy theorist |publisher=] |date=30 June 2009}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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