In the novel Dune religion is very evident in the fact that young Paul has quite the legend to fill in more than one culture on the desert planet. Is this legend so to speak symbolic or represented by our own religious beliefs ?
I'm sure that it has at least a few significant ties to our own religions. A single man rising above status of just a man, into something divine, and fulfilling a prophecy. Sounds like it to me.
I think that the legend of the Kwisatz Haderach could be represented in our own religious beliefs. In the book, Paul was sent to Arrakis to save the people of Arrakis. And in our religion, Jesus was sent to Earth to save us.
The Kwisatz Haderach and Lisan Al'Gaib are two different things really, though they both are Paul. The fremen believe in Lisan Al'Gaib while the Bene Gesserit create the Kwisatz Haderach.
From the Fremen perspective though, I would say the Lisan Al'Gaib is their "Christ". Perhaps the whole "Giving water to the dead" could be a symbolism of Giving his Life for the Fremen, since water is currency and life on Arrakis.
I'm sure that it has at least a few significant ties to our own religions. A single man rising above status of just a man, into something divine, and fulfilling a prophecy. Sounds like it to me.
ReplyDeleteI think that the legend of the Kwisatz Haderach could be represented in our own religious beliefs. In the book, Paul was sent to Arrakis to save the people of Arrakis. And in our religion, Jesus was sent to Earth to save us.
ReplyDeleteThe Kwisatz Haderach and Lisan Al'Gaib are two different things really, though they both are Paul. The fremen believe in Lisan Al'Gaib while the Bene Gesserit create the Kwisatz Haderach.
ReplyDeleteFrom the Fremen perspective though, I would say the Lisan Al'Gaib is their "Christ". Perhaps the whole "Giving water to the dead" could be a symbolism of Giving his Life for the Fremen, since water is currency and life on Arrakis.
I think that it has some relation to our religion now.Paul has to lead, just as the pope leads and just as jesus led.
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