Lady Jessica noted that the Mahdi legend's presence on Arrakis was an indication of just how awful conditions there were, since it was reserved only for those cultures where a Bene Gesserit would need to assume total control. The legend associated with the Mahdi was at least partially influenced by a long-standing Panoplia Propheticus by the Bene Gesserit's Missionaria Protectiva wing. Thus, after Paul Atreides fell in with the Fremen and first displayed his prescience and fighting skills, many Fremen gradually began to see the young Duke as the Mahdi. not a native of Arrakis), and the child of a Bene Gesserit. In conjunction with the wider Fremen legend of salvation, the Mahdi was also known to be an off-worlder (i.e. The term equated roughly to "The one who will lead us to paradise". "the deliverer" ), was the name used by the Fremen to describe their saviour in their messianic legend. A deluxe hardcover edition of Dune Messiah, the second novel in Frank Herbert’s magnificent science fiction saga. This article or section refers to elements from Original Dune.
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