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They are to be slain, as Adam and Eve failed to do.ĭuke Leto as St. Like the dragons depicted in the Bible, Herbert's sandworm-dragons are supposed to be confronted and subjugated, like satan and sin. And a new consciousness assumes that you will confront dangerous unknowns - you will go into the deeps. Every such acquisition requires a new consciousness. the extension of human lifespan cannot be an unmitigated blessing. For this, I give you the sandworms of Dune. Yet, after the primal confrontation, the roots of this threat must appear as familiar and necessary as your own flesh. The elements of any mythology must grow from something profoundly moving, something which threatens to overwhelm any consciousness which tries to confront the primal mystery. In this sense, the Sandworm is like satan, the serpent, which Christ must overcome through a series of temptations - or trials as it is for Paul Atreides.įrank Herbert provided the following description of the archetypal nature of the Sandworms:

To fulfill another prophesy, Paul must go into the desert and conquer Shai-Hulud, the great sandworm.

More on the Water of Life at the end of this article.

"The sleeper has awakened": The Water of Life is a Messianic fulfillment, the passage through death and new life.

After surviving the ordeal of drinking the Water of Life, Paul Muad'Dib fulfills the Fremen's prophesies concerning the Messiah, including.

Paul takes this ordeal upon himself, knowing it is his Messianic destiny to do so.

Paul Muad'Dib is then tested by the Water of Life after being received into the ranks of the Fremen.

This also foreshadows his drinking of the poisonous Water of Life.

Paul Atreides is first tested by Reverend Mother Gaius Mohiam with the Gom Jabbar, a meta-cyanide poisoned needle.

Also, like Christ, Paul Atreides must go undergo a series of trials or temptations, mostly in the desert. Like Christ, Paul Atreides is also the son of a king (or a Duke).