The Fremen are a group of free people in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert, who based them on the Bedouin and the Kalahari Bushmen[1]. For the former Scottish footballer see Jim Burns (footballer Jim Burns ( August 30, 1948) is a Welsh artist born in Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Eye (1985 is a collection of thirteen short stories written by Science fiction author Frank Herbert. The Dune universe, or Duniverse, is the political, scientific, and social fictional setting of author Frank Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr ( October 8 1920 &ndash February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (ar بدوي pl badū) are a desert-dwelling Arab Nomadic pastoralist, or previously The Bushmen, San, Sho, Basarwa, ǃKung or Khwe are indigenous people of southern Africa that spans most areas of South Africa
The Fremen inhabit Arrakis, also known as Dune, the desert planet that is the sole source of the spice melange in the known universe. Arrakis is also an alternative name for the star Mu Draconis. In Science fiction, a desert planet is a one-climate Planet where the climate is Desert, with little or no natural precipitation. Melange is the name of the Fictional drug (also known as spice) central to the Dune series of Science fiction Novels The Fremen came to Dune thousands of years earlier as the Zensunni Wanderers, a religious sect in retreat. The Religions of Dune represent an important aspect of the setting of the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos In the Sociology of religion a sect is generally a smaller religious or political group that has broken off from a larger group for example from a Over time, surviving the incredibly harsh conditions of Dune bred them into the ultimate example of humans in extremis: a people bred purely to survive. They took to calling themselves the Free Men of Dune, which was later shortened to Fremen; in an early, alternate Dune outline Frank Herbert called Spice Planet, the Fremen were literally the "Free Men" — convicts who had been transported to "Duneworld" to work for the spice operation of the "Hoskanners" in exchange for a reduction in their sentence. The Road to Dune is a Science fiction companion book to the ''Dune'' novels by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J
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Customs
Culture
The Fremen are organized into communities called sietches. Emperor Battle for Dune is a ''Dune'' computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 2001 A sietch is a Fremen desert settlement on the planet Arrakis in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Each sietch has a naib leader who decides what the people in the sietch will do (sending patrols, collecting spice, moving to a new place, etc. Melange is the name of the Fictional drug (also known as spice) central to the Dune series of Science fiction Novels ) and leads the sietch men into battle. A naib can be challenged by another fremen for leadership, and every new naib makes a ceremony in which he swears he will never fall alive into the enemy's hands. The Fremen practice polygamy, apparently as a means of pinpointing male infertility. The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage" is used in related ways in Social anthropology, Sociobiology, and Because their diet is rich with the spice melange, adult Fremen have blue-in-blue eyes.
Each sietch has a Sayyadina, a wise woman trained in the spiritual traditions of her people who frequently functions as an acolyte to a Fremen Reverend Mother, comparable to a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother. This article is about religious acolytes For other uses see Acolyte (disambiguation. The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or a Semitic language see the origin of the name) are a key social religious and political force in Frank Herbert A Reverend Mother is both a Bene Gesserit title and a class or level associated with Fictional characters from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank A Sayyadina can also function as a spiritual leader in her own right. There are hints in the novels that the Sayyadina rite preceded the adoption of the role and title of the Bene Gesserit equivalent.
Justice
The Fremen system of justice relies ultimately on trial by combat. JUSTICE is a Human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom. Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of The naib of the tribe is the person who killed the previous naib in single combat. Any Fremen may challenge another to a duel to the death over matters of etiquette, law, or honour; the winner of the duel is responsible for the wife, children, and certain possessions of the loser, as well as the right of the circumstances leading to the duel. As practiced from the 11th to 20th centuries in Western societies a duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals with matched weapons in accordance with their combat Etiquette is a code that governs the expectations of Social behavior, according to the contemporary conventional norm within a Society, Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Honor or Honour (see spelling differences) (the latter directly from the Latin word honos honoris) is the evaluation of a person's Because a duel is fought without the water-retaining stillsuit, the victor is entitled to the deathstill-reclaimed water to make up for the moisture sacrificed in the fight. A stillsuit is a fictional body suit designed by the Fremen in Frank Herbert 's ''Dune'' universe to maintain their body moisture in the harsh desert environment The following is a list of terminology used in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the primary source being "Terminology of the Imperium" the
Combat
Fremen are some of the best hand to hand combatants in the universe. Their difficult upbringing and spartan existence ensure that only the strongest survive.
In Dune, Herbert writes that "Paul recalled the stories of the Fremen — that their children fought as ferociously as the adults. Dune is a Science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. " Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV later notes, "I only sent in five troop carriers with a light attack force to pick up prisoners for questioning. The Padishah Emperor was the title of the hereditary rulers of the known universe in Frank Herbert 's fictional ''Dune'' universe. Shaddam Corrino IV is a character in the fictional ''Dune'' universe of Frank Herbert. We barely got away with three prisoners and one carrier. Mind you, Baron, my Sardaukar were almost overwhelmed by a force composed mostly of women, children, and old men. The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a Fictional character from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. The Sardaukar are a Jingoistic, Fictional army from Frank Herbert 's ''Dune'' universe, primarily featured in the Science fiction novel "
Due to the invention of the personal body shield, hand to hand combat has re-entered human conflict; all forms of projectile weapons have been made semi-obsolete. Energy weapons — lasguns — react violently with a shield, creating an explosion comparable to sub-atomic fusion, killing operator and shield wearer. This article is about the weapon described in the novel Dune For the weapons in the fictional Warhammer 40000 universe see Weapons and Equipment of the Imperium (Warhammer In Physics and Nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple- like charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus Body shielding may be compromised, but only by moving an edged weapon at a speed slow enough to penetrate the tuning of a shield. Additionally, shields are known to drive the fiercely territorial sandworms of Arrakis into a killing frenzy. For this reason, shields are not used on Arrakis's open regions with any frequency. Consequently, Fremen have an edge in hand to hand combat because they do not slow their weapons when attacking, unlike those used to attacking a shielded enemy. Fremen use different archaic weapons to great effect (firearms, crossbows), but the most deadly and prized possession of a Fremen warrior is the crysknife — a personally tuned blade ground from the tooth of a sandworm. A crysknife is a fictional weapon in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. The sandworm is a fictional form of Desert -dwelling creature from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. An untreated crysknife will disintegrate soon upon the death of its owner unless it is close to human flesh. Fremen tradition also demands that a drawn crysknife must not be sheathed until it draws blood. In Dune, Paul Atreides (in his role as Muad'Dib) personally trains a force of Fremen "death commandos" (known as Fedaykin) in the use of the Weirding Way. Paul Orestes Atreides (10175-10217 AG is a Fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert; he later takes the Fremen Muad'Dib is a term with multiple applications within Frank Herbert 's ''Dune'' universe. The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or a Semitic language see the origin of the name) are a key social religious and political force in Frank Herbert
Water conservation
The most notable custom of the Fremen is their water conservation. Water resources are sources of Water that are useful or potentially useful to Humans Uses of water include Agricultural, industrial, Household Living in the desert with no natural sources of water has spurred the Fremen to build their society around the collection, storage, and conservative use of water. The Fremen think about moisture conservation, not simply water conservation. Dune (Arrakis) is a desert planet parched to such a degree that no natural open water exists on the entire planet. Thus water conservation is of utmost importance for survival. The Fremen have also evolved an extended large intestine for greater absorption of water [2]. The large intestine is the last part of the Digestive system: the final stage of the Alimentary canal in Vertebrate Animals Its function is to
Collection
Water is collected from the atmosphere in windtraps that condense the humidity and add it to the underground water store. Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air In daily language the term "humidity" is normally taken to mean Relative humidity. Water can also be collected from dead animals and people (especially outside wanderers) and processed in a deathstill which removes the water from the carcass for addition to the sietch water store. The following is a list of terminology used in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert, the primary source being "Terminology of the Imperium" the The Fremen who caused or discovered the death of the animal or person is then given a set of waterrings whose markings denote a volume of water equal to the amount of water collected.
These rings are used as a form of currency, and are backed by fixed volumes of water (analogous to the historical gold standard). A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of Goods and/or services It is one form of Money, where money is A unit of account is a standard monetary unit of measurement of the market value/cost of goods services or assets The gold standard is a monetary system in which a region's common media of exchange are paper notes that are normally freely convertible into pre-set fixed quantities of Gold Water rings have a profound significance in matters of birth, death, and courtship ritual.
Storage
Each sietch has its own water store underground. This store can hold millions of decaliters of water and is accounted for literally to the last drop. The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of Volume. This store is used as a bank for all the water owned by members of the sietch through water rings, as well as for the sietch's own store of water for the eventual transformation of their planet into something other than desert. A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money
Conservation
The Fremen spend all time out of their sietch in a stillsuit, a special body-enclosing suit designed to collect and recycle all the moisture the body releases, from urine, feces and sweat, to the exhalation of water vapor in the breath. A stillsuit is a fictional body suit designed by the Fremen in Frank Herbert 's ''Dune'' universe to maintain their body moisture in the harsh desert environment Urine is a liquid waste product of the body secreted by the Kidneys by a process of filtration from Blood and Excreted through the Urethra. Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is a waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the Anus General properties of water vapor Evaporation/sublimation Whenever a water molecule leaves a surface it is said to have evaporated Breathing takes Oxygen in and Carbon dioxide out of the body Aerobic Organisms require oxygen to create energy via respiration, in
The special fabric is a micro-sandwich designed to dissipate heat and filter wastes while reclaiming moisture. The water is then held in catchpockets and made available to drink through a tube.
A Fremen in a well-kept suit can survive weeks in the desert without any other source of water. A week (also called sennight or sevennight) is a unit of Time longer than a Day and shorter than a Month.
Because of their culture's focus on water conservation, it is generally considered a great sign of respect (though often interpreted otherwise) for a Fremen to spit before a person.
Fremen, because of their conservation routine, also put a great cultural reverence on crying and tears which is referred to as "Giving Water for The Dead".
Language
The Fremen language is not actually given in the books, although Chakobsa, the so-called magnetic language, is used by them for ritual purposes. Chakobsa is a fictional language used by the Fremen people of the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. The samples of this language given in the book are, in fact, a Roma dialect. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins There are numerous items in the books which derive from Arabic, a fact which leads people to suppose that Chakobsa is Arabic based. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language It has no similarity, either in phonetics, vocabulary or grammar. The Arabic terms in the books are not part of the Chakobsa language adopted by the Fremen, but derive from the even more ancient origins of the Fremen. This Arabic aspect is most likely derived from their origins as Zensunni (a fictional syncretic religious belief combining principles of Zen Buddhism and Sunni Islam). The Religions of Dune represent an important aspect of the setting of the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Syncretism consists of the attempt to reconcile disparate or contradictory beliefs often while melding practices of various schools of thought A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chan. Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic
Mythology
A significant part of the Fremen mythology was created by the Bene Gesserit Missionaria Protectiva, through the manifestation of a Messiah legend. The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or a Semitic language see the origin of the name) are a key social religious and political force in Frank Herbert The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or a Semitic language see the origin of the name) are a key social religious and political force in Frank Herbert This article is about the concept of a Messiah in religion notably in the Christian Islamic and Jewish traditions Diverse fail-safes and Bene Gesserit beliefs were inserted into the Fremen culture, to allow a Bene Gesserit-trained adept to exploit them to her advantage. Fail-safe or fail-secure describes a device or feature which in the event of failure, responds in a way that will cause no harm or at least a minimum of harm
Population
In Dune: House Atreides, Pardot Kynes, the Imperial Planetologist to Arrakis conducted the first Fremen census, to determine the total population of Fremen there are on the planet. Dune House Atreides is the first book in the Prelude to Dune Prequel Trilogy to the Dune series set before Pardot Kynes is a Fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Until that time, Imperial and Harkonnen estimates totalled the number of Fremen on Dune to be in the thousands, up to possibly a million. When news reached Kynes' ears (who was regarded as an "Umma", or Fremen Prophet by then) by a young Fremen Sandrider, however, there were well over 500 sietches on Arrakis, and 10 million Fremen inhabiting those sietches. Adding that to Kynes and Frieth's (his wife and Stilgar's sister) newborn son, Liet-Kynes, the Fremen now "number ten million and one". Stilgar is a Fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Liet-Kynes is a Fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.
Notable Fremen
There are several individual Fremen who play a significant role in the saga of Dune. For a comprehensive roster, see List of Dune Fremen. The following is a comprehensive list of Fremen from the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.
Fremen in the Dune games
The Fremen have ofttimes been mentioned in the Dune series of games, playing a vital role in the plots of nearly all of them. A number of computer games based on Frank Herbert 's Science fiction novel Dune and its two adaptations for film The first Dune game and Frank Herbert's Dune are tied closely to the original book by Frank Herbert, retelling Paul Muad'Dib's rise to becoming the Fremen's Messiah, and leading them against the Harkonnens and the Padishah Emperor under the Atreides banner. Dune, by Cryo Interactive, is one of the Dune computer games Dune blended adventure with economic and military strategy and is considered Frank Herbert's Dune (based on the Sci Fi Channel miniseries of the same name) was an effort to create a 3D action game in the ''Dune'' universe Paul Orestes Atreides (10175-10217 AG is a Fictional character in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert; he later takes the Fremen See Dune House Harkonnen for the 2000 novel and The House Harkonnen for the band House Harkonnen is a powerful noble family The Padishah Emperor was the title of the hereditary rulers of the known universe in Frank Herbert 's fictional ''Dune'' universe. House Atreides is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.
In Dune II, the Fremen were special Atreides units, native elite guerillas invoked from the Palace, uncontrollable by the player. Dune II The Building of a Dynasty (retitled Dune II Battle for Arrakis in Europe and for the Mega Drive/Genesis port is a ''Dune'' computer The same goes for Dune 2000, though with the minor exception that the Fremen warriors are player-controllable units. Dune 2000 is a Real-time strategy Video game, released by Westwood Studios in 1998 for Microsoft Windows, and later ported There was also a scene where the Fremen naib (which is uncommon, considering the naib was a woman) apparently held the Atreides Mentat at knife-point, supposedly as a threat. A Mentat is a profession or discipline in Frank Herbert 's Fictional ''Dune'' universe.
During the War of Assassins in Emperor: Battle for Dune, the Fremen-Atreides alliances forged in ages past has sundered, and the Duke Achillus desperately wants to reestablish it in order for the Atreides supremacy over Dune to succeed. War of Assassins denotes a regulated form of conflict between noble houses in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. Emperor Battle for Dune is a ''Dune'' computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 2001 Mentat Kolinnar Koltrass requires the player to help do so by doing the Fremen favours in various parts on Arrakis.
The refusal of the Fremen alliance with the Atreides was featured in the second Atreides campaign cutscene, in which the two Fremen in the screenshot argued over the importance of said alliance. The naib was unwilling to discuss an alliance with the House because "our fathers spilt their water for them" for nothing. Even so, the Harkonnen will overrun the Fremen, while the latter will "stand as Fremen, and fall as Fremen".
Later, shortly after the Sardaukar assassination attempt, the Fremen troop mentioned in the previous cutscene were ambushed by a Harkonnen armor battalion. Emperor Battle for Dune is a ''Dune'' computer game, released by Westwood Studios in 2001 The Sardaukar are a Jingoistic, Fictional army from Frank Herbert 's ''Dune'' universe, primarily featured in the Science fiction novel All hope seemed lost for the troop, when a fleet of ornithopthers flew out of the sky, assaulting the battalion, allowing the Fremen to charge in and mop up the remaining tanks. A while later, the Naib barged into the camp where the Mentat was talking to the player about the said deed, demanding the bodies of his fallen men since "that water belongs my tribe" and he shall have it back, lest he wants the Mentat to "taste my blade". A later explanation later revealed that the bodies of the fallen men were wrapped in microfoil to "preserve their water, they can be returned to you whenever you like". The Naib spat on the floor as a sign of respect to the Atreides commander.
Moments later, a Fremen-Atreides alliance conference was to be held on Caladan, much to the Naib's dismay. Caladan is a Fictional planet in the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. A Bene Tleilax assault force of Face Dancers besieged the party, with the Fremen representatives and the Duke later rescued by the player. The Bene Tleilax or Tleilaxu are an extremely xenophobic and isolationist society in the Fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Face Dancers are a type of human in Frank Herbert 's fictional ''Dune'' universe. In return of the player's aid to the Fremen, the massive water-debt owed by the Naib's tribe states that they'll send as many warriors into battle, along with their warrior elite, the Fedaykin.
Being a neutral faction, the Fremen can also choose to be allied with the House Ordos or be destroyed. House Ordos is a mercantile House in the ''Dune'' universe as presented in the Westwood Studios ''Dune'' video games produced from 1992 to 2001 An alliance with House Harkonnen — though it can be done in skirmishes — in the campaign though, is nearly impossible. In an opening cutscene, a Harkonnen soldier was seen slitting a Fremen warrior's throat, then proceeding to send the corpse rolling down the dunes. At some point in the game though, the Fremen will ally with the Harkonnen if the player plays for that House.
Aside from the typical Fremen warrior, the Fremen Fedaykin Warrior is a relatively new addition to the pantheon of units in the Dune series of games. Utilizing a Weirding Module as their main weapon, their attack is the infantry equivalent of the Atreides Sonic Tank. The Weirding Module is a fictional device introduced into the ''Dune'' movie to replace the Bene Gesserit Martial art referred to by the Fremen The Fedaykin are also accomplished Sandriders, luring sandworms using thumpers then proceeding to ride them for a limited amount of time.
References
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WM: It began fifteen years ago, then. Well, what made you or at what point did you go from the sand dunes of Oregon and the ecological background there to the decision to utilize let’s say the Arabian mystique as another counter notion or contrapuntal notion working within the novel?
FH: Well, of course, in studying sand dunes, you immediately get into not just the Arabian mystique but the Navaho mystique and the mystique of the Kalahari primitives and all. . .
WM: Kalahari primitives?
FH: Yes, the Kalahari desert, the black foot (people) of the Kalahari and how they utilize every drop of water. You can’t just stop with the people who are living in this type of environment: you have to go on to how the environment works on the people and how they work on their environment. [1] - ^ Children of Dune, Frank Herbert
See also
- Arrakis
- List of Dune Fremen. Arrakis is also an alternative name for the star Mu Draconis. The following is a comprehensive list of Fremen from the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.
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