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A sandworm from the cover of Heretics of Dune (1984) Sandworms are giant creatures found only on the desert planet Arrakis. They are reverently called Shai-Hulud by the planet's indigenous Fremen, who worship them as agents of God whose actions are a form of divine intervention. [7] [12] The Fremen also refer to the sandworms as Makers.
Salusa Secundus – Original homeworld of House Corrino. Later devastated by atomics, it eventually became the Emperor’s prison planet and a training ground for his elite Sardaukar military forces. Sandworm – Giant sand-dwelling creatures native to Arrakis. Called Shai-Hulud (and sometimes Little Maker) by the Fremen and worshipped as ...
The desert of Frank Herbert's classic novel is a vast ocean of sand, with giant worms diving into the depths, the mysterious and unrevealed domain of Shai-hulud. Dune tops are like the crests of waves, and there are powerful sandstorms out there, creating extreme danger.
In Dune, Duke Leto Atreides, his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, and their son Paul arrive on Arrakis to take control of melange mining operations there. The mysterious Fremen housekeeper at the palace of Arrakeen is known as the Shadout Mapes, and when Paul saves her life from a deadly hunter-seeker intended to kill him, Mapes warns of a traitor in the Atreides household.
Shai Hulud is an American metalcore band formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 1995, and later based in Poughkeepsie, New York. The band is named after the giant sandworms in Frank Herbert 's novel Dune .
The design of the sandworm’s skin layer was inspired by “dry lakes,” says Vermette. “The texture was soft and textured with scales, enough for the skin to be pulled, and we had openings ...
"Shai-Hulud: the indigenous name for the sandworms on the planet Arrakis in the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert." [140] Tulostoma shaihuludii Finy et al., 2023: Fungus: Sandworms "Reminiscent of the sandworm Shai-Hulud of the fictional planet Arrakis from the science fiction novel series Dune by Frank Herbert." [141] Arrakis Robillard, Tan ...
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad is a 2002 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.It is the first book in the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy, which takes place over 10,000 years before the events of Frank Herbert's celebrated 1965 novel Dune. [1]