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Shai-Hulud

The sacred Fremen name for the sandworm.

Definition and context

Religious reverence and ecological necessity are inseparable. The sandworm is a means of transportation, a danger, and part of the desert's continuity.

Sources

  1. Dune ↗Frank Herbert · PDF

    Terminology of the Imperium · page 684 in the supplied PDF.

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