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Muad'dib was the Fremen name of the "second moon" of Arrakis, the smaller of the planet's two moons. It was named by the Zensunnis (who developed into the Fremen) after the kangaroo mouse ("muad'dib").
Images of the moon Muad'dib (Second Moon)[]
Muad'dib, the moon with the kangaroo mouse pattern (Dune, 1984)
The two moons of Arrakis (Dune, 1984)
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The two moons of Arrakis, the Second moon the smaller of the two, with the "Muad'dib" kangaroo mouse pattern (Dune, 2021)
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Arrakis and its moons projected by filmbook with solido projector (Dune, 2021)
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The two moons during a minor solar eclipse (Dune: Part Two, 2024)
Behind the scenes[]
The Fremen traditions of seeing certain established symbolic shapes in the surfaces of the two moons of Arrakis is similar to the traditions of various Earth cultures, who saw certain patterns, shapes and figures in the surface of Earth's Moon. (The human habit of seeing certain images or patterns of images in unrelated things is known as pareidolia.)
See also[]
- Arvon - The portrayal of this moon in the semi-canon The Dune Encyclopedia. (The Encyclopedia's second invented name for the moon is the non-Fremen name, used in the Imperium.)