List of Dune planets
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- The rune name Hagal (Hagall) redirects here. For the rune, see Haglaz
- Chusuk redirects here. For the Korean holiday, see Chuseok
Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. In the Appendix of Dune, Herbert notes that there were over 13,300 worlds under Landsraad influence immediately after the Butlerian Jihad.[1]
[edit] III Delta Kaising
One of two planets on which shigawire is grown (the other being Salusa Secundus)[2].
[edit] Arrakis
Arrakis, (derived from the Arabic name ar-rāqiṣ, "the dancer", originally a star-name for Mu Draconis) later Rakis (known colloquially throughout as "Dune"), is a desert planet home to the Fremen (Zensunni wanderers) and later, the Imperial Capital under Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides' Empire. Arrakis is the third planet orbiting the star Canopus, and it in turn is orbited by two moons, one of which has the image of the desert kangaroo-rat, Muad'Dib, on it; the other possessing the image of a human hand.
[edit] Bela Tegeuse
The "fifth planet of Kuentsing: third stopping place of the Zensunni (Fremen) forced migration"[3]. The name may have been derived from the real (non-fictional) star Betelgeuse.
[edit] Buzzell
A cold planet, covered mostly by ocean with "hardscrabble islands, none bigger than a large no-ship" [4], Buzzell is known for its soostones, valuable iridescent gems produced by the abraded carapaces of monoped sea creatures called Cholisters, much in the manner of pearls. Used as a "punishment planet" by the Bene Gesserit.
[edit] Caladan
Caladan, later Dan, is the third planet of Delta Pavonis and the ancestral fiefdom of House Atreides. The Atreides have lived on Caladan for twenty-six generations in the ancient Castle Caladan, and it was the home of Paul Atreides for fifteen years; at this point the Atreides took up residence on Arrakis. The farming of pundi rice, supplemented by fishing and wine making, is the primary economic activity of Caladan. The ancient teachings of the Muadh Qur'an are preserved among the natives.
[edit] Chapterhouse
The green planet colonized and then made into a new Dune by the Bene Gesserit during the events of Chapterhouse Dune. The Sisterhood terraforms the surface of the planet into a desert in order to breed and begin a new cycle of sandworms, producers of the geriatic spice melange. Hiding from the dreaded Honored Matres, the Bene Gesserit keep the location of Chapterhouse secret and shield the planet behind a wall of no-ships, spaceships invisible to the naked eye and hidden from the power of prescience.
[edit] Chusuk
The fourth planet in the star system Theta Shalish. It is widely known for the quality of its musical instruments. Natives of Chusuk practiced the religion of Navachristianity.
[edit] Corrin
During the time of the Butlerian Jihad, Corrin was the most important of the Synchronized Worlds, being the "home" of Omnius Prime. In the year 88 B.G., the Battle of Corrin took place, and this last Thinking Machine stronghold fell to the League of Nobles. To remember the great victory, Viceroy Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino, and founded the House Corrino, who would rule humanity for over 10,000 years.
[edit] Ecaz
Known as the sculptors' paradise, the fourth planet of Alpha Centauri B. Fogwood, capable of being shaped in situ by thought alone, is found on this planet. Ecaz is also home to a variety of plant growths from which numerous drugs are extracted, including Elacca Drug, Sapho Juice, Semuta, and Verite, and is the source of hufuf vine strands used to weave krimskell fiber and rope.
[edit] Gamont
The third planet of Niushe, noted for its hedonistic culture and exotic sexual practices.
[edit] Giedi Prime
Giedi Prime, later Gammu, is a planet of Ophiuchi B (36) and the homeworld of the vicious House Harkonnen, sworn enemies of House Atreides. A bleak and dark planet, it is heavily industrialized and its people are very oppressed. It was later renamed Gammu by Gurney Halleck.
[edit] Ginaz
The home of the famous Ginaz Swordmaster School and the House Ginaz.
[edit] Grumman
Second planet of Niushe, chiefly noted for the feud and subsequent War of Assassins between its ruling House Moritani and the House Ginaz.
[edit] Hagal
According to the glossary in Dune, Hagal is called "the 'Jewel Planet' (II Theta Shaowei), mined out in the time of Shaddam I"[5]. In Dune it is also noted that the Golden Lion Throne of the Padishah Emperors is "carved from a single piece of Hagal quartz — blue-green translucency shot through with streaks of yellow fire." Yvette Hagal of House Hagal was one of Emperor Elrood IX's wives, and an ancestor of Paul Atreides.
[edit] Harmonthep
"A no longer existing satellite of Delta Pavonis," and "the sixth stop in the Zensunni migration"[6].
[edit] Ix
The ninth planet from the star Alkalurops (Rodale), named for the Roman numeral IX due to its position in its solar system. It is renowned for the production of complex machinery which often flouts the proscriptions of the Butlerian Jihad. Ruled at one time by the House Vernius, Ix's primary competitor is Richese, but it has always maintained a healthy lead in technology.
[edit] Junction
Original headquarters of the Spacing Guild. The planet is a vast array of landing fields and repair docks with almost no native population. By the time of Chapterhouse Dune it seems that there are a number of 'Junction' planets, presumably each serving as a nexus of the Guild's transportation network.
[edit] Kaitain
The capital planet of the Imperium and the seat of power of House Corrino. It was chosen as the new capital after Salusa Secundus, the former capital, was made nearly uninhabitable as a result of nuclear warfare.
[edit] Kolhar
Site of the first shipyard to produce space-folding ships (eventually called heighliners) during the Butlerian Jihad.
[edit] Lampadas
A center for Bene Gesserit education which falls to the Honored Matres in Chapterhouse Dune.
[edit] Lankiveil
A planet ruled by House Harkonnen. It is cold and windy, and its seas are choked with pack ice and icebergs. The indigenous people of Lankiveil are practitioners of the ancient Buddhislamic religion. The planet's main economic asset is its monopoly on the whale fur trade.
[edit] Parmentier
A former Synchronized World, recolonized by the League of Nobles. After Parmentier was ravaged by the Demon Scourge, a catastrophic virus genetically engineered and unleashed by the Thinking Machines to destroy humanity, Rayna Butler began her personal crusade against the machines. This antitechnology movement became the fanatical Cult of Serena.
[edit] Poritrin
The "third planet of Epsilon Alangue, considered by many Zensunni Wanderers as their planet of origin, although clues in their language and mythology show far more ancient planetary roots"[7]. Once home of the proud Lord Bludds, and of Tio Holtzman. Was severely devastated in several Buddislamic uprisings.
[edit] Richese
The fourth planet of Eridani A, is classified with Ix as supreme in machine culture. Under the rule of the count of House Richese, the planet is noted for technological advances, especially in miniaturization. An artificial moon created for scientific and industrial research, Korona, orbits Richese.
[edit] Rossak
Fifth planet of Alces Minor. One of the stopping places for the Zensunni Wanderers, its jungles are the source of many pharmaceutical riches. The so-called "Rossak Drug", predecessor of the Water of Life, originated there. As the homeworld of the Sorceresses of Rossak, it is at the origin of the Bene Gesserit
[edit] Salusa Secundus
The third planet of the Gamma Waiping system and the homeworld of the Imperial House Corrino. After it was left a barren wasteland due to atomic war after the Butlerian Jihad, it became the Emperor's prison planet and the training ground for his elite Sardaukar troops, the imperial capital now residing in Kaitain. Salusa Secondus is also noted as the second stopping point in the migrations of the Zensunni Wanderers[8].
[edit] Sikun
A planet in the 70 Ophiuchi A system. Its inhabitants are primarily associated with the Buddislamic faith. Sikun is home to the useful plant akarso[9].
[edit] Tleilax
The sole planet of the star Thalim, is the homeworld of the Bene Tleilax. Its capital is Bandalong. Most of the planet is off limits to outsiders as the majority of the planet is considered holy by the religious Tleilaxu.
[edit] Tupile
The so-called sanctuary planet (most likely several planets) for renegade houses of the Imperium. Its location is a heavily guarded secret known only to the Spacing Guild.
[edit] Wallach IX
The ninth planet of Laoujin. It is the site of the Mother School of the Bene Gesserit.
[edit] Zanovar
A recreational world, controlled by House Taligari. Attacked and partially destroyed by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV's Imperial Sardaukar under the pretense of enforcing a ban on the hoarding of melange.
[edit] Dune gazetteer
In The Stars and Planets of Frank Herbert's Dune: A Gazetteer by Joseph M. Daniel[10], the distance from Earth in light-years (ly) is provided for many planets in the Dune universe, based on the real-life distances of the stars and planetary systems referenced by Frank Herbert when discussing these planets in the glossary of the novel Dune. It should be noted that though Herbert used the names of actual stars and planetary systems in his work, there is no documentation supporting or disputing the assumption that he was, in fact, referring to these real-life stars or systems. The Gazetteer suggests the following:
- Arrakis ~ Third planet orbiting the star Canopus, located at 312 ly from Earth.
- Bela Tegeuse ~ Fifth planet of the star Kuentsing (Kuentsing is Chinese for Alpha Leporis, located at 1284 ly from Earth).
- Caladan ~ Third planet of Delta Pavonis, located at 19.9 ly from Earth.
- Chusuk ~ Fourth planet in the star system Theta Shalish (Shalish is the Hebrew constellation for Aries, Theta Arietis located at 387 ly from Earth).
- Corrin ~ Planet in the star system of Sigma Draconis, located at 18.8 ly from Earth.
- Ecaz ~ Fourth planet of Alpha Centauri B, located at 4,4 ly from Earth.
- Gamont ~ Third planet of Niushe (Chinese name for Psi Draconis, located at 72 ly from Earth).
- Giedi Prime ~ Planet of Ophiuchi B (36), located at 19 ly from Earth.
- Grumman ~ Second planet of Niushe (Chinese name for Psi Draconis, located at 72 ly from Earth).
- Hagal ~ II Theta Shaowei (Shaowei is the Chinese name for the constellation of Leo, II Theta Leonis located at 177 ly from Earth).
- Harmonthep ~ No longer existing satellite of Delta Pavonis, located at 19.9 ly from Earth.
- Ix ~ Ninth planet from Alkalurops, or Rodale (or Eridani A, located at 16.5 ly from Earth).
- Kaitan ~ Arabic name of the star Alpha Piscium, located at 139 ly from Earth.
- Poritrin ~ Third planet of Epsilon Alangue or Epsilon Ophiuchi (Alangue is corruption of Arabic Al Hawna, Ophiuchus, situated at 107.5 ly from Earth).
- Rossak ~ Fifth planet of Alces Minor (Alpha Crater located at 181 ly from Earth).
- Salusa Secundus ~ Third planet of the Gamma Waiping system (Waiping is the Chinese name for a part of the constellation Pisces, Gamma Piscium located at 130.9 ly from Earth).
- Sikun ~ Planet in the 70 Ophiuchi A system (located at 16.6 ly from Earth).
- Tleilax ~ Sole planet of the star Thalim (Arabic name for the star Theta Eridani, located at 161 ly from Earth).
[edit] References
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Dune, Appendix II: The Religion of Dune. "Historians estimate the [anti-ecumenism] riots took eighty million lives. That works out to about six thousand for each world then in the Landsraad League."
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Shigawire)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Bela Tegeuse)
- ^ Herbert, F. Chapterhouse Dune.
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Hagal)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Harmonthep)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Poritrin)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Salusa Secundus)
- ^ Dune, Terminology of the Imperium (Akarso)
- ^ French translation of The Stars and Planets of Frank Herbert's Dune: A Gazetteer
- Herbert, Frank. Dune, Terminology of the Imperium
