In Egyptian antiquity the pharaohs were seen as incarnations of the god Horus (although some speculate that the pharaohs were believed to be gods on earth, descended from Horus). (Chakravartin means 'he who turns the wheel of destiny'.)

In India, God Emperor or 'Chakravartin' is a title of a mystical figure which is said to cross the boundaries of several castes, and is therefore able to change the course of history/time. This title is incorporated into the name of the novel God Emperor of Dune without the hyphen. During his life Leto II's enemies referred to him as The Tyrant, and it was by this title that history better remembered him. The title did not endure well after his death. The title reflects both his status as ruler of multiple galaxies, and the formidable prescience he acquired after his transformation into a human- sandworm hybrid. God-Emperor is the title associated with Leto Atreides II after he ascended to the throne of the Atreides Empire. Read the series which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin.This article or section refers to elements from Original Dune. But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall.

He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. More than three thousand years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. The Second Great Dune Trilogy contains God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapter House Dune, and concludes the Dune Chronicles, one of the most influential SF series ever written. Three novels that bring the Dune Chronicles, one of the most influential SF series ever written, to its epic conclusion!

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