The earliest history of the native inhabitants of Arrakis indicates that they were the sole remnant of a people known as the Zensunm Wanderers, original ly followers of a "prophet" named Maometh, circa 1381 B G The Fremen broke away from the main sect to establish their own religion based on dn ultrdconservdtive notion of hving life according to 'the ways of the fathers ' Given the Fremen's roots in such a religion and the particularly life-threatening environment that Arrakis afforded them the Fremen developed a set of cultural mstitu dons unique in their perfect balance between the philosophical world view demanded by Fremen faith and the harsh reality imposed by Arrakis s nature TTiese institutions remained stable for thousands of years and were significantly changed by only two events The first was the arrival of Pardot Kynes as the first planetologist of Arrakis The second FREMEN CULTURE 228 FREMEN CULTURE was the transfer of the governance of Arrakis from the House Harkonnen to House Atreides in 10190 and the subsequent emergence of Paul Atreides as Paul Muad Dtb Kynes ex panded the cultures of the Fremen to include the hope for a second flowering of Arrakis, Paul Mu