Under the guidance of the sietch Naib,, the four would each receive one mouthful of rice, placed before them in the center of an enormous bowl. The size of the bowl, contrasting with the portion of rice, symbolized the enormity of the task yet ahead. The sayings "May your bowl be full" and "My bowl is now full" to indicate the start and achievement of tremendous tasks have their roots in the pundi rice ceremony. The Naib and the four sat in the middle of a circle of all the sietch members. The circle symbolized the equality of importance of each man, woman and child in the achievement of the task. The Naib would hold up his bowl of rice and say: "The water of our world is created by four things," to which the four participants would add, in turn: "The learning of the wise;" "The justice of the great;" "The prayers of the good at heart;" "The valor of the brave." The leader would then continue: "But all of these are as nothing, all of these are as a teardrop given to the dead, without the tears of all of us, given that we may live." Then before any one of the four touched his rice, the Naib served every member of the sietch his "bowl of tears," which were then eaten grain by grain, slowly, to symbolize the length of time the task would take. L.L. Further references: CEREMONY OF THE SEED; Defa '1-Ruiini, Taaj 'l-Fremen, 12 v. (Salusa Secundus' Morgan and Sharak). RABBAN, COUNT GLOSSU. (10132-10193). Siridar-Rcgent of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen on AnaJtis during the period House Harkonnen held it as a subfief. Count Glossu was the soa of Abulurd, Vladimir's youngest demi-brother. Glossu's regency on Arraltis was notorious for its cruel suppression of the natives, which earned him the epithet "Beast Rahban." He was lolled during the assault on Arrakeen by Eremea forces. Glossu's father, Abulurd, was the product of Gunseng Harkonnen and Gunella Sorvaag; of the children of concubines, only Abulurd survived the deadly political climate of the royal palace of Harko. Once Vladimir was pronounced na-Baron, Abulurd renounced the Harkonnen name and all rights to the title in exchange for the subdistrict governorship of Rabban-Lankiveil. He really had no choice: Gunseng wished a clear and undisputed succession, and Abulurd could not compete with Vladimir, While Count of Rabban-Lankiveil, Abulurd took as concubine Thora Rabban, daughter of Elsun Rabban, a Minor House ruler. She bore him two sons, Glossu and Feyd-Rautha. Feyd-Rautiia's superior talents made him na-Baron of Giedi Prime, but even so, Glossu won a name for himself, though an infamous one. Glossu was stocky of build, with the Harkonnen paternal line's narrow-set eyes, 425 and as slow wttted as he was thughke m appearance What he lacked m brightness he more than made up for in crude power of will Once he made up his mind to do something it was done with tenacity, not wit