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'''Gud''' was the term that the [[Gungan]]s of [[Naboo]] used for a "god". For the most part, this referred to the former Naboo inhabitants, the [[Elders (Naboo)|Elders]], who built such locales as the [[Sacred Place|Gungan Sacred Place]] in the [[Lianorm Swamp]].
  
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'''Gud''' was the term that the [[Gungan/Legends|Gungans]] of [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]] used to describe the [[Deity/Legends|deities]] they worshipped.<ref name="TPM">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']]</ref> According to Gungan mythology, the Guds lived in the beautiful subaquatic [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Ossorus]], under the rule of the greatest of them all, [[Oma-Oma]], creator of all life and "[[Boss/Legends|Boss]]" of the immortals.<ref name="SWGB">''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'' {{C|French edition}}</ref>
   
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==Overview==
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The principal Gungan Gud was [[Oma-Oma]], who lived in [[Ossorus]], a beautiful underwater city.
  
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In that polytheistic system, each Gud had specific powers and responsibilities. Some were benevolent, like the rain goddess [[Dobbis]] or the god of spring water [[Gobba]], while others were malignant, like the master of destruction [[Mekamok]] and his cohort [[Balmtop]], god of diseases. Still others could pass beyond the notion of good and evil, like the trickster god [[Nododo]], who liked to play dirty tricks on both the mortals and his fellow deities. Mere mortals being transformed into Guds were not unheard of: the divine lord of war [[Balam]] was originally the first Gungan warrior to whom the Guds awarded the gift of immortality after his [[Death/Legends|death]].<ref name="SWGB" />
   
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The Gungans thought that the ancient statues left by the vanished race of the [[Elders (Naboo)/Legends|Elders]] were icons representing the Guds.<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|I|376|Gungan sacred place}}</ref> Such locales as the [[Gungan Sacred Place]] in the [[Lianorm Swamp/Legends|Lianorm Swamp]]<ref name="IWE1">''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I]]''</ref> or the [[Gungan Caves]]<ref name="YCAC">''[[Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center]]''</ref> were originally built by the Elders and contained colossal stone heads that were reinterpreted in the light of the Gungan's beliefs.<ref name="CSWE" />
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The Gungans also thought that the Guds were behind the social institution of [[Life debt/Legends|life debt]] and demanded that all such debts be repaid.<ref name="TPM" /> During a brief philosophical discussion with [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Amidala]], [[Queen/Legends|Queen]] of the [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Naboo (people)/Legends|colonists]] of Naboo, the famous [[Jar Jar Binks/Legends|Jar Jar Binks]] once wondered why the Guds sometimes brought pain to the mortals.<ref name="TPMn">[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]]</ref>
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'''Gud''' is in fact the Swedish word for "god".
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'''Gud''' is in fact the word for "god" in several Scandinavian languages.
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*''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'' {{Mo}}
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*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]] {{1stm}}
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*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'']] {{Mo}}
   
 
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*''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I]]''
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*''[[Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'' {{C|French edition}}
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*[[Star Wars: Complete Locations (2005)|''Star Wars: Complete Locations'']]
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*{{CSWECite|I||Gungan sacred place}}
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==Notes and references==
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"Me wonder sometimes why da Guds invent pain."
"To motivate us, I imagine."
―Jar Jar Binks and Padmé Amidala[src]

Gud was the term that the Gungans of Naboo used to describe the deities they worshipped.[1] According to Gungan mythology, the Guds lived in the beautiful subaquatic city of Ossorus, under the rule of the greatest of them all, Oma-Oma, creator of all life and "Boss" of the immortals.[2]

Overview

In that polytheistic system, each Gud had specific powers and responsibilities. Some were benevolent, like the rain goddess Dobbis or the god of spring water Gobba, while others were malignant, like the master of destruction Mekamok and his cohort Balmtop, god of diseases. Still others could pass beyond the notion of good and evil, like the trickster god Nododo, who liked to play dirty tricks on both the mortals and his fellow deities. Mere mortals being transformed into Guds were not unheard of: the divine lord of war Balam was originally the first Gungan warrior to whom the Guds awarded the gift of immortality after his death.[2]

The Gungans thought that the ancient statues left by the vanished race of the Elders were icons representing the Guds.[3] Such locales as the Gungan Sacred Place in the Lianorm Swamp[4] or the Gungan Caves[5] were originally built by the Elders and contained colossal stone heads that were reinterpreted in the light of the Gungan's beliefs.[3]

The Gungans also thought that the Guds were behind the social institution of life debt and demanded that all such debts be repaid.[1] During a brief philosophical discussion with Amidala, Queen of the Human colonists of Naboo, the famous Jar Jar Binks once wondered why the Guds sometimes brought pain to the mortals.[6]

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Behind the scenes

Gud is in fact the word for "god" in several Scandinavian languages.

Appearances

Sources

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (French edition)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. I, p. 376 ("Gungan sacred place")
  4. ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Episode I
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace novelization
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