messiah
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Paul Atreides, played by Chalamet, is dealing with the consequences of defeating the Harkonnens and becoming emperor, struggling with his role as the Fremen’s messiah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
They told me their colleagues have got a "messiah complex - ever since Margaret they think there is a leader out there who will lead them to the promised land".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
From Florida to Alaska, Native Americans perform the Ghost Dance, anticipating their own messiah.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
Chalamet has already taken his boy messiah in the “Dune” movies to a dangerously dark place; his Dylan is cut from the same cloth, uncomfortable with the mantle thrust upon him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
I wanted first of all to tell the people that I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had became a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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World Religions
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