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Ebor Dendep is an Athshean, Coro Mena’s sister, and the Headwoman of Cadast, the village that Selver stays in after the Smith Camp massacre. Ebor Dendep is extremely practical, and after Selver’s arrival, she expresses concern that Selver was followed by humans. Ebor Dendep’s character demonstrates the role of women in Athshean society, which is vastly different from the role of women in human society. As Headwoman, it’s Ebor Dendep’s responsibility to decide whether the pronouncements of “Great Dreamers” (Athshean men who interpret dreams) should be carried out. After Coro Mena pronounces that Selver is now a god, Ebor Dendep immediately acts on this information: she gets the village ready to evacuate, sends Athsheans to monitor human activity, and sends messengers to spread Selver’s story. When Selver tells Ebor Dendep that the humans have not yet sent all their women to World 41, as they’re waiting for the world to be comfortable for them, Ebor Dendep scoffs and says that it would have been better if they’d sent the women first. The novella implies that role of women in human society is much more subservient, whereas Ebor Dendep acts as an important political figure in Athshean society.
Ebor Dendep Quotes in The Word for World is Forest
The The Word for World is Forest quotes below are all either spoken by Ebor Dendep or refer to Ebor Dendep. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Two
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For Ebor Dendep was a practical woman. When a Great Dreamer, her brother, told her that Selver was a god, a changer, a bridge between realities, she believed and acted. It was the Dreamer’s responsibility to be careful, to be certain that his judgment was true. Her responsibility was then to take that judgment and act upon it. He saw what must be done; she saw that it was done.
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As most writing was in this Lodge-tongue, when headwomen sent fleet girls carrying messages, the letters went from Lodge to Lodge, and so were interpreted by the Dreamers to the Old Women, as were other documents, rumors, problems, myths, and dreams. But it was always the Old Women’s choice whether to believe or not.
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Ebor Dendep Quotes in The Word for World is Forest
The The Word for World is Forest quotes below are all either spoken by Ebor Dendep or refer to Ebor Dendep. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter Two
Quotes
For Ebor Dendep was a practical woman. When a Great Dreamer, her brother, told her that Selver was a god, a changer, a bridge between realities, she believed and acted. It was the Dreamer’s responsibility to be careful, to be certain that his judgment was true. Her responsibility was then to take that judgment and act upon it. He saw what must be done; she saw that it was done.
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As most writing was in this Lodge-tongue, when headwomen sent fleet girls carrying messages, the letters went from Lodge to Lodge, and so were interpreted by the Dreamers to the Old Women, as were other documents, rumors, problems, myths, and dreams. But it was always the Old Women’s choice whether to believe or not.
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