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'''''Daowa-maad''''' was an [[Prehistoric human civilization|ancient]] [[human]] term for the "roll and tug of the universe". Translated into the dialect spoken by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 32''</ref>
'''''Daowa-maad''''', historically referred to as '''daowa-maadthu''', was an ancient [[human]] philosophy.<ref name="prim55">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 55-56''</ref> The term itself meant the "roll and tug of the universe"<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 32''</ref> and was also known as the "mantra of the broken wheel".<ref name="prim55"/> Translated into the dialect spoken by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."<ref name="cryptum"/> It was an ancient teaching, originating from the time of [[Prehistoric human civilization|early humanity's spacefaring era]] and still remembered and followed by [[Chakas]]'s generation.<ref name="prim55"/>


The Forerunner [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] learned the term from his [[ancilla]], and the fact he knew it impressed [[Chakas]] and [[Morning Riser]], his two human guides.<ref name="cryptum"/>
The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] cited the term in his last moments spent with the [[Librarian]] before his first exile in a [[Cryptum]], equating it with the [[Mantle]]; the Librarian was surprised by her husband, known for his hostility toward humanity, using such a phrase.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 54''</ref> The Forerunner [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] learned the term from his [[ancilla]], and the fact he knew it impressed [[Chakas]] and [[Riser]], his two human guides on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].<ref name="cryptum"/>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
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Revision as of 01:00, September 19, 2013

"Daowa-maad. We hunt, we grow, we live. Life is simple — we do."
Morning Riser

Daowa-maad, historically referred to as daowa-maadthu, was an ancient human philosophy.[1] The term itself meant the "roll and tug of the universe"[2] and was also known as the "mantra of the broken wheel".[1] Translated into the dialect spoken by Forerunner Builders, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."[2] It was an ancient teaching, originating from the time of early humanity's spacefaring era and still remembered and followed by Chakas's generation.[1]

The Didact cited the term in his last moments spent with the Librarian before his first exile in a Cryptum, equating it with the Mantle; the Librarian was surprised by her husband, known for his hostility toward humanity, using such a phrase.[3] The Forerunner Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting learned the term from his ancilla, and the fact he knew it impressed Chakas and Riser, his two human guides on Erde-Tyrene.[2]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Primordium, page 55-56
  2. ^ a b c Halo: Cryptum, page 32
  3. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 54