Sayyadinas & Reverend Mothers

[EsperandoAGodot]

How were these titles applied, and how were they women they were applied to selected? I don't seem to recall any specific process by which a woman is chosen to be a Sayyadina and then subsequently to take the Water of Life - Jessica's role as one and then the other was sort of preordained.

[Sole Man]

I always thought there was one per sietch, and when that one died or became a reverend mother or something oof that general nature some other woman was selected to bear the title.

But's just my oppinon.

[EsperandoAGodot]

Yes, but surely they are not selected at random.

[Freakzilla]

Durring the Cerimony of the Seed, the Reverend Mother consecrates the new Sayyadina and asks the seitch for approval and the current Sayyadina becomes a Reverend Mother. Originally the past was handed down oraly and later Reverend Mothers with the Rossak poison then the Water of Life on Arrakis.