Difference between revisions of "God Beyond"

|worlds={{tag|Sel}}, {{tag|Scadrial}}, {{tag|Threnody}}[[Category: Shadows for Silence]]

|books=[[The Emperor's Soul]], [[Mistborn Era 2]], [[Shadows for Silence]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]

{{quote|She was a woman. Good at lying, they are. The God Beyond made'm that way.|[[Wayne]]{{book ref|aolmb4|10}}}}

The '''God Beyond''' or the '''Unknown God''' wasis a god that wasis worshipped on multiple [[Shardworld]]s.{{book ref|aol|10}}{{wob ref|date=2013-04-15|4089|/r/fantasy AMA 2013}}{{book ref|sfs}} It is a belief on a greater God of the universe beyond entities like Shards.{{wob ref|697}}

*On [[Scadrial]], [[Wayne]] mentions the God Beyond in passing.{{book ref|aolmb4|10}}

*On [[Roshar]], Hoid refers to the God Beyond in a parable while talking with Shallan.{{book ref|sa2|45}} Although [[Dalinar]] does not use the name God Beyond, he mentions having felt a warmth and light from a being beyond the [[Almighty]].{{book ref|sa3|4}} Based on the wording, this could be the same being.

*On [[Sel]], it wasis referred to as the Unknown God by the [[MaiPon]], although this is indeed the same as the God Beyond.{{wob ref|date=2013-04-15|4089|/r/fantasy AMA 2013}} [[Wan ShaiLu]] prays to the unknown god{{tes ref|2}}, and her people relatedrelate it to the rocks that fell from the sky.{{tes ref|98}} Additionally, in a scene from the perspective of [[Hoid]] at the back of the [[Elantris]] Tenth Anniversary Edition, Hoid refers to the Unknown God in passing.{{book ref|elantris|part=postscript}} It is unknown what relationship the God Beyond has to [[Adonalsium]].

*On [[Threnody]], [[Silence Montane]] and her daughter [[William Ann]] sworeswear to the God Beyond.{{book ref|sfs}}