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== Myths and Lore ==
Apart from the real spren, Rosharan folklore has a small number of creatures whose existence is questionable, but which are also referred to as spren. Chief among them are the '''[[Dawnsingers]]''', which the [[Vorin]] theology teaches were servants of the [[Almighty]], sent by him to care for mankind on Roshar.{{book ref|sa1|45}} In the lore, Dawnsingers are credited with bestowing numerous gifts upon humanity, including the [[Dawnchant]], humanity's original written language, and [[Dawncities]], a group of ancient settlements following [[cymatics|cymatic]] patterns.{{book ref|sa1|33}}{{book ref|sa1|54}} The [[ardent]]s of [[Palanaeum]] claim that their library was constructed by the Dawnsingers.{{book ref|sa1|7}} It's eventually revealed, however, that the Dawnsingers aren't spren, but rather the ancient [[singers]], the orignal inhabitants of Roshar.{{book ref|sa3|11}}
Standing in opposition to the Dawnsinges in the folklore are the '''[[Voidbringer]]s''', which in the [[Era of Solitude]] are believed to be a type of evil spren.{{book ref|sa1|45}} They are said to have existed in ancient times, walking the land with bodies of stone.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}} Other stories claim that the Voidbringers stalk the most violent [[highstorm]]s, or that they live out in the wilderness, coming out only at night. Most tales agree that Voidbringers would eat human flesh.{{book ref|sa1|4}}{{epigraph ref|sa1|43}} Those stories appear to be inspired by different types of Odium's servants, who likely merged together into a single, nebulous entity in the public consciousness over the millennia.
Finally, there are several types of spren that the common knowledge doesn't align with Odium, but which are considered malicious nonetheless. Those include the '''raspings''', the '''stormwhispers''', and the '''nightspren''', of which the last are considered to be the most fearsome and dangerous. Those spren are mostly believed in by the more traditional, rural followers of Vorinism. The more educated segment of the populace considers them to be ancient fabrications, created by the [[Knights Radiant]] past to support their dominance.{{book ref|sa1|42}}
== Theories and Speculation ==
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