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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
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.
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