In
Frank Herbert's
Dune series of
science fiction novels,
Lady Jessica is the daughter of Baron
Vladimir Harkonnen, this
Bene Gessirit[?] was consort to
Duke Leto Atreides and mother of
Paul and Alia (the abomination.) Out of her love for Duke Leto she disobeyed the orders of her superiors in conceiving Paul (thereby giving him a son) as she had been instructed to bear a daughter who was to be the mother of the
Kwisatch Haderach[?]. Following the assassination of Duke Leto Atreides she became Reverend Mother to the
Fremen on
Arrakis by converting the raw spice essence into the "Water of Life."