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	Bajoran
		Bajorans are humanoid in form and function with the exception of a ridged nose.
		Bajoran faith believes the Prophets to be the embodiment of truth, who reveals their wisdom through visions given by the Orbs.
		Bajorans believe that the pagh is a spiritual force inherent to all sentient beings and that the Prophets replenish the pagh of the living from the Celestial Temple.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/googlemay/Bajoran.htm (1326 words)

	Bajoran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bajoran society is evidently accepting of same-sex relationships, since, in the DS9 episode "Rejoined", Kira saw nothing wrong with the idea of her friend Jadzia Dax, a female joined Trill, renewing a relationship with another female joined Trill, who had previously been the male Dax's wife.
		The Bajoran religion is based upon the revelations of the Bajoran Prophets, who come to be known as the timeless beings residing in the Bajoran Wormhole, or Celestial Temple.
		Titles in the Bajoran religion include a 'prylar' (roughly equivalent to a Christian monk), 'ranjen' (a rank falling between Prylars and the next rank, and responsible for a variety of tasks), 'mylar' (priest or minister, mentioned in "Ties of Blood and Water"), 'vedek' (cardinal, bishop) and 'Kai' (equivalent to the pope in Roman Catholic theology).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bajoran (1187 words)

	Anomaly TrekMUX - Bajoran
		Bajoran religious beliefs hold that the home of the Prophets, the Celestial Temple, is in the Denorios Belt and most Bajorans believe the wormhole to be the manifestation of this temple in the corporeal world.
		Bajoran tradition holds that the Prophets were responsible for the nine Orbs that served as sources of wisdom for the people of Bajor.
		Bajoran tradition holds that the Temple is the source of the nine Orbs sent by the Prophets to help teach the Bajoran people how to lead their lives.
	anomaly.mushpark.com /race-bajoran.html (1888 words)

	Bajoran
		Prophets The Prophets are the central figures of the Bajoran faith, transcendent entities who exist in a non-linear time frame.
		Bajoran colonists on New Bajor fell victim to Dominion forces at the end of the year, their lives and presence eliminated from the colony they had only recently populated.
		Considered by all Bajorans to be the Book of Evil, it details how to release the Pagh-Wraiths from the fire caves, where they were trapped eons ago by the Prophets who now reside in the Celestial Temple.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Nebula/4156/infirmary/xeno/bajoran.html (3451 words)

	Prophets - Memory Alpha
		The Prophets have no sense of linear time, so it is likely they live outside of the normal space-time continuum; however their existence has been recorded on Bajor for at least 30,000 years.
		Bajoran history has documented the discovery of nine orbs found in orbit of Bajor over the last 10,000 years; however, it has been suggested from recent archaeological finds that the Bajorans received their first orb at least 30,000 years ago.
		It is thought that the Prophet visited Earth with the sole intention of ensuring the birth of Benjamin Sisko, and it left the body of Sarah leaving her with a family that was not hers, so she left without explanation.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Prophets (1841 words)

	DS9 Encyclopedia & Lexicon - Bajorans
		In the Bajoran year 9174 (sometime in the 22nd century), he was in a lightship damaged by an ion storm.
		A Bajoran prisoner on the Ravinok, who survived its crash and was one of the slave mineworkers for the Breen when rescued by Kira and Dukat.
		A legendary Bajoran resistance fighter who was believed to have been killed until it was discovered that he had been held in a labor camp on Cardassia IV for ten years.
	ds9enc.www2.50megs.com /bajorans.htm (5218 words)

	Prophets
		The Prophets are the basis for the religion of the Bajoran people, who regard the Wormhole as being their Celestial Temple.
		The Prophets are primarily known to the Bajorans through the nine Orbs which they had sent out of the wormhole over the last ten thousand years.
		The Prophets have described themselves as being 'of Bajor', and have shown themselves to be at least partially concerned with the affairs of the Bajorans.
	www.ditl.org /datspecies.php?27 (751 words)

	Prophet (Star Trek) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Prophets, also known as Wormhole Aliens, are non-corporeal beings who inhabit the artificially constructed Bajoran wormhole which connects a distant point in the Gamma Quadrant to the Alpha Quadrant, near the planet of Bajor and the space station Deep Space Nine.
		The Bajoran people worship the Prophets as gods, in a religion referred to as The Way of the Prophets; this is because the Wormhole Aliens have sent prophecies, as well as mysterious spiritual devices called Orbs or Tears of the Prophets, to Bajor.
		At some point in the distant past, some prophets were forcibly expelled from their wormhole home, and chose to reside on Bajor, where they became known as the mythical Pah Wraiths.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bajoran_Prophets (356 words)

	Star Trek Lives - Life-Forms - Bajorans
		Within the religious texts of Bajoran faith, safe passage through the Bajoran wormhole is seen as the blessing of the Prophets who reside within in the Celestial Temple.
		The Bajoran faith could not have prepare them for the superior military forces of Cardassia, and the planet fell to Cardassian forces in 2328, when it was claimed as the territory of the Cardassia Union.
		Defenseless and struggling to recover from the decades of war and deprivation, the Bajoran provisional government requested the Federation to administer to the operations of Terok Nor, abandoned after the withdrawal.
	www.startreklives.de /cultures/bajorans.htm (2986 words)

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		Bajorans are amazingly humanoid in appearance, but have a distinctive symmetrical facial feature -- a slight wrinkle on the nose between the eyes.
		Bajoran women gestate for five months, due to high vascularization between the fetus and the mother.
		The Bajoran religion is a major unifying force on the planet; the spiritual leader, or Kai, wields a great deal of moral and political authority, although the planet's de jure political leader is the First Minister.
	scorpion.startrek-rebellion.com /academy/allies.htm (3793 words)

	Ex Astris Scientia - Deep Space Nine Characters
		Sarah had in fact been controlled by a Bajoran prophet who had seen to it that Benjamin was born to become the Bajoran Emissary.
		Her beliefs held that Benjamin Sisko was the Emissary of Bajoran prophesy, but she sometimes found it difficult to reconcile the fact that her commanding officer was a religious icon (DS9: "Destiny").
		Kira was the only Bajoran official to remain behind on Deep Space 9 -or Terok Nor- after the Federation withdrew from the facility in late 2373 at the beginning of the Dominion war.
	www.ex-astris-scientia.org /database/ds9-characters.htm (10628 words)

	Adherents.com - Religious Groups in Literature
		His relationship with Them had been perfunctory, his feelings for the Bajoran Gods a kind of vague, mental appreciation; he likened it to the way some childless individuals felt about children--glad they were there, but only because that was the appropriate response to children, whether or none one actually enjoyed them.
		For Arla, now a Starfleet officer, as for many Bajorans of her upbringing, the Prophets were little more than an outmoded superstition perversely clung to by her less sophisticated cousins on the old world.
		She had faith in the Prophets, and in prayer she took comfort in the idea that her life had some meaning to them, that she had made some contribution to their grand design.
	www.adherents.com /lit/Na/Na_34.html (4882 words)

	Deep Space Nine In the Hands of the Prophets
		Nor did I watch for the Klingons, the Vulcans, the Bajorans, the presence of TNG's O'Brien and later Worf, though the familiar Trek trappings made the tapestry stronger for me than I suspect I'd feel about a similar show set in a different universe.
		His existence has been building to this event from his first encounter with the Prophets in "Emissary"...or really since before his conception, since his mother was under the influence of a Prophet at the time.
		Call them Prophets or wormhole aliens; they are apparently nearly as powerful as the Q, and they're a lot more serious about their responsibility to a species which is not as evolved.
	www.littlereview.com /getcritical/ds9reviews/ds9wrap.htm (1693 words)

	Kira Nerys - Non-canon Star Trek Wiki
		Kira Nerys was a Bajoran Starfleet Captain in command of Federation Starbase Deep Space 9 and the Starship USS Defiant in the years 2376 and 2377.
		Kira was born in November 2343 in the Dahkur Province of Cardassian occupied Bajor to Kira Taban and Kira Meru.
		It was only after Kira saved the Orbs of the Prophets from alien Parasites at the monastary at Ashalla, and after former Kai Opaka Sulan appealed to Vedek Yevir on her behalf, that Kira was welcomed back into the Bajoran faith.
	startrek.wikia.com /wiki/Kira_Nerys (1332 words)

	Strekonline.com
		Later, the Bajoran Prophets — the mysterious aliens who reside in the wormhole — appear to Sisko in a vision and advise him not to go to Cardassia.
		Sisko requests permission to heed the Prophets' warning, but Admiral Ross orders him to choose once and for all between his roles as the Bajoran Emissary and a Starfleet Captain.
		Meanwhile, Dukat reveals his plan is to drive the godlike Prophets from the wormhole.
	www.strekonline.com /ds9/synopses/s6/tears.htm (376 words)

	Benjamin Sisko - Non-canon Star Trek Wiki
		He left DS9 at the end of the Dominion War to join the Bajoran Prophets, but returned to linear existance just in time for the birth of his daughter, Rebecca Jae Sisko.
		Shortly after arriving in Bajoran Space, Sisko met with Bajoran Kai Opaka Sulan, who told him the he was the Emissary to the Prophets, foretold in Bajoran scripture, destined to find the Celestial Temple of the Prophets, home of the Bajoran gods.
		Sisko requested a Bajoran national for the position of first officer, and the post was given to former Bajoran freedom fighter Kira Nerys, who was staunchly against the Federations presence on Bajor, believing the Federation to be little different from her former Cardassian oppressors.
	startrek.wikia.com /wiki/Benjamin_Sisko (1365 words)

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		He is now the leader of a Bajoran religious faction which worships the Pah-wraiths--the corporeal enemies of Bajor's prophets.
		Penumbra -- As Sisko revels in the purchase of Bajoran land, where he hopes to finally build his dream house, word reaches the station that Worf is missing in action after a fierce battle with the Dominion.
		Later, Winn has a long-awaited vision from the Prophets, who reveal that a "Guide" will soon visit her; the Prophets hope that, together, the two will lead Bajor's Restoration.
	www.lcars.org.uk /ds97.htm (2038 words)

	LCARSCom.Net \| The LCARS Computer Network \| A Star Trek Fan Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The crew of the Starship Defiant is trapped in a future in which the Pah-wraiths have triumphed--as the greatest epic adventure in the saga of Deep Space 9 continues...
		In the last days of the twenty-fourth century, caught in the crossfire of the apocalyptic confrontation between the Bajoran Prophets and the Pah-wraiths, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew face what might be the final millennium.
		With the Federation on the brink of collapse, and Starfleet consumed by Admiral Jean-Luc Picard's obsessive quest to build the largest starship ever conceived, Sisko enters the ultimate race against time for the biggest stakes of all--the survival of the universe itself.
	www.lcarscom.net /ds9aq.htm (185 words)

	"Accession" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #89) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A legendary Bajoran appears mysteriously after more than 200 years and challenges Sisko's claim to be the Emissary.
		A centuries old Bajoran vessel mysteriously exits the wormhole, and its passenger, a legendary Bajoran named Akorem Laan, is immediately beamed to the Infirmary.
		Shocked to learn that more than 200 years have passed since he left Bajor, he tells Sisko and Kira that he had an accident in space and was saved by the Bajoran Prophets, which led him to believe that they have chosen him to be the Emissary.
	startrek.epguides.info /?ID=89 (441 words)

	Bajoran Terms and Phrases
		Celestial Temple: In the Bajoran religion, the Celestial Temple is a region of space where their spiritual Prophets reside.
		Bajorans believe their pagh, of life-force, is replenished by the prophets who reside in the Celestial Temple.
		Prophets: In the Bajoran religion, the Prophets are spiritual entities who provide wisdom and guidance to the Bajoran people.
	members.aol.com /USFRigel/bajor.htm (527 words)

	LCARSCom.Net \| The LCARS Computer Network \| A Star Trek Fan Site
		Later, when the battle is over and fresh reinforcements arrive, allowing Reese and the other survivors to leave, Sisko reflects on the human toll that's been paid to retain control of the outpost, and on the importance of never forgetting the soldiers who have died.
		He is now the leader of a Bajoran religious faction which worships the Pah-wraiths -- the corporeal enemies of Bajor's prophets.
		Dukat proclaims that the infant is a miraculous, living symbol of his covenant with the Bajoran people, though Kira is certain Dukat fathered the child.
	www.lcarscom.net /ds97.htm (9313 words)

	The "Star trek" canon concordance: Cultures: Bajoran - CIA
		All Bajorans who assisted Cardassian Union permanently exiled from Bajor
		Prophets and people will be one with no need for Vedeks, Kais or Emissaries
		the Prophets will weep and their sorrow will consume the gateway to the temple...
	thecia.com.au /star-trek/culture-bajoran.shtml (466 words)

	Emissary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Sisko visits the Bajoran Kai, where he is shown a vision in a Bajoran Orb and warned that he has an important destiny to protect the Prophets, who live in a hidden Celestial Temple.
		He realizes that these are the same beings whom the Bajorans worship as Prophets, as indeed their riddles claim.
		While O'Brien works on that problem, the emissary to the Bajoran Prophets must convince them of the value of permitting linear life forms to enter their realm.
	www.littlereview.com /getcritical/ds9reviews/emissary.htm (602 words)

	The Great Link : The Races/The Dominion Arc/DS9's 'Tears of the Prophets'
		TGL Comments : Tears of the Prophets was originally called “Tears of the Gods.” As predicated in “The Reckoning”, the Prophets are weeping, and their sorrow has consumed the gateway to the Temple, as the residents of DS9 comes to terms with the loss of Jadzia Dax and the Prophets themselves.
		The Prophets weren’t allowing Dominion reinforcements through the wormhole anyway, thanks to the Emissary, but at least the wormhole was still there.
		I assume that Weyoun already knows about the Prophets and the wormhole, and maybe he even knows what the Prophets did to the Dominion reinforcements, but as the Vorta so brilliantly pointed out to Damar, he doesn’t consider the Prophets to be ‘true’ gods.
	www.greatlink.org /dominion/ds9s6/tears.asp (5254 words)

	U.S.S. Avalon
		Pah-Wraith/Wormhole Aliens [Origin: unknown, extradimensional] Pah-wraiths, like the Bajoran Prophets, are non-corporeal life forms that once inhabited but were driven from the Bajoran Temple (the wormhole).
		The Prophets and Pah-Wraiths are known enemies, and the Prophets have thwarted multiple attempts by the Pah-Wraiths to re-enter the wormhole.
		Whether true technology or biological segments of Prophet life material, the Bajoran Orbs are known to exist.
	u.s.s.avalon.tripod.com /xenoP.htm (6070 words)

	Pah-wraiths
		The Pah-wraiths were banished from the wormhole by the Bajoran Prophets long ago and sealed into the Fire Caves on Bajor.
		The Prophets, who possessed Kira Nerys, appeared to be winning the battle but it was cut short by Kai Winn when she flooded the station with Chronatons to force both entities out of their respective bodies.
		This sealed the wormhole and caused all of the Orbs to darken, cutting the Bajorans off from their gods.
	www.ditl.org /datspecies.php?23 (370 words)

	Deep Space Nine Season 7
		As Sisko revels in the purchase of Bajoran land, where he hopes to finally build his dream house, word reaches the station that Worf is missing in action after a fierce battle with the Dominion.
		Kai Winn arrives at the station to "assist" Sisko with his wedding, and he admits the Prophets warned he would face a great trial in his future.
		Worf and Ezri are beamed aboard a Jem'Hadar ship, where the Female Shapeshifter and Thot Gor, the respective leaders of the new Dominion-Breen alliance, prepare to sign a treaty designed to destroy the Federation and end the war.
	www.krillmeed.com /DS9S7.html (1922 words)

	Accession
		Soon afterward, Akorem makes his first public address, telling the crowd that the prophets chose him to return Bajor to the old ways -- including strict adherence to a caste system that restricts people to specific "D'jarras," or occupations.
		Vedek Porta states that he is responsible, saying he pushed the man to his death because he refused to resign, even though his family's D'jarra is "unclean".
		Appalled, Sisko requests another meeting with Akorem and admits that giving up his position as Emissary was a mistake, then reveals that he is forced to challenge Akorem's claim.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/kirk/88/accession.htm (564 words)

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