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{{quote|She was a woman. Good at lying, they are. The God Beyond made'm that way.|[[Wayne]]{{book ref|mb4|10}}}}
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The '''God Beyond''' or the '''Unknown God''' is a god that is worshipped on multiple [[Shardworld]]s.{{book ref|aol|10}}{{wob ref|4089}}{{book ref|sfs}} It is a belief on a greater God of the universe beyond entities like Shards.{{wob ref|697}}
{{quote|She was a woman. Good at lying, they are. The God Beyond made'm that way.|[[Wayne]]{{book ref|mb4|10}}}}
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The '''God Beyond''' or the '''Unknown God''' is a god that is worshippedworshiped on multiple [[ShardworldCosmere#Planets|planets]] in the [[cosmere]]s.{{book ref|aol|10}}{{wob ref|4089}}{{book ref|sfs}} It is a belief onin a greater God of the universe beyond entities like Shards, and presumably Adonalsium itself.{{wob ref|697}} It is unknown what relationship the God Beyond has to [[Adonalsium]] or to the [[Beyond]].{{wob ref|6555}}
 
== Mentions of the religion ==
* On [[Scadrial]], [[Wayne]] mentionsand [[Lessie]] mention the God Beyond in passing.{{book ref|mb4|10}}{{book ref|mb5|13}}{{book ref|mb5|prologue}}
 
* On [[Roshar]], Hoid refers to the God Beyond in a parable while talking with Shallan.{{book ref|sa2|45}} [[Dalinar]] also casually mentions the God Beyond while talking to [[Kaladin]].{{book ref|sa4|10}} [[Nomad]] states that he believes in the God Beyond while on [[Canticle]].{{book ref|tsm|39}}
 
* On [[Sel]], it is referred to as the Unknown God by the [[MaiPon]], although this is indeed the same as the God Beyond.{{wob ref|4089}} [[Wan ShaiLu]] prays to the unknownUnknown godGod,{{tes ref|2}}, and her people relate it to the rocks that fell from the sky.{{tes ref|98}} Additionally, inwhile aattempting sceneto frombecome thean perspective[[Elantrian]] ofat [[Devotion's Perpendicularity]], [[Hoid]] atthinks that the backlights of the restored city of [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]] Tenthseem Anniversary Edition, Hoidto refersascend "to the Unknown God's indomain passingitself."{{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]] swear to the God Beyond.{{book ref|sfs}}
 
== The BeyondTrivia ==
* The relation between the [[Beyond]] and the God Beyond, like most questions about the Beyond, is currently [[RAFO]]'d.{{wob ref|6555}}
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* Brandon Sanderson has compared the God Beyond to various Gnostic interpretations of God.{{wob ref|697}}
On [[Scadrial]], every dead people's [[cognitive shadow]] would linger in the cognitive realm for a while before being pulled to '''the Beyond'''. {{book ref|msh|1}} Presumably, this happen to all the sapient species on all the worlds, which would provide a reason why this religion is so wide spread in the Cosmere. Almost nothing is known about the Beyond, not even Harmony is able to reach it.{{wob ref|6556}} However, the relation between "the Beyond" and "the God Beyond" is currently [[RAFO]]'d.{{wob ref|6555}}
* According to Silence Montane, the symbol for the religion worshiping the God Beyond is a silver dagger.
 
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