Tenar begins to question her beliefs when she hears Kossil defying the Nameless Ones, and sees that they do not punish her. She has a conversation with Penthe, her only friend, who expresses an "unfaith" in the divinity of the God-king. Though Tenar reacts to this with shock, the incident opens a new perspective to her. In her own thoughts, "she felt as if she had looked up and suddenly seen a whole new planet hanging huge and populous right outside the window, an entirely strange world, one in which the gods did not matter." Ged acts as a catalyst for this stream of thought, because he is completely alien to her; he is male, brown-skinned, and has a picture of the world is so different from Tenar's own. After speaking to him, she begins to wonder whether the Nameless Ones, despite their power, deserve her worship, and begins to lose faith in them and in all the things she has been taught. She expects to find only evil in Ged, according to what she has been taught; but instead she finds light and love, further challenging her belief.
tenar begins to question her beliefs when she hears kossil defying the nameless ones and sees that they do not punish her she has a conversation with penthe her only friend who expresses an "unfaith" in the divinity of the god-king though tenar reacts to this with shock the incident opens a new perspective to her in her own thoughts "she felt as if she had looked up and suddenly seen a whole new planet hanging huge and populous right outside the window an entirely strange world one in which the gods did not matter" ged acts as a catalyst for this stream of thought because he is completely alien to her; he is male brown-skinned and has a picture of the world is so different from tenar's own after speaking to him she begins to wonder whether the nameless ones despite their power deserve her worship and begins to lose faith in them and in all the things she has been taught she expects to find only evil in ged according to what she has been taught; but instead she finds light and love further challenging her belief