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A QUESTION ABOUT A GAME OF THRONES
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:32 pm
by Baradakas
In the beginning of A Game of Thrones, when
the Starks find the direwolf pups, they find the mother wolf dead. Everyone seems to freak, when they find the antler in its neck... Why?
I've read this book twice now, but I cant figure out why the adults were so upset about this....
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:37 pm
by duchess of malfi
The direwolf is the symbol of House Stark. The stag is the symbol of House Baratheon. The fact that the mother wolf was killed by a stag, as per the antler in her throat, is seen as symbolic.
Now think about what happens later in the book to one of the wolf parents, as a result from service to the stag...
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:40 pm
by Baradakas
Oh duh! What is wrong with me!!! I should have checked house symbols....
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 8:55 pm
by variol son
That was just a start Baradakas.
A Song of Ice and Fire is thick with Prophesy. Thick.
Sum sui generis
Vs
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:40 am
by variol son
Could you please send this to the new Martin forum in the Library dAN? Thanks.
Sum sui generis
Vs