Beetles are insects in the known world similar to the real-life arthropod. Types of beetles include dung beetles[1] and fireflies.[2]
Culture
[edit]Beetles are depicted in the arms of House Bettley.[3][4]
Beetles can be used to remove flesh from bone,[5] such as when silent sisters prepare a body for burial or transport.[6]
History
[edit]Arya Stark once ate a beetle to upset her older sister, Sansa Stark.[7]
Recent Events
[edit]A Clash of Kings
[edit]Hot Pie tries to eat a beetle but retches it up.[7]
A Feast for Crows
[edit]Qyburn uses beetles to clean the Mountain's skull of flesh so it can be sent to Dorne.[5]
Quotes
[edit]Finding bugs was easy, all you had to do was kick over a rock. Arya had eaten a bug once when she was little, just to make Sansa screech, so she hadn't been afraid to eat another. Weasel wasn't either, but Hot Pie retched up the beetle he tried to swallow, and Lommy and Gendry wouldn't even try.[7]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
Cersei: Have you attended to that little task I set you?
Qyburn: I have, Your Grace. I am sorry that it took so long. Such a large head. It took the beetles many hours to clean the flesh. By way of pardon, I have lined a box of ebony and silver with felt, to make a fitting presentation for the skull.[5]—Cersei Lannister and Qyburn
References
[edit]- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 38, Arya VIII.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses in the Westerlands
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 70, The Queen's Hand.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 19, Arya V.