The Black Goat is the main god worshipped in the Free City of Qohor.
Practices
[edit]The Black Goat demands daily blood sacrifice. The Qohorik often bring calves, bullocks, and horses before the Black Goat's altars. However, on holy days it is condemned criminals who go beneath the knives of the god's cowled priests, and, in times of danger and crisis it is written that the high nobles of the city offer their own children to placate the Black Goat, that he might defend the city.[1]
Worshippers of the Black Goat are welcome in Asshai.[2]
Culture
[edit]The Faceless Men consider the Black Goat one of the faces of the Many-Faced God,[3] and the bearded priests of Norvos consider the Black Goat to be a demon.[1]
A black goat is represented in the banner of the Brave Companions,[4] a sellsword company led by the Qohorik Vargo Hoat.[5]
History
[edit]Qohor was founded by worshippers of the Black Goat who abandoned Valyria in rejection of the Freehold's tenet of religious tolerance.[1][6]
Recent Events
[edit]A Feast for Crows
[edit]After arriving at the House of Black and White, Arya Stark sees the statue of a shaggy black goat the size of an aurochs.[7]
Aeron Greyjoy, a priest of the Drowned God, considers the Black Goat to be a goat-headed abomination and a false god.[8]
It is reported that followers of R'hllor have tried to burn the Black Goat in Qohor.[9]
Quotes
[edit]One truth remains undisputed, however: The dark god of Qohor, the deity known as the Black Goat, demands daily blood sacrifice.[1]
—writings of Yandel
Eddard: Is this your own scheme, or are you in league with Littlefinger?
Varys: I would sooner wed the Black Goat of Qohor.[10]—Eddard Stark and Varys
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Qohor.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Bones and Beyond: Asshai-by-the-Shadow.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 34, Cat Of The Canals.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 30, Arya VII.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Appendix.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Norvos.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 6, Arya I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 18, The Iron Captain.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 21, The Queenmaker.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 58, Eddard XV.