The Crone is one of the seven aspects of a single deity. Believers of the Faith of the Seven consider their god to be one with seven aspects, as the sept is a single building, with seven walls.[1]
Culture
Wizened and wise,[1] the Crone represents wisdom and is prayed to for guidance.[2][3][4] The Crone is said to light the way the way through life with a golden lamp,[5][6] so her statues often show her with a lamp in one hand.[7][1]
"Maiden, Mother, and Crone" is a song popular among the pious.[8]
There is a constellation of stars called the Crone's Lantern.[9]
History
The Crone is said to have let the first raven into the world when she peered through the door of death.[10]
A passage in the Seven-Pointed Star says that the Crone foretold that the girl brought forth by the Maiden to Hugor of the Hill would bear four-and-forty mighty sons.[11]
On the seventh day of fasting during Aegon's Conquest, the High Septon announced the Crone had used her golden lamp to show a possible future: Oldtown would be burned if House Hightower resisted House Targaryen. Lord Manfred Hightower chose to yield to King Aegon I Targaryen and thus averted the prophecy.[12][13]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Catelyn Stark prays in a nameless village's sept near Storm's End. The sept is modest and has no statues of the Seven, only rough charcoal drawings to represent them. She turns to the Crone and prays.[1]
A Storm of Swords
Northmen seeking Jaime sack the sept at Sallydance, looting the gilded lantern from its depiction of the Crone.[14]
A Feast for Crows
A dwarf brother makes Brienne of Tarth's acquaintance at the Seven Swords inn in Duskendale, and he reassure her that the Crone will light the way for her sister.[15]
A Dance with Dragons
Septon Cellador[16][17] and Ser Barristan Selmy[18] pray to the Crone for guidance.
Imprisoned at the Great Sept of Baelor, Cersei Lannister tells Septa Unella and the High Septon that the Crone visited her as she slept.[19]
Quotes
Guide me, wise lady. Show me the path I must walk, and do not let me stumble in the dark places that lie ahead.[1]
—thoughts of Catelyn Stark
The Crone is very wise and old,
and sees our fates as they unfold.
She lifts her lamp of shining gold,
to lead the little children.[20]—Samwell Tarly singing from "The Song of the Seven"
Kneeling between the bed and wall, she held the blade and said a silent prayer to the Crone, whose golden lamp showed men the way through life.[5]
—thoughts of Brienne Tarth
I think this most unwise, Lord Snow. I shall pray to the Crone to lift her shining lamp and lead you down the path of wisdom.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 5, Davos I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 63, Davos VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 4, Brienne I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 24, Cersei V.
- ↑ The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 60, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 5, Tyrion II.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Aegon's Conquest.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 22, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 9, Brienne II.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 39, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 53, Jon XI.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 55, The Queensguard.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 54, Cersei I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 46, Samwell III.
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