Named hours

"Hour of the wolf" in all lowercase redirects here. For the event in the Dance of the Dragons, see Hour of the Wolf.

The Common Tongue of Westeros has the habit of applying traditional names for specific hours of nighttime.

Known names

Known to exist are:

• The hour of the bat, starting after the sun is set.
• The hour of the eel, coming just after the hour of the bat.
• The hour of ghosts, coming just after the hour of the eel.
• The hour of the owl, coming a few hours after the hour of the bat.
• The hour of the wolf, "the blackest part of night", coming after the hour of the owl. Not to be confused with the historical Hour of the Wolf.
• The hour of the nightingale, coming after the hour of the wolf.

Behind the Scenes

The hour of ghosts may be a reference to the witching hour, traditionally occurring at midnight, while the hour of the wolf may be inspired by the homonymous film directed by Ingmar Bergman, indicating 3 a.m. Furthermore, the hour of the nightingale may be 5 a.m., since common nightingales are known to sing during the hour before sunrise, and the other named hours may approximately relate to the times of the night when bats, eels and owls hunt their preys.

Drawing also on book information, a scheme of correspondences between the hours in Westeros and the real-world hours may be:

• The hour of the bat, 10 p.m.
• The hour of the eel, 11 p.m.
• The hour of ghosts, midnight
• The hour of the owl, 1 a.m.
• The hour of the wolf, 3. a.m.
• The hour of the nightingale, 5 a.m.