A maggot is the soft-bodied, legless larval stage of a fly.
Culture
Maggots may be used if a wound is becoming gangrenous, as the maggots eat out the rotten parts.[1]
History
During their journey to explore the Sunset Sea in 56 AC, Ser Norman Hightower and his crew on discovered that twelve casks of meat on Autumn Moon were contaminated by maggots.[2]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Robb Stark finds a dead female direwolf whose blind eyes are crawling with maggots.[3]
Investigating the corpses of Othor and Jafer Flowers, Samwell Tarly notices the bodies do not have maggots or worms even though they have been lying in the woods for a while.[4]
A Clash of Kings
During the battle of the Blackwater, Tyrion Lannister took an arrow to the shoulder, with the wound becoming so mortified that Maester Ballabar fears Tyrion might lose a limb, but he successfully treats it with boiling wine and maggots.[1]
A Storm of Swords
At the Plaza of Pride in Astapor, Daenerys Targaryen sees a flayed rebellious slave who was crawling with flies and maggots. A cask of pitted olives stuffed with maggots is among the trade goods that Daenerys presents to the Good Masters.[5]
Lord Tywin Lannister wants Ser Gregor Clegane to be healed from the wounds sustained in his fight against Oberyn Martell, but Grand Maester Pycelle notes that maggots will not eat the Mountain's mortified flesh, and leeches die after feeding on his infected blood.[6]
A Feast for Crows
Three lowborn men present Cersei Lannister the head of the dwarf brother, intending to pass it as Tyrion's. After seeing the rotting head crawling with maggots, Dorcas gasps, while Jocelyn Swyft throws up.[7]
The heads of Timeon, Pyg, and Shagwell are rotting and swarming with flies and maggots by the time they reach Maidenpool.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
When Theon Greyjoy arrives at Moat Cailin, he finds its castellan, Ralf Kenning, covered with scabs and sores, one cheek grotesquely swollen, the neck engorged with blood, and one arm infested by maggots. His beard is full of vomit, and he has not been bathed or shaved for days. Theon takes Ralf's sword and cuts his throat to end his misery.[9]
Ramsay Bolton throws a severed head to Theon, who does not recognize the head as it is covered in blood, rotting, and bursting with maggots.[10]
The Winds of Winter
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When Aeron Greyjoy is captive and chained in the hold of the Silence, his brother Euron forces him to drink shade-of-the-evening, which causes him to have numerous nightmarish visions. One of them features his other brother, Urrigon with his arm infested with maggots.[11]
Quotes
The Great Masters, what a ripe lot o' maggots.[12]
Washerwoman. That was the polite way of saying "camp follower", which was the polite way of saying "whore". Where they came from, Theon could not say. They just seemed to appear, like maggots on a corpse or ravens after a battle. Every army drew them.[13]
—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy
It ends when Casterly Rock is cracked open, so the sun can shine on the maggots and the worms within. It ends with the utter ruin of Tywin Lannister and all his works.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 67, Tyrion XV.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Long Reign - Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Policy, Progeny, and Pain.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 52, Jon VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 27, Daenerys III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 17, Cersei IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 25, Brienne V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 20, Reek II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 32, Reek III.
- ↑ The Winds of Winter, The Forsaken
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 57, Daenerys V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 37, The Prince of Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 38, The Watcher.