The Moonmaid is a constellation.[1] According to the wildlings, if the red wanderer is visible within the Moonmaid, it is a good time to steal a woman.[2]
History
On the way to Standfast with his squire, Aegon Targaryen, Ser Duncan the Tall looks up to the night sky and sees, among other constellations, the Moonmaid.[1]
Recent Events
A Storm of Swords
The night before the planned attempt by the wildlings to scale the Wall, Jon Snow goes to look for Ghost, and when he looks at the stars, Jon thinks that he is old friends with the Moonmaid. Ygritte tells Jon Snow that the Thief was bright in the Moonmaid the night he captured her.[2]
After losing his hand, Ser Jaime Lannister sees several constellations in the night sky, including Moonmaid, which was half-hidden behind a pine tree.[3]
A Feast for Crows
On the night Arianne Martell and her fellow conspirators attempted to crown Princess Myrcella Baratheon, Arianne notices that the "moon had crowned the Moonmaid".[4]
Quotes
Jaime lay on his back afterward, staring at the night sky, trying not to feel the pain that snaked up his right arm every time he moved it. The night was strangely beautiful. The moon was a graceful crescent, and it seemed as though he had never seen so many stars. The King's Crown was at the zenith, and he could see the Stallion rearing, and there the Swan. The Moonmaid, shy as ever, was half-hidden behind a pine tree. How can such a night be beautiful? he asked himself. Why would the stars want to look down on such as me?[3]
—thoughts of Jaime Lannister
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 26, Jon III.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 31, Jaime IV.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 21, The Queenmaker.