Nightingales are passerine birds known for their songs, like the real-life bird.
Culture
The arms of House Caron of Nightsong depict a field of black nightingales on yellow.[1][2]
The hour of the nightingale is one of the named hours.[3]
The Nightingale is a courtesan in Braavos.[4]
History
Nightingales were part of the immense pie at the wedding at Whitewalls.[5]
Recent Events
A Feast for Crows
Pate hears the sweet songs of a nightingale in an apple tree by the Quill and Tankard in Oldtown.[6]
A Dance with Dragons
Tyrion Lannister hears nightingales as the Shy Maid travels down the Rhoyne.[7]
Quotes
The Carons are wont to say that the nightingales of their house have been seen on a thousand battlefields, and the histories show that Nightsong has been besieged no less than thirty-seven times in the last thousand years.[8]
—writings of Yandel
Ravella: The riverlands are full of maids you've pleased, all drinking tansy tea. You'd think a man as old as you would know to spill his seed on their bellies. Men will be calling you Tom Sevensons before much longer.
Tom: As it happens, I passed seven many years ago. And fine boys they are too, with voices sweet as nightingales.[9]
In the apple tree beside the water, a nightingale began to sing. It was a sweet sound, a welcome respite from the harsh screams and endless quorking of the ravens he had tended all day long.[6]
—thoughts of Pate
References
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 22, Catelyn II.
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry: Houses from the Stormlands
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 54, Cersei I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 26, Samwell III.
- ↑ The Mystery Knight.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 14, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 22, Arya IV.