The seven wanderers are celestial objects visible in the sky over the world.[1]
Description
The seven wanderers appear to be stars, as Jon Snow thinks of them while observing stars in the night sky.[1]
Alternatively, the seven wanderers may be other planets in the same solar system as the known world, given that the word "planet" derived from the Greek word πλανῆται (planḗtēs, which means "wanderer" or "wandering star").[2][3] In our Earth's history, the seven planets of antiquity included the Sun and Moon.[4]
Comets can also be referred to as wanderers.[5]
Culture
Among the Faith of the Seven, the seven wanderers are considered sacred, and each is equated with an aspect6 of the Seven-Who-Are-One. The red wanderer, for instance, is sacred to the Smith.[1]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
The Night's Watch consider the red comet a wanderer, calling it "Mormont's Torch" after Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.[5]
A Storm of Swords
Jon Snow thinks of the seven wanderers while looking at the night sky beyond the Wall with Ygritte.[1]
Quotes
So many stars, he thought as he trudged up the slope through pines and firs and ash. Maester Luwin had taught him his stars as a boy in Winterfell; he had learned the names of the twelve houses of heaven and the rulers of each; he could find the seven wanderers sacred to the Faith; he was old friends with the Ice Dragon, the Shadowcat, the Moonmaid, and the Sword of the Morning. All those he shared with Ygritte, but not some of the others. We look up at the same stars, and see such different things.[1]
—thoughts of Jon Snow
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 26, Jon III.
- ↑ Definition of planet by Merriam-Webster (retrieved on May 19, 2018)
- ↑ Define Planet at Dictionary.com (retrieved on May 19, 2018)
- ↑ Wikipedia: Classical planet
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 6, Jon I.