Editing Dothraki (section)

===Marriage, sexual relations, and childbirth===
Among the Dothraki, [[Customs|weddings]] occur beneath the open sky. The ceremony might last the entire day, during which the guest's feast, drink, dance, and fight. The Dothraki mate like the animals in their heat. There is no privacy in the ''khalasar''. During the wedding feast, women dance to drums, while warriors may take them before the watching ''khalasar'' freely. If two men take the same woman, they may fight to the death over her.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} During the feast, each dish is offered first to the newlywed pair; all food they refuse is offered to the rest of the participants at the wedding feast.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} Towards the end of the ceremony, the bride is presented with her bride gifts. As is tradition, a ''[[khaleesi]]'' is presented with an ''[[arakh]]'', a bow, and a whip from her husband's [[bloodrider]]s, although she is to decline the gifts and give them to her husband instead. Following the receiving of the gifts, the ''[[khal]]'' and ''khaleesi'' consummate their marriage.{{Ref|AGOT|11}} After the wedding, the ''khal'' is to present his new bride to the ''[[dosh khaleen]]'' at [[Vaes Dothrak]].{{Ref|AGOT|11}}

[[Polygamy]] is practiced among the Dothraki; [[Jommo]]{{Ref|AGOT|46}} and [[Temmo]]{{Ref|TWOIAF|Beyond the Free Cities: Ib}} are ''khals'' known to have had multiple wives. Other ''khals'' might decide to share their wife or wives with his bloodriders.{{Ref|AGOT|36}}

Pregnant women are expected to ride on horseback almost up to the moment of birth,{{Ref|AGOT|54}} although some women giving birth might ride on a cart.{{Ref|AGOT|36}} When children are born deformed they are left out for the feral [[dog]]s who run behind the ''khalasar''.{{Ref|AGOT|31}}

A pregnant ''khaleesi'' might participate in the [[stallion heart]] ceremony, although it is unknown under what circumstances the ceremony occurs. During the ceremony, the ''khaleesi'' will attempt to consume the heart of a stallion under the supervision of the ''dosh khaleen''. Due to the prohibition on bearing [[steel]] in [[Vaes Dothrak]], the mother must tear apart the stallion's heart with her bare teeth and fingernails. If she eats the entire heart, she will bear a son who is strong and swift and fearless; if she chokes on the blood or retches up the flesh, the omens are less favorable — the child might be stillborn, weak, deformed or female.{{Ref|AGOT|46}}