Editing Dothraki (section)

===Death===
[[File:Mike Capprotti Ride Them Down.JPG|thumb|350px|A Dothraki rides down the enemy, by Mike Capprotti © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The Dothraki believe that the stars in the sky are horses made of fire, and that the starry sky is a great herd of fiery horses racing across the sky.{{Ref|AGOT|46}} The Dothraki further believe that these horses of fire are ridden by deceased Dothraki, and that the more fiercely a person burned in life, the brighter said person’s star will be in death.{{Ref|AGOT|72}} This causes [[maesters]] to say that the Dothraki believe the stars are the spirits of the valiant dead.{{Ref|ACOK|66}} When a horselord dies, a horse is slain so he can mount it in death.{{Ref|ACOK|12}} The bodies of deceased Dothraki are next burned beneath the open sky.{{Ref|AGOT|72}} However, when a child dies at an age at which he is too young to ride, the child will not ride in the night lands but instead be reborn to begin life anew.{{Ref|ACOK|12}}

A ''khal'' is given a funeral pyre after he dies.{{Ref|AGOT|72}} A great square is made from wood, in the middle of which the ''khal's'' slain horse is positioned. Over the horse, the platform is constructed on which the ''khal'' will be placed. The wood of the platform is laid east to west, from sunrise to sunset. The platform consists of three levels. The wood of the third of these levels are positioned from north to south. On this level the body of the ''khal'' is placed. The ''khal'' is placed upon the pyre with his head in the direction of the [[Mother of Mountains]] and with his treasures positioned around him. The pyre is only lit after the first star has been seen in the sky.{{Ref|AGOT|72}}

Ancient traditions of the Dothraki demand that a ''khal's'' [[bloodrider]]s die with him, riding the night lands by his side. When a ''khal'' is killed by an enemy, his bloodriders are to only live long enough to avenge him.{{Ref|AGOT|36}} The last duty the bloodriders owe their ''khal ''is taking his wife or wives to Vaes Dothrak to join the ''dosh khaleen''. After their last duty has been completed, the bloodriders join their ''khal'' in death.{{Ref|AGOT|64}}

The Dothraki believe it is bad luck to touch the body of a dead man whom they have not personally killed themselves.{{Ref|ADWD|2}}