Editing Others (section)

==In human culture==
According to [[Old Nan]], the Others hate "every creature with hot blood in its veins".{{Ref|AGOT|24}} [[Stannis Baratheon]] calls them "[[demons]] made of ice and snow and cold".{{Ref|ASOS|78}} [[Melisandre]], a [[red priest]]ess, believes that the Others are the "cold children" of the [[Great Other]],{{ref|ASOS|78}} allegedly an evil god of darkness, cold, and death who wages eternal war against [[R'hllor]].{{ref|ASOS|25}} The [[free folk]] believe the Others and their wights can smell life, or rather its warmth.{{ref|ASOS|46}}  [[Mance Rayder]] and his wife [[Dalla]] believe that the [[Wall]] prevents the Others from crossing into the Seven Kingdoms.{{ref|ASOS|73}}

According to the stories of [[Old Nan]], the [[free folk]] give the women they steal from the [[Seven Kingdoms]] to the Others, and they laid with the Others during the [[Long Night]] to birth half-human children.{{ref|AGOT|1}}

According to his wives, [[Craster]] leaves his sons for the Others, whom he calls "the gods", come the "white cold", and, when he does not have any sons to give, provides sheep instead.{{Ref|ACOK|23}} [[Craster's wives]] believe that [[Craster's sons]] become Others as well.{{Ref|ASOS|33}} Craster calls himself a godly man, and as such believes he does not have to fear any attacks from the Others or their [[wights]].{{Ref|ASOS|33}} He also discounts the [[armament]] of the Night's Watch and their fires.{{ref|ASOS|33}}

The Others are often mentioned in [[Westeros]]i curses, such as "the Others take you",{{ref|ASOS|25}}{{ref|ASOS|35}}{{ref|ASOS|57}} "the Others take me",{{ref|ACOK|41}} or "the Others take his eyes."{{ref|AGOT|1}}