Editing First Men (section)

===Religion===
The First Men worshiped unspecified gods before they arrived in [[Westeros]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Coming of the First Men}} The [[Sistermen]] of the [[Three Sisters]] believed that sacred storms were the result of the [[Lady of the Waves]] mating with the [[Lord of the Skies]].{{ref|ADWD|9}} Their worship ended with the [[coming of the Andals]], who introduced the [[Faith of the Seven]].{{ref|ADWD|9}} In the [[Kingdom of the Storm]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: Andals in the Stormlands}} the [[sea god]] and his wife, the [[goddess of the wind]], were worshiped.{{Ref|ACOK|31}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: House Durrandon}} The [[ironborn]], who are considered by most to descend from the First Men, worshiped the [[Drowned God]] before the Andals came, and continue to do so.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands}} In addition, they also continue to believe in the Drowned God's eternal enemy, the [[Storm God]].{{Ref|AFFC|1}}

[[File:Bill Corbett men of duty.jpg|thumb|350px|Worship before [[heart tree]]s, by Bill Corbett © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Following the [[Pact]] between the First Men and the [[children of the forest]], the majority of the First Men eventually set aside their own gods and adopted the gods of the children as their own.{{Ref|AGOT|66}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Stormlands: The Coming of the First Men}} These nameless deities{{ref|AGOT|70}} of stream, forest, and stone{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}} are referred to as the "[[old gods]]" because the gods of the [[Andals]], referred to as the "[[Faith of the Seven|new gods]]", replaced them in all but the [[Westeros#The North|north of Westeros]].

The worship of the old gods is not accompanied by priests, holy texts, songs of worship, and barely any rites.{{ref|AGOT|70}}{{ref|ASOS|53}} Prayers are done in silence.{{Ref|ASOS|53}} Worshipers of the old gods visit [[godswood]]s, groves contained within castles throughout the [[Seven Kingdoms]], where a [[heart tree]] can be found. These trees, which have faces carved into them, are considered to be sacred. Worshipers believe the old gods watch through the trees.{{ref|AGOT|48}}{{ref|AGOT|53}} The heart trees are usually weirwoods, and godswoods are often the only places where living weirwoods still remain{{Ref|AGOT|2}} until one goes north of the [[Wall]].{{ref|AGOT|48}} Once all noble houses had a godswood with a heart tree in its center, but the First Men, in their wars against the children of the forest, cut down many of the trees, as did the Andals later on, replacing the old gods with the Seven in the southern kingdoms.{{Ref|AGOT|66}}

According to Maester [[Yorrick]], blood sacrifice to the old gods was still practiced in the vicinity of [[White Harbor]] five hundred years ago.{{ref|TWOIAF|Ancient History: The Dawn Age}}