Editing Old gods (section)

==History==
===Ancient History===
The old gods were originally worshiped by the [[children of the forest]] in most of [[Westeros]] in the [[Dawn Age]], thousands of years before the arrival of the [[First Men]] from [[Essos]] via the [[Arm of Dorne]]. The First Men [[War of the First Men and the children of the forest|warred]] with the children and, believing that the [[greenseer]]s of the children could see through the eyes of the [[weirwood]]s,{{Ref|ACOK|28}} cut down the weirwoods where they found them.{{ref|AGOT|66}} The children at [[Moat Cailin]] are said to have called upon their nameless gods to use the [[hammer of the waters]],{{ref|AGOT|56}} and other tales say they performed blood sacrifice at the [[Isle of Faces]].{{ref|TWOIAF|Dorne: The Breaking}}

In time, however, the First Men made peace with the children at the Isle of Faces within the [[Gods Eye]], agreeing to the [[Pact]]. In time, they adopted the gods of the children as their own.{{ref|AGOT|66}} Other religions of the [[First Men]] included the [[Lady of the Waves]] and the [[Lord of the Skies]], worshiped on the [[Three Sisters]],{{ref|ADWD|9}} and the [[Drowned God]], which is still worshiped on the [[Iron Islands]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Iron Islands}} 

When [[Corlos]] spared lion cubs within [[Casterly Rock]], the old gods are said to have rewarded him by revealing gold in [[Casterly Rock]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Westerlands}} According to Archmaester [[Eyron]], the [[crannogmen]] often thought their [[Marsh King]]s were touched by the old gods.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North: The Crannogmen of the Neck}}

===Arrival of the Andals===
Worship of the old gods remained strong across Westeros until the [[coming of the Andals]], with the [[Andals]] bringing their [[Faith of the Seven]] with them from [[Andalos]]. The Andals gradually conquered the south of Westeros.{{Ref|AGOT|66}} Seeing the old gods as little more than demons, the Andals destroyed the great white trees wherever they found them.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}} Almost all weirwoods in the south were cut down, and the worship of the old gods was supplanted with the gods of the Andals.{{Ref|AGOT|66}} [[House Blackwood]] in the [[riverlands]] serves as an exception.{{ref|ADWD|48}} The old gods are still worshipped in the [[north]], however, and by the [[free folk]] living [[beyond the Wall]].{{ref|ADWD|49}} Some clans of the free folk are said to worship different deities than the old gods, however.{{ref|TWOIAF|The Wall and Beyond: The Wildlings}}

===Recent History===
[[Humfrey I Teague]], [[King of the Rivers and the Hills]], attempted to suppress worship of the old gods in the riverlands, resulting in the downfall of [[House Teague]] and control of the riverlands by [[House Durrandon]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Riverlands}}

After the [[Hour of the Wolf]] many northern men stayed in the south. Hundreds married widows who had lost husbands in the [[Dance of the Dragons]], returning worship of the old gods to many places.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents — The Hooded Hand}}

During the [[tourney at Harrenhal]], [[Howland Reed|a crannogman]] prayed to the old gods of north and [[Neck]].{{ref|ASOS|24}} During the tourney, the [[Knight of the Laughing Tree]] used a shield decorated with a heart tree of the old gods.{{ref|ASOS|24}}