Donkeys are equines similar to the real-life animal. Mules are the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
History
[edit]Septon Barth rode a donkey from Highgarden to King's Landing after having been summoned to court by King Jaehaerys I Targaryen.[1] Lord Rego Draz, master of coin, assessed additional fees for horses, mules, oxen, and donkeys at the gates of the capital.[2]
Recent Events
[edit]A Game of Thrones
[edit]Maester Luwin rides a donkey when Bran Stark ventures into the wolfswood for the first time after his fall.[3]
A Clash of Kings
[edit]Youths who are among Yoren's recruits for the Night's Watch ride six donkeys as they travel from King's Landing toward the Wall.[4]
A Feast for Crows
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Pate thinks about buying a donkey and traveling Westeros with Rosey.[5]
Maester Caleotte rides a donkey when Doran Martell, Prince of Dorne, travels from the Water Gardens to Sunspear.[6]
Septon Meribald travels the riverlands with a dog named Dog and an unnamed donkey.[7]
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]Horses, mules, and donkeys are stabled in the western walls of the Great Pyramid of Meereen.[8] Some people of the city ride forked donkeys.[9]
Quotes
[edit]Yoren had given them mounts when he took them from King's Landing, but sitting on a donkey and plodding up the kingsroad behind a wagon was one thing. Guiding a hunting horse through wild woods and burned fields was something else.[10]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
It was a queer procession: Ser Hyle on a chestnut courser and Brienne on her tall grey mare, Podrick Payne astride his swayback stot, and Septon Meribald walking beside them with his quarterstaff, leading a small donkey and a large dog. The donkey carried such a heavy load that Brienne was half afraid its back would break.[7]
—thoughts of Brienne Tarth
Replacing Tywin Lannister with Owen Merryweather had proved to be akin to replacing a destrier with a donkey, to be sure, but Owen had been an old done man when Aerys raised him, amiable if ineffectual.[11]
—thoughts of Cersei Lannister
References
[edit]- ↑ Fire & Blood, A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 37, Bran V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 1, Arya I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Prologue.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 2, The Captain Of Guards.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 25, Brienne V.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 43, Daenerys VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 52, Daenerys IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 3, Arya I.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 39, Cersei IX.