Elk is a type of deer.
Culture
[edit]Wildlife in Wat's Wood have included elk and red deer, among others.[1]
According to Old Nan, the green men ride elks and sometimes have antlers.[2]
Elk and deer are prey whose skins can cause a man to become cowardly.[3]
History
[edit]In 58 AC, Lord Alaric Stark went hunting elk and wild boar in the wolfswood with his guest, Queen Alysanne Targaryen.[4]
By royal decree, Lord Wyman Webber and his descendants were granted the right to hunt elk in the Osgrey-owned wood.[1]
When Mance Rayder was still a member of the Night's Watch, he and his brothers once hunted an elk, and the smell of blood attracted a shadowcat that attacked Mance, shredding his cloak, his arm, and his back.[5]
Recent Events
[edit]A Game of Thrones
[edit]Cotter Pyke writes to Jeor Mormont that elk herds have been streaming toward the Shivering Sea and Bay of Seals.[6]
A Clash of Kings
[edit]Summer and Shaggydog kill and eat a young elk in the wolfswood.[7]
Rattleshirt's boiled leather armor is covered with loosely-tied bones that come from elk, aurochs, cows, goats, humans, mammoths, and sheep.[8]
A Dance with Dragons
[edit]Three-Finger Hobb prepares elk and roast vegetables for the feast after Alys Karstark weds Sigorn.[9]
Quotes
[edit]Let me come too. I want that wolfskin cloak. I've hunted lots of times before. Red deer and elk, and even boar.[7]
—Little Walder (presumably) to Theon Greyjoy
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 56, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Prologue.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 7, Jon I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 70, Jon IX.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 50, Theon IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 68, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.