Religion
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The setting of A Song of Ice and Fire is one where there are many faiths, and many faithful. People who don’t believe in any gods at all are quite rare, when compared to the great majority that do.
Westeros
Westeros has relatively few significant religions, Among them are:
- The Old Gods The Gods of the North.
- The Seven Predominant religion on Westeros.
- Drowned God and the Storm God are the God of the Ironmen.
- Mother Rhoyne Worshiped by the remnants of Rhoynar worshipping the river Rhoyne
- R'hllor hmm...
Across the narrow sea
On the other side of the narrow sea, it seems there are as many gods as there are peoples. At least a dozen separate gods have been mentioned. Among them are the:
- Weeping Woman a favorite of old women.
- the Lion of Night preferred by rich men.
- the Hooded Wayfarer a patron of the poor.
- Bakkalon the Pale Child (favored of soliders)
- Many-Faced God of Braavos, believed to be the true face of all the gods.
- Great Shepherd, Great Shepherd is the deity of the Lhazareen.
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Influences and Theology
- The Old Gods seem like a sort of peaceful animistic religion.
- The Seven, bears some distinct similarities to the Catholic church, in structure and organization. The seven is an analog of the w:Trinity, that has seven gods in one rather than three (the Father, Warrior, Smith, Maid, Mother, Crone, and Stranger ), and complete with monastic orders, dormant military orders(Faith Militant), and a Pope/College of Cardinals (High Septon/Most Devout).
- R'hllor, is similar in many ways to Zoroastrianism, with a strong dualism between the Lord of Light and the Nameless Other of Darkness, apocalyptic theology, and religious practice that is strongly intertwined with the use and symbiology of fire.
- Virtually every other religion are examples of polytheism.
- Storm God and the Drowned God could be related to Norse mythology, encouraging the lifestyle of raiding and reaving just as the religion of the Vikings did.
- Mother Rhoyne religion is polytheistic worshipping the Rhoyne and many lesser river-dwelling deities such as the Old Man of the River and a turtle-god. It's may also be inspired by the real-life Roma, to a degree[1]
- ↑ Many Gods & Dark Faiths article by Ran and Linda