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How cats are viewed in Westeros part 2
The Andal kingdoms
The westerlands divide themselves by which house favors cats and which favor dogs. For houses like Lannister and Reyne are naturally drawn to cats based on their house sigil. But houses along the coast also favor the cats as companions for sailors and lighthouse men. The cat’s proclivity to isolation makes them the perfect companion animal for these men. Because of this, cats are considered a masculine creature for costal westerlings while most inland westerlings consider them feminine. Most Westerling cats are tailless due to a gene mutation that become popular.
The Vale is not know for its agriculture but for its husbandry of sheep. Luckily, cats love sheep. Cats in the Vale are seen as barn cats. They live and work on farms with farm animals. Because of this, the Valemen see cats in a very similar way to other barn animals. You can pet and love on a cat, but they stay outside. Cats come in a variety of colors and patterns in the vale with the most common being Tabbies, Calicos, and Torties.
The North
The north is deeply connected with cats. Cats are viewed as a sacred species that is connected to the old gods. Cats often sleep in Weirwood trees or just hang out in them making them look like they are worshipping the gods as well.
Cats are often placed in the cribs of newborns to help keep them warm and calm the child. The cats will lick the baby’s face to calm them down and keep them from waking the parents and to get any milk the child had on their face.
Multiple villages in the north have stories of abandoned babies being saved by a cat cuddling up to them and keeping them warm until help arrived.
In towns closer to the neck, the most common type of cat is a Siberian cat. The closer to the wall you get, the more common the Norwegian forest cat, or fairy cat, is.
Beyond the Wall
The free folk hold much the same opinions and traditions around cats that the men of the north do. The only difference is that they prefer orange cats as a sign of good luck. After a wildling kidnaps his future wife, it is customary to gift her an orange cat. The cats of the free folk are much larger than any other, growing to be 20 pounds in size. The cats will sleep in their owners sleeping bags to keep warm and wounded freefolk will have a cat stay guard over them, purring to comfort and heal their wounds.
The Valyrians
Cats as a domestic pet did not exist in old Valyria, the only pet a dragon lord needed was his dragon. When the Targaryens first arrived on dragon stone, there was a local cat population. One of the cats had a genetic mutation causing it to not grow hair. The Targaryens took this cat and bred it to create a bunch of hairless cats. They are as unique, beautiful, and unsettling as the Targaryens.
#asoiaf#asoiaf headcanons#asoiaf worldbuilding#targs owning hairless cats yes im grrm and this is canon
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How different cultures in ASOIAF view cats pt. 1
In our world, culture and religion shape how we view animals, and for this post, specifically cats. An example of how cats a view differently in cultures can be seen in Islamic cultures and Romani Cultures. Because cats clean themselves often, they are viewed as clean by Muslims and can be kept with the family. But for Romani, because of the Marime which states that the genital region is a source of impurity, a cat licking its own lower regions this becomes unclean. Roma still keep pets but they generally don’t let them sleep in their bed or lick them. This is all contrasted by American culture where a pet is viewed as a member of the family and will be referred to as the baby or child of their owners and is allowed to sleep in bed with them.
It’s so interesting and I want to expand this to how Westerosi people see cats and what types of cats they keep.
Dorne
Dorne takes a lot of inspiration from the Arabic would and I think it only makes sense for them to have a similar view of cats.
Cats keeping themselves clean makes them the perfect pets for humans. Cats are also known to pray to the seven if given a seat in a sept (cats love prayer rugs and it’s really cute). Both religious and hygienic, cats are viewed as more sophisticated than other animals and thus are kept closer by their families.
The salty Dornish are best known for their love of cats with many ancient breeds residing in their homes. The green orphans will sail with a cat or two and give them a fish from the days haul. Cats are also seen as omens of good fortune and many shops have a resident cat. Septa also keep cats control pests and because they will sleep at the feet of the seven when their statue is warm. The Turkish Van and Turkish Angora are both old and rare breeds of cats that would flourish in Dorne.
The Sandy Dornish also enjoy cats. Because cats naturally retain more water than dogs, they are fitted to live in the desert. These cats are some of the more wild ones as it’s common for the domestic cat to mix is wild cats. During harsh sandstorms, the Dornish will wrap the cats up in a blanket to protect them from the elements. Cats are known to love this and scene request it when their is no sand storm. The Savannah cat is a cross between wild Serval and a domestic short hair cat.
The stony Dornish are less attached to cats than the Sandy or salty Dornish. Every house hold does have a cat and it’s common for cats to sleep in the room of their favorite person, but the stony Dornish believe that cats have some impurity to them because they lick their own genitals. Families will often perform a cleaning ritual on their cats by wiping them down with a wet cloth to cleanse them of impurity. Cats in stony Dorne are slender and very angular, making them great at slipping through stony hills and along steep walls. The Cornish Rex and Devon Rex are popular cat breeds.
The Iron Islands
Cats were a big part of Scandinavian culture. The goddess Freya had her chariot pulled by Norwegian Forest cats (also called fairy cats) and it was custom for a groom to give his bride a kitten as a wedding gift. For Vikings specifically, cats were kept to control the pests on ship.
Because the Iron Islands is more based on mythical Viking culture than historical Scandinavian culture, we can have some fun with the cats.
Ships are a big part of the iron islands culture, so each ship should have a cat or two. Perhaps to “bless” a ship before it sets off, a kitten is brought into the ship and makes it their own. I also see the Ironman have a very communal ownership of the cats. Fisherman will give the cats some of their catch as part of a good luck ceremony and people will set up small cat houses for them. They could also view a cat staying with you as a sign of good luck. But because of Thai communal ownership, it would probably be taboo to try and keep a cat to yourself. The iron islanders see a cat as not belonging to a person but to a ship or island.
Types of cats I think the iron islanders would have. Because they’re kind of weird, I think some weird breeds would fit. The Selkirk Rex is known for playing in water, being loyal to their human, and also have some curly fur!
The Andal Kingdoms
The Andals had a similar relationship to cats that Europeans had before the Black Death. For the Andals, cats were viewed as mainly pest control for their farms and cities. People rarely tries to socialize kittens when born which led to people believing cats were naturally aggressive.
It wasn’t until Maesters discovered that cats help prevent the spread of disease by killing rats that cats became a more popular household animal.
The reach was the first kingdom to become very found of the cat. They were perfect help for their farms and perfect pest control for old town. Old Town holds a celebration of cats each year to thank them for preventing extreme disease outbreaks from happening in the city. The Redwyne family is famous for breeding Persians cats that resemble the pugs they breed with short faces. Rich families have a few Persian cats that they dress up as little lords and ladies as an extra show of wealth.
In the storm lands and riverlands, cats are seen as antithetical to the land. The kingdom’s natural wetness drives cats away. Fisherman are often at odds with local cat populations as they fight over fish. Despite the general population’s disinterest in cats, they are a common staple at inns and bars as they keep rats away from the straw and wheat. Patrons consider seeing a cat with folded ears as a lucky charm that their stay at the inn will be a pleasant one.
I reached the max amount of photos for this post so we will continue with westerlands, the vale, north, beyond the wall, and valyrians!
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do you think dornish religion is different to the rest of the seven?
Yes 100%
As I take the stance of "They still worship the Seven bc of colonization but its in a different fashion" I think its akin Central American Catholicism compared to Western European Catholicism. The idea that they syncretized aspects of the faith with worship of Mother Rhoyne. Festivals and ceremonies are veined through with folk imagery that's become part of the Dornish Seven Faith over the centuries. Traditional sacrifices, rites, dances, and other forms of worship have been adapted to include the new gods. Example: old Dornish fertility goddesses have been substituted by the Mother, who has taken on the traits of those old deities that the Andals did not originally give her.
#asoiaf#asoiaf worldbuilding#AHHH ITS OFFICIAL DORNE IS CANONICALLY FULL OF HISPANICS AND LATINOS#cuz i say so#dorne
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everyone and their mother likes a tudor silhouette for the lannisters and i understand why! BUT I DISAGREE! i see your sleeves (which are BEAUTIFUL i will never argue that) and your skirts and i raise you:
insane elizabethan gaudiness. skirts that force the riff raff to Keep Their Distance! ruffs god the RUFFS! embroidered and beaded until moving becomes a workout. stiff busks and small waists (looking even smaller next to that TENT of a skirt). ribbons and pearls and lace and rubies (RUBIES! DID SOMEONE SAY RUBIES? CERSEI I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU!) are these dresses not Dripping in luxury and finery? the silhouette is just slightly absurd enough to Stand Out okay you KNOW what era this, therefore the people of westeros KNOWWWWWWW who these people are the second they see that right angle waist. plus added benefit: those bodices are probably stiff enough to stop a blade. not that i dont literally gain years on my life every time i see cersei’s cunty chest plate.
i mean (yes these are closer to costume than recreation BUT YOU GET IT OKAY YOU UNDERSTAND) its theatric its dramatic it has me looking at paintings going What is the point?????? and then i remember the point is to stop the show and draw attention and really leave a mark and is that not the lannister way? now i am known to also be a pre-tudor Plantagenet era slim silhouette yards of fabric Typical Medieval Dress fan for cersei BUT CERSEI TRANSCENDS FASHION OKAY. this is her at casterly rock. this is THE WESTERLANDS. this is who she REALLY IS. i can see it in my mind like this is a vision i KNOW it to be true
i mean come on. guys its too easy. i can see her plotting scheming in a giant skirt and a beautiful ruff. she’s analyzing the minuscule beadwork of other court dresses trying to figure out what message she’s being sent (she is not being sent one). she orders EVERY detail of her own gowns to make sure she’s communicating properly back. ladies in waiting carry their own secret messages in beads and lace and decoration and cersei feels SOOO smart because they dont even know it. she wears gold and jewels in a pattern to mimic a maesters chain because at this point she deserves one. think also how easy it is to hide poison in this shit. so many stones that could be hollow. so many layers and folds. and listen when they’re kids and she and jaime trade clothes to pretend to be each other its EVEN EASIER cause nobody knows what you actually look like in this anyway
the wedding look went crazy okay. ruffs and the fucking. peacock head thing i can’t remember the name of. embroidered lions shimmering with ruby eyes and gold thread, dress tinkling with every move because its dripping in pearls and gold and emeralds. alright this fabric is Stiff with beading and stitching and Layers. you can’t look at cersei directly because the torchlight gleams off of her like some demented early stage psychosis medieval disco ball. golden haired golden dressed golden skinned Gold Gold Gold she exudes richness and beauty and fashion. this is fucking crazy to a baratheon court. she upstages the new king. she upstages the memory of rhaella. everyone sees now that she should have been a targaryen queen. DO YOU SEE IT. like i am such a zealot for this like this is SERIOUS TO ME. red and yellow and black and red and red and yellow and GOLD and in her insane mind these are snide allusions to rhaegar and elia and robert to everyone who can see her. and to jaime. this is a lannister woman marrying in lannister colors and she fucked her twin brother That Morning. okay that is also a silly little reference she’s making. THIS WOMAN IS CRAZY SHE DESERVES THE GAUDIEST FASHION HISTORICAL RECREATIONS CAN PROVIDE!
also if it were real (it is real. im grrm.) the allusion to elizabeth i the virgin queen sole female ruler… that just makes me giggle in and of itself.
i rest my case!
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ahhh thank you for the tag @fandom-trash-goblin !
Are you named after anyone? Well my first name my dad got from his Palestinian ex girlfriend lmao, but my middle name is my brother and my mother’s name combined which is a cuter origin
When was the last time you cried? Today technically, but the last time i really did cry was maybe a couple weeks ago?
Do you have any kids? Thankfully no
Do you use sarcasm a lot? I used to a lot but now i don’t. Im more into trolling and bits nowadays. I just love annoying people
What sports do you play/ have played? I mean i’ve played a couple matches of football and soccer with my family if that counts but im horrible at sports so i dont play as much. I was in JROTC if that counts 😭
Whats the first thing you notice about other people? uhhh i’d have to say just everything about their physical self
Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings always. anything else would send me into a crisis
Any special talents? I can do a three leaf clover with my tongue. But i can also do this really strange thing that if i like read something the day before, the next morning i could recite an entire poem or chapter when im like half asleep. Sometimes when i read a book at night and go to sleep, ill make up chapters in my head and convinced myself i read the book when i in fact did not. idk if any of that made sense but 😭
Where were you born? Jersey city New jersey 😛
What are your hobbies? They honestly always change but currently, writing, scrolling on tumblr and pinterest, making unnecessary essays about literally anything, reading, learning useless facts, analyzing poems (which isn’t on purpose cuz for the life of me i can’t understand certain poems unless i read them over about 20 times)
Do you have any pets? Ive had about a million fishes (which all died from getting eaten by my siblings fishes) I used to have two cats but unfortunately had to give them away, and I now have one dog who was supposed to be my emotional support animal but turns out im his so
All-time favorite piece of media? idk if podcasts count but if they do emergency intercom 🙏
Fav subject in school? English and Visual arts. History used to be included but i pretty much lost my love bc of my classmates and teacher
Dream job? Writer or anything that has to do with creating. I doubt my talents tho
Eye color? Brown
tagging: mmmm idk who to tag so, whoever wants to play!
@jamesunderwater thanks for the tag!
1. Are you named after anyone? nope, my irl name's just a word my mother liked.
2. When was the last time you cried? uh last night
3. Do you have kids? loll nope
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? while talking to myself? all the time. with
5. What sports do you play/have you played? does chess count? other than that uhh badminton, i've played whenever i've gotten a chance with friends, and a teeny bit of basketball back in school :)
6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people? irl it's the way they talk, probably? voice/accent/wordchoice/etc., plus their expression. online it's their blog vibe + do their morals align with mine or not
7. Scary movies or happy endings? happy endings!!!!!! they're the BEST. (i genuinely cant watch a movie if it has a sad ending- i'll need to prepare myself for it first otherwise i'll be sad for ages)
8. Any special talents? lol no- oh i can shake my ear on command? got that from my dad. yeah i cant think of anything great
9. Where were you born? bangalore! (it's a city in southern india)
10. What are your hobbies? reading, writing sometimes, listening to/analysing music, veeeery rarely trying to compose/write songs, obsessing over fanfic!
11. Do you have any pets? Two pups! they've actually been adults for over six months now but shhhhh
12. All-time fave piece of media? the percy jackson books i think? also 3 idiots (the hindi movie). THE GOOD PLACE!!!!!! i love that show so muchh yeah it takes the cake.
13. Fave subject in school? lol physics (i loved it until eighth, after that it remained the most fun subject for me to study, but goddddd the exams suck.) also computers. (interesting subject + much easier exams)
14. Dream job? running the library that i dreamed up with @shestrying, while maybe doing something artistic in my spare time :)
15. Eye colour? brown!
tagging @shestrying, @nano-noa, @bingsbitch, @noctqrnxl, @stupid-shithead, @universewhyyy, @liivsstuff, @trolliworms, @jarondont, @kermitthesog, @peonierose, @hozierlyric, @bollywood-galpuppy, @fandom-trash-goblin, @jialoves, absolutely no pressure of course!
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Skeleton of a Scythian queen and her jewelry, found in the Chertomlyk barrow, near Nikopol, Katerynoslavsk Governorate (today Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
Headdress and ornaments of the clothes of the priestess Dimitra / Demeter, found in the tomb.
Vasily A. Prokhorov, 1881
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she is my enemy
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Women of House Hightower
Patrice Hightower
The unexpected nature of the High Septon’s death in 44 AC aroused much suspicion, however, and whispers of murder persist to this day. Some believe His High Holiness was removed by his own brother, Ser Morgan Hightower, commander of the Warrior’s Sons in Oldtown. Others suspect Lord Martyn’s maiden aunt, the Lady Patrice Hightower, though their argument seems to rest upon the belief that poison is a woman’s weapon.
Ceryse Hightower
Ceryse was the daughter of Martyn Hightower, the Lord of Oldtown. She was advanced by her uncle, the High Septon, after he protested the betrothal of the thirteen-year-old Prince Maegor to Maegor’s newborn niece, Princess Rhaena. Ceryse and Maegor were married in 25 AC. The prince claimed to have consummated their marriage a dozen times on their wedding night, but no sons ever came of it. He soon grew tired of Ceryse’s failure to bear him an heir and began taking other brides. Ceryse died in 45 AC, taken by a sudden illness, though it is also rumored that she was killed at the king’s command.
Alicent Hightower
Matters became more complicated when, with Ser Otto Hightower’s encouragement, King Viserys announced his intention to wed the Lady Alicent, Ser Otto’s daughter and the Old King’s former nursemaid. For the most part, the realm celebrated this union. Rhaenyra, secure in her place as heir, welcomed her father’s new bride, for they had long known one another at court.
Malora Hightower
“To be sure. Lord Leyton’s locked atop his tower with the Mad Maid, consulting books of spells. Might be he’ll raise an army from the deeps.”
Denyse Hightower
Daughter of Leyton Hightower, wife of Ser Desmond Redwyne, and mother of Denys Redwyne.
Leyla Hightower
Daughter of Leyton Hightower and wife of Ser Jon Cupps.
Alysanne Hightower
Daughter of Leyton Hightower, wife of Ser Arthur Ambrose, and mother of Alyn Ambrose.
Lynesse Hightower
“ I crowned Lynesse queen of love and beauty, and that very night went to her father and asked for her hand. I was drunk, as much on glory as on wine. By rights I should have gotten a contemptuous refusal, but Lord Leyton accepted my offer. We were married there in Lannisport, and for a fortnight I was the happiest man in the wide world.”
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obara sand | nymeria sand | tyene sand
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IN DEFENSE OF MARGAERY TYRELL
Seraphina, Rachel Hartman // Serenity, Louise Jopling // EP 6: Blood of my Blood, Season 6, Game of Thrones
lyanna stark || elia martell || sansa stark || arya stark || alicent hightower || jaehaera targaryen || cersei lannister || myrcella baratheon || joanna lannister || aemma arryn || catelyn stark || sansa stark (2) || margaery tyrell
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Alicent, the terrible mother
Like all mothers that can't treat her children in the same way.
Aegon looks so much like her, so she is harsh and stern, as she tries to prevent him from being what she once was or something that will only harm him. She doesn't know what to do with him, nobody told her what to do with it.
Helaena is unreachable. So she tiptoes around her and doesn't quite know how to reach her in a way she will receive and understand, in a way she will accept.
Aemond... he have everything she wanted to cultivate in her and her other children, but he sometimes do things she cannot control, it frightens her.
Daeron sweet Daeron. You climb tries and jump from high places, when are you going to stop giving your mother a heart attack? When are you going to come back and be just a baby again? When will they let her take care of you again?
Every slap, every tear, every scream, every desperate action. She did out of love, out of the need to protect and guard. It has intent, though it can be wrong and a mistake sometimes.
Parenting is trial, there is wrongs and rights. There is love and interest.
Each child is different, each one needs and receives something different. It's easier to show her love for ones, difficult to show her love for others.
You can clearly see who loves, you can clearly see who only have interest. You can clearly see who only have hatred.
Alicent is a successful parent. She nurtured as she could, she fought and fights as she can. Because if she doesn't, nobody will, not for her or for them.
You can critique parenting styles and it's effectiviness, but don't say there isn't love there.
Do you love me?
You imbecile.
#pro team green#pro alicent hightower#alicent hightower#asoiaf meta#alicent they will never make me hate u#team green
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Reference drawing of Juana I of Castile for the Tomb of Maximillian I by Jörg Kölderer (1522)
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maekar & dyanna
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