![]() If anyone is interested in a more in-depth discussion of the influences that the myth and symbolism of Azor Ahai has on the narrative of A Song of Ice and Fire, I’d recommend reading The Mythical Astronomy of Ice and Fire blog – or listen to its attendant podcast ![]() It’s not a hard stretch to identify the cracked second moon with the moon likewise cracked by Nissa Nissa’s cry. And that one day in the future, the remaining moon will likewise crack and bring dragons again. One ventured too close to the sun and cracked, releasing a thousand dragons who fell to Earth. In A Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen’s handmaiden Doreah tells the Khaleesi a tale that once upon a time there were two moons. Their return signals the approach of another Long Night, and Azor Ahai has the ghostbusting rep to take them on.Īlong with the establishment of this archetypal hero, the cracking of the moon from Nissa Nissa’s death cry ties dragons into Azor Ahai’s story. This idea of Azor Ahai reborn, a prophesied reincarnation of the flaming sword wielder, is a significant one now that the White Walkers north of the Wall are active again. As the hero plunged the sword into his wife’s breast (for reasons) her cry was so powerful that it broke the moon.Īzor Ahai is an important figure in the mythology of R’hllor, the Lord of Light that Melisandre serves. After some early failed attempts at forging the sword, Azor Ahai’s wife Nissa Nissa sacrificed herself to enable her husband to finally temper the blade. To summarize the legend, in the distant past age around the time of the first Long Night, the hero Azor Ahai forged Lightbringer, a flaming sword that was used (somehow) to dispel the evil of the Long Night. Then Melisandre shifted over to the viewpoint that the resurrected Jon Snow was really this prince that was promised.) She often declared that Stannis Baratheon was Azor Ahai reborn. For those who just have a passing familiarity with Azor Ahai from Game of Thrones or the source book series A Song of Ice and Fire, we mostly hear about the legend from the sorceress Melisandre of Asshai.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |