Old Gods of the Forest
E889559
The Old Gods of the Forest are an ancient, nameless pantheon venerated in the North and beyond the Wall in Westeros, centered on nature worship and the sacred weirwood trees.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional pantheon
ⓘ
fictional religion ⓘ religion in A Song of Ice and Fire ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Children of the Forest magic
ⓘ
green dreams ⓘ greenseers ⓘ skinchangers ⓘ wargs ⓘ weirwood network ⓘ |
| centralSymbol |
heart trees
ⓘ
weirwood trees ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Faith of the Seven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R’hllor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrine |
gods present in stones and streams
ⓘ
gods present in trees and beasts ⓘ no formal priesthood ⓘ no holy texts ⓘ no temples ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
A Song of Ice and Fire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Game of Thrones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDeities |
faceless gods
ⓘ
nameless gods ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | worship preserved after Pact on the Isle of Faces ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin |
adopted by the First Men
ⓘ
religion of the Children of the Forest ⓘ |
| notableFollower |
Bran Stark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free Folk chieftains ⓘ House Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ Jon Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion |
Isle of Faces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neck ⓘ lands beyond the Wall ⓘ the North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sacredObject |
weirwood faces
ⓘ
weirwood groves ⓘ |
| sacredPlace |
Isle of Faces weirwoods
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Winterfell godswood NERFINISHED ⓘ beyond-the-Wall weirwood groves ⓘ godswoods ⓘ |
| worshipedBy |
Children of the Forest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crannogmen NERFINISHED ⓘ First Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Free Folk NERFINISHED ⓘ Northmen NERFINISHED ⓘ some Riverlands houses ⓘ |
| worshipPractice |
blood sacrifice on weirwood roots
ⓘ
oaths sworn before heart trees ⓘ offerings left in godswoods ⓘ silent prayer before heart trees ⓘ |
| worshipType |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
animism ⓘ nature worship ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.