昔の神々と七神正教｜北部と南部の信仰概念｜HBO映像特典

In the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, the dominant religion is the faith of the seven, first brought to its shores by the andals some 6, 000 years ago. But there are some who still keep to the old way worshiping, the faceless gods of the children of the forest and the first men. The old gods are countless named the spirits of nature. And ancient times the children of the forest carved faces in the trunks of the weirwood trees which became sacred symbols of their faith. In time first when adopted the children’s gods as their own. Most castles at that time contained a godswood with a wayward or heart tree at its center.

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Meanwhile across the Narrow Sea a new religion was born in the hills of Andalusia gender god of seven revealed itself to the Andals. And the invasion of Westeros followed soon after. The Andals sailed across the sea on ships armed with weapons of steel. Some warriors carved a seven-pointed star into their skin as a symbol of their new faith. Invade is destroyed most of the weirwoods in the southern land, slaughtered the children of the forest wherever they could find it, and conquered every Kingdom of the first man saved north. In time later, the seventh spread like wildfire throughout the land.

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The Seven is a single deity with seven aspects each symbolizing a different area of life, but most people refer to the seven separate gods. The Mother is prayed to for mercy and watches over fertility childbirth and peace, the Father sits in judgment over Souls, the Warrior is prayed to for protection valor and skill in battle, the Crone is the symbol of wisdom and foresight, the Smith watches over creation and craftsmanship, The Maiden symbolizes purity love and beauty, finally there is the Stranger rarely prey to who represents death.

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The faith is highly organized and deeply influential in Westerosi politics and culture as the official religion of the monarchy. Worshipers gather in temples of the faith called SETT. The seat of the faith is the great Sept of Baelor which is located in the capital city of King’s Landing.

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Still in the North were descendants of the first men dwell worship of the old gods continues to this day. In the sacred faces of the weirwood trees you close watch over the faithful.

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