Game of thrones inside the wildings

The Wildlings raid south of the wall to steal valuables, gold, weaponry, and women. The surviving tribes of Wildlings are currently led by Tormund Giantsbane. The people of Westeros believe that all Wildlings are savage and are the main reason as to the necessity of the wall and the Night's Watch. Watch a clip about creating Game of Thrones histories including a narrated history of The Wildlings.

Game Of Thrones Wiki Guide. Last Edited: 23 May am. When a wildling man wants a wife wildling or non-wildling , it is custom that he must kidnap her, while risking severe injury or even death by the woman and her relatives, and the woman must fight back. As a rule, the wildlings do not kidnap married women. Ygritte explains to Jon - who is unaware of this custom - that if the man succeeds, it shows that he is strong, brave and cunning, and this is what wildling women seek in men.

If the man turns out to be an abusive husband, the wife can always slit his throat. Because Jon captured Ygritte albeit, he was unaware of this custom and didn't know Ygritte was a woman when he and Qhorin Halfhand captured the group of wildlings in which she happened to be and because Jon saved her life, Ygritte and Tormund point out to Jon that he and Ygritte could be considered technically married according to loose wildling customs, which are not strictly defined "laws".

The wildlings prefer to kidnap women far from their villages, rather than from their own clan, and it is considered a great sin to marry relatives. The Old Gods of the Forest, worshiped by both the Free Folk and the Northmen, don't have as many formal rules as the Faith of the Seven, but their religion still maintains a few fundamental social prohibitions, one of which forbids Incest.

While the wildlings have no knowledge about genetics, they understand that inbreeding may result in weak and sickly children. Thus, what Craster is doing with his daughter-wives is considered an abomination, even by the other wildlings and not remotely acceptable behavior by their own standards. Since the wildlings do not receive any formal education, illiteracy is common among them. Due to the harsh conditions Beyond the Wall, the wildlings have a high infant mortality rate and believe that naming a baby after birth is an ill-omen.

Therefore, they do not give their babies names at all until they have survived to two years of age; they do sometimes give their babies "milk names" in the meantime. Game of Thrones Wiki. Game of Thrones Wiki Explore. Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon. Peterson - linguist. Patel - director. Vhagar Caraxes Syrax Meleys Sunfyre. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Free Folk. View source.

History Talk Do you like this video? Play Sound. This article is about the people. We've been here the whole time! You lot came along and just put up a big Wall and said it was yours! Wildlings from the vast Haunted Forest, like Mance and Tormund, wear heavy animal furs.

Wildlings who dwell near the coasts, like Karsi , wear seashells on their clothing. Wildlings who live up in the Frostfang Mountains decorate themselves with bones. The cave people who live inside the cave systems of the Frostfangs are known for wearing facepaint.

The Thenns know how to forge bronze, so they have their own bronze axes, and simple armor made out of laced-together bronze plates. Was there a particular reason that they saw fit to subject their bodies to this? From the beginning, the wildlings make it clear that they have every intention of taking as much of the south as they can and turning it to their own uses. That, and one has to consider the migrant and nomadic lifestyle of most of the wildlings.

Did they really think that a raid would work out in the long term? Thomas J. His writing on film, TV, and popular culture has appeared in Screenology, FanFare, Primetimer, Cinemania, and in a number of scholarly journals and edited collections. By Thomas West Published Jul 06, Share Share Tweet Email 0.