"A Song of Ice & Fire": The Gods, New & Old Quiz

Answer: white bark, red leaves, and a face carved into the heart tree

The old religion bears some resemblance to the Celtic practice of worshiping in oak groves. In the south of Westeros many heart trees were cut down after the Andal Conquest, but most castles and towns still kept a weirwood as a place of contemplation and spirituality.

Answer: a holy woman

Churches are called "septs" and priests are "septons".

Answer: R'hllor

The Lord of Light was originally a religion of Pentos, but it has spread to several corners of Westeros. Stannis Barrantheon, Beric Dondarrion, and a sizable group of priests in Oldtown follow the ways of R'hllor.

Answer: on the Iron Islands

To join this rather strict congregation you must be drowned, then resuscitated, by a priest. There is little wonder why this religion never became popular anywhere except in the grim, cold Iron Islands.

Answer: He had destroyed her temple of the Great Shepherd.

Daenerys thought that she had saved the old woman's life and trusted her to heal Drogo's wound. But the maegi wanted revenge for the destruction of her village and temple. She also wanted to kill the unborn baby whom prophecy had called "The Stallion Who Will Mount the World". This way the baby would never live to grow up and attack the Lamb People again.

Answer: the House of Black and White

A priest known only as "the Kindly Man" takes Arya in and makes her an acolyte of Him With Many Faces. People visit the House of Black and White to drink poison from a cup and then lay down on marble benches to die. Arya's job is to seek out the bodies each morning, strip them, wash them, and bear them off for disposal.

Answer: the Smith

Of the Seven Aspects of God, 3 are male (the Father, the Warrior, & the Smith), 3 are female (the Maiden, the Mother, & the Crone), and one, the Stranger, could be either.

Answer: they become stars in the nighttime sky

Dothraki think that each star is the light from the campfire of a fighter's khalasar (warrior band).

Answer: He was afraid Melisandre wanted to use him to be a sacrifice.

Lady Melisandre was a Red Priestess who believed in human sacrifice. The most potent blood was that of royalty, and Maester Aemon was a Targaryen of the old ruling house. Jon sent away Mance Ryder's infant son for the same reason, as Mance was known as "The King Beyond the Wall".

Answer: sparrows

Queen Cersei thought that she is using the religious movement to further her own ends, but her scheming backfired dramatically when the new High Septon charged her with immorality and corruption.

Answer: the harpy

Astapoor, Yunkai, and Meereen are eastern cities founded on slave trading. Daenerys conquers these cities, but finds them harder to reform than to defeat. Each city has a high brick pyramid surmounted by a statue of a harpy.

Answer: The Seven-Pointed Star

This book is in the hands of almost every pious follower of the Seven.

Answer: the Silent Sisters

The Silent Sisters take vows of chastity and silence and are in charge of preparing the dead for burial. They are considered to be the brides of the Stranger.

Answer: at a Weirwood north of the wall

The Starks had always followed the Old Religion. Sam was raised in the ways of The Seven, but he commented, "They haven't helped me so far."

Answer: outside, under the sky

Marriages, consummations, battles, deaths - everything important in a warrior's life - should happen beneath the open sky.