Post by sillierthings on Mar 12, 2015 22:50:46 GMT
I just noticed that Sansa is described as wearing moonstones on at least 3 different occasions. At Joff's Name Day Tournament:
During the Bread Riots:
At her wedding to Tyrion:
One of her major plot points is when she gets her "moonblood" which makes her fertile woman, able to marry. She has just arrived at the Gates of the Moon in AFFC, which seems symbolic.
Searching online, I found several sites that indicated the moonstone is a symbol of fertility and love and of course, women are often associated with the moon for these reasons. I found these two wikipedia entries interesting from a literary perspective:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Goddess_%28Neopaganism%29
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God
Not really anything new to say, but it seems to be more support for those fertility connections we saw w/ Sansa.
She wore a gown of pale purple silk and a moonstone hair net that had been a gift from Joffrey
During the Bread Riots:
Sansa Stark rode a chesnut mare at his side, looking neither right nor left, her thick auburn hair flowing to her shoulders beneath a net of moonstones.
At her wedding to Tyrion:
Queen Cersei studied her critically. "A few gems, I think. The moonstones Joffrey gave her."
"At once, Your Grace," her maid replied.
When the moonstones hung from Sansa's ears and about her neck, the queen nodded. "Yes. The gods have been kind to you, Sansa. You are a lovely girl. It seems almost obscene to squander such sweet innocence on that gargoyle."
"At once, Your Grace," her maid replied.
When the moonstones hung from Sansa's ears and about her neck, the queen nodded. "Yes. The gods have been kind to you, Sansa. You are a lovely girl. It seems almost obscene to squander such sweet innocence on that gargoyle."
One of her major plot points is when she gets her "moonblood" which makes her fertile woman, able to marry. She has just arrived at the Gates of the Moon in AFFC, which seems symbolic.
Searching online, I found several sites that indicated the moonstone is a symbol of fertility and love and of course, women are often associated with the moon for these reasons. I found these two wikipedia entries interesting from a literary perspective:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Goddess_%28Neopaganism%29
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God
Not really anything new to say, but it seems to be more support for those fertility connections we saw w/ Sansa.
