See, this is why you have to watch my videos in order 😂 the Fae series actually started at the end of the Oberyn iceberg. He’s still alive … and I believe his sons are not
@tacogaviglio575 nah, this is actually good feedback. I should have included a little blurb about “we talked about this in another video” so new viewers would know
Another excellent video Meera! The connection between water deities and the old gods is very interesting, and I think the biggest clue they are worshipping the same gods is that we hear the children of the forest worship gods of forest, stream (or water) and stone, literally telling us the old gods are gods of water too. Keep up the great work!
Awesome video! I never made the ship burial connection with Naga's Bones, but now that you say it, it sounds really fascinating! Super interesting stuff and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
Nagas bones being the ribs of a ship would be a pretty dope backstory and it checks out with the real world parallels. The story of Ygg too always interested me. Question, does the text say that wierwoods grow on the iron islands? or are they not able to allowed to grow there?
@@MeeraReadsboth structures were also built in cultures that don't traditionally worship the old gods, Ironborn and Andals. And the description of Ygg certainly sounds like a xenophobic outsider description of weirwoods and the old gods. Given the viking inspiration in the Ironborn and the clear similarity to the Norse tree of life Yggdrasil, I wonder if Ygg could be an ancient exonym for the old gods. Maybe some Ironborn king invaded some first men, cut down and hauled off their weirwood heart tree, claimed to have killed their god, then made a sick funeral ship for when he died.
@hillbillypowpow I really like this explanation. Since I’m guessing a lot of people don’t read the comments, I’m going to be talking about the Moon Door and the House of Black and White (both sites of death/execution with iconic water nearby that prominently feature a weirwood door).
Great video, never thought Naggas ribs might be Weirwoods but it makes so much sense! I disagree about the Ironborn being First Men though. I believe they're (one of) the indigenous peoples of Westeros, along with the (pre-Andal and Rhoynar) Dornish. The Dornish were also said to elect a king from among their rulers. The Northmen, the wildlings and the (pre-Andal) Vale however, rather than electing a leader, operate more on a might-makes-right political system where individual kings conquered, subdued or befriended other rulers to add them to their realm. Sorry for the ramble, essentially I believe that in indigenous Westerosi custom, the nobles elect a 'Princeps' to rule them while in First Men custom, nobles duke it out to crown themselves 'High King'.
This is interesting, & I don’t doubt your burial site theory (seems perfectly plausible, if somewhat unclear to me what the significance will end up being). But I do just want to share this, because one of my favorite theory videos of all time relates to a number of topics around this, & it might help fill out the context for your line of thinking- if you’re interested in Nagga’s Ribs, & the possibility of Weirwoods on the Iron Islands, & all of that, as well (as the main subject of the video as mentioned in the title), DEFINITELY check out this video by The Disputed Lands: “ASOIAF THEORY- Shade of the Evening and the Black Oily Stone.” It blew my mind back when I first watched it, & elucidated a lot of subjects that had always fascinated me in the lore, but which were shrouded in a lot of mystery, & I think it’s all very well-researched & well-founded. This kind of Yin/Yang, warp/woof (basically dialectical monist, nondual, polar- pick your term) relationship between the black & blue Shade trees & the white & red Weirwoods (& their respective telepathy/magick-enhancing hallucinogenic extracts) always intrigued me, & I wondered if the Shade trees were also host to some kind of collective consciousness, or tied to some kind of magickal practice the same way Greenseers use Weirwoods- other stuff like that… But this video really explores a lot of stuff that I had never even considered, & the overall picture that follows is really intriguing. At this point I have no idea whether to expect that we’ll ever get answers- but it seems very compelling to me, & theory videos of this caliber can be as entertaining to me as the books themselves. Haha. So give it a look if you haven’t already! I’d love to hear your analysis of it, whether there’s anything you’d like to add, or that it helps you connect the dots on (around Nagga’s Ribs or anything else). If you search “ASOIAF black oily stone” or just go to her channel it should be easy to find.
What a phenomenal channel name…. Also… are you saying Cragorn was Eurons son? Or are you talking about Fallia Flowers unborn child? That’s the only part I was confused about.
I love how you tossed out Oberyn sacrificing a kid to the old Gods super casually. Haha.
See, this is why you have to watch my videos in order 😂 the Fae series actually started at the end of the Oberyn iceberg. He’s still alive … and I believe his sons are not
Oh. Haha. My bad. Here I am wondering in the middle of the movie and asking questions. No one likes that guy.
@tacogaviglio575 nah, this is actually good feedback. I should have included a little blurb about “we talked about this in another video” so new viewers would know
If you want. I kinda loved it as a tiny blurb. But yeah. A tiny "watch the other vids in the series for more on that" might help.
@@MeeraReadslike a comic book telling you when characters are referencing a different issue or series. "*see Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends #643"
Another excellent video Meera! The connection between water deities and the old gods is very interesting, and I think the biggest clue they are worshipping the same gods is that we hear the children of the forest worship gods of forest, stream (or water) and stone, literally telling us the old gods are gods of water too.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much!
Your stuff is very well done! Here before 1,000 subs. 😎
Glad to have you!!!!
When you lay it out like this it’s kind of glaringly obvious. What a great theory!
great vid! However it seems I am still the only one that believes in Sea Dragons.
Sea dragons would be cool, and it’s possible they exist! But I definitely think Nagga’s Bones did not come from one
Algormancy!
Awesome video! I never made the ship burial connection with Naga's Bones, but now that you say it, it sounds really fascinating! Super interesting stuff and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
75 likes on 700 views, gosh it seems like people really love your content. Enjoy hitting 1k, congratulations 🎉
Excellent video
Found my new fav asoiaf channel.
Nagas bones being the ribs of a ship would be a pretty dope backstory and it checks out with the real world parallels. The story of Ygg too always interested me.
Question, does the text say that wierwoods grow on the iron islands? or are they not able to allowed to grow there?
So the text specifically says weirwoods don’t grow there because the soil is too thin and the conditions are otherwise unsuitable
@@MeeraReads ahhh so kinda like the Erie
@@randominternetguyoffical YUP! And it just so happens that there’s a rootless weirwood construction there too … 🤔
@@MeeraReadsboth structures were also built in cultures that don't traditionally worship the old gods, Ironborn and Andals. And the description of Ygg certainly sounds like a xenophobic outsider description of weirwoods and the old gods. Given the viking inspiration in the Ironborn and the clear similarity to the Norse tree of life Yggdrasil, I wonder if Ygg could be an ancient exonym for the old gods. Maybe some Ironborn king invaded some first men, cut down and hauled off their weirwood heart tree, claimed to have killed their god, then made a sick funeral ship for when he died.
@hillbillypowpow I really like this explanation. Since I’m guessing a lot of people don’t read the comments, I’m going to be talking about the Moon Door and the House of Black and White (both sites of death/execution with iconic water nearby that prominently feature a weirwood door).
Love the channel title
Great video, never thought Naggas ribs might be Weirwoods but it makes so much sense!
I disagree about the Ironborn being First Men though. I believe they're (one of) the indigenous peoples of Westeros, along with the (pre-Andal and Rhoynar) Dornish. The Dornish were also said to elect a king from among their rulers.
The Northmen, the wildlings and the (pre-Andal) Vale however, rather than electing a leader, operate more on a might-makes-right political system where individual kings conquered, subdued or befriended other rulers to add them to their realm.
Sorry for the ramble, essentially I believe that in indigenous Westerosi custom, the nobles elect a 'Princeps' to rule them while in First Men custom, nobles duke it out to crown themselves 'High King'.
the indigineous peoples of Westeros are "Those who sing the song of Earth" and the "Giants"
Like wildings think an old tower is a castle, long halls back then was just a hut
This is interesting, & I don’t doubt your burial site theory (seems perfectly plausible, if somewhat unclear to me what the significance will end up being).
But I do just want to share this, because one of my favorite theory videos of all time relates to a number of topics around this, & it might help fill out the context for your line of thinking- if you’re interested in Nagga’s Ribs, & the possibility of Weirwoods on the Iron Islands, & all of that, as well (as the main subject of the video as mentioned in the title), DEFINITELY check out this video by The Disputed Lands: “ASOIAF THEORY- Shade of the Evening and the Black Oily Stone.”
It blew my mind back when I first watched it, & elucidated a lot of subjects that had always fascinated me in the lore, but which were shrouded in a lot of mystery, & I think it’s all very well-researched & well-founded. This kind of Yin/Yang, warp/woof (basically dialectical monist, nondual, polar- pick your term) relationship between the black & blue Shade trees & the white & red Weirwoods (& their respective telepathy/magick-enhancing hallucinogenic extracts) always intrigued me, & I wondered if the Shade trees were also host to some kind of collective consciousness, or tied to some kind of magickal practice the same way Greenseers use Weirwoods- other stuff like that… But this video really explores a lot of stuff that I had never even considered, & the overall picture that follows is really intriguing. At this point I have no idea whether to expect that we’ll ever get answers- but it seems very compelling to me, & theory videos of this caliber can be as entertaining to me as the books themselves. Haha.
So give it a look if you haven’t already! I’d love to hear your analysis of it, whether there’s anything you’d like to add, or that it helps you connect the dots on (around Nagga’s Ribs or anything else). If you search “ASOIAF black oily stone” or just go to her channel it should be easy to find.
I’ll definitely check it out!
actually the iron isles were very heavily forested in the old days id say a boom in ship building messed up the soil after centuries of chopping
What a phenomenal channel name….
Also… are you saying Cragorn was Eurons son? Or are you talking about Fallia Flowers unborn child?
That’s the only part I was confused about.
Ygg as in Yggdrasil, the world tree?
Nagga, pls
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Nagga stole my bike!