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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The White Lion in the Tall Grass

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"A white lion ran through grass taller than a man." (Page 531, A Clash of Kings)
In the last set of visions in the House of the Undying, Daenerys sees images of her past and future. Before the mentioning of the white lion, she sees images of things that actually happened like the shadows dancing in the tent, her house in Braavos, and the man being dragged by the horse. After the mentioning of the white lion, she sees a line of naked crones bowing before and ten thousand slaves reaching out to her calling her "Mother!" Those who have read past A Storm of Swords knows that the last vision actually comes to pass. The vision of the naked crones is yet to happen, but it seems that this last set of visions depicts Daenerys's past, present, and future or at least just her past and future.

We might speculate, if the white lion is symbolic of something from the present or future, that a Lannister will meet Daenerys and they will be in disguise. The Lannister could be Tyrion, since we know that he is traveling to Meereen to find Daenerys or it could be Jaime because he wore white armor. These speculations could very well be true. However, even though lions are the Lannister's sigil, their lions are gold and not white.

The white lion might even simply represent what happened in the past, when Drogo hunted the lion. It may not tell us anything of the present or future at all.

To relate this post to Khal Drogo's return, I am going to say that vision of the white lion running through the tall grass shows what is happening Dany's present, that her "white lion" is with her, but hidden in the "tall grass" or disguised.
It was Drogo who had given her the pelt she wore, the head and hide of hrakkar, the white lion of the Dothraki sea. It was too big for her and had a musty smell, but it made her feel as if her sun-and-stars was still near her.
(Page 31, A Dance With Dragons)
"There are ghosts everywhere," Ser Jorah said softly, "We carry them with us wherever we go."
Yes, she thought. Viserys, Khal Drogo, my son Rhaego, they are with me always.
(Page 149, A Clash of Kings)
My speculation is that Drogo's spirit is alive and has been with Daenerys all along, but she could not recognize him because he is living in the body of her dragon, Drogon. The prophecy might be fulfilled when Dany recognizes Drogon as Drogo. This is a different kind of plot twist than just having Khal Drogo magically and randomly come back from the dead in his Jason Momoa form. It will still be sad in a way and won't erase the grief that came with Drogo's death by pillow. People just won't understand it if their queen was claiming her dragon is her husband and might deem her insane. This is one way I think Drogo can come back without dumbing down the story. Maybe Mr. Martin thought so too. We will see.

I can explain why I think Drogon is Drogo and how I think it happened in later posts. Stay tuned. There are many more analyses on the way.

1 comment:

  1. I think your comments revery interesting. I was thiking Drogon has Drogo's spirit as well because he is the biggest, fiercest and generally most defensive/protectve of Dany just like he was in life. Then I was thinking of what Mirri Maz Durr and how he will come back to who he was etc.. I was thinking magic will return Drogo or at least allow Dany to see Drogo's spirit w/in the dragon and somehow allow them to conceive another child which will allow her to birth a living child and have him return to her.

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