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- "Ki jini anha astak asqoy hatif Maisi Krazaaji kash shieraki vitihiri asavvasoon. Asavvasoon! Asavvasoon!"
"I swear before the Mother of Mountains as the stars look down in witness. As the stars look down in witness." - ―Drogo
The Mother of Mountains[1][a] is a mountain in Essos, located within sight of Vaes Dothrak, a lone mountain in the middle of the plains of the Dothraki Sea. It is considered sacred in the Dothraki religion.
History[]
Game of Thrones: Season 1[]
During his vow to take the Iron Throne for his unborn son, Rhaego, Khal Drogo swears by the Mother of Mountains.[2]
In the books[]
In A Song of Ice and Fire, the Mother of Mountains is a mountain sacred to the Dothraki people, located within sight of Vaes Dothrak and a lake known as the Womb of the World, from which, according to myth, the first man emerged riding on the first horse. Only men are allowed to set foot on the Mother of Mountains.
References[]
- ↑ Game of Thrones: Season 1, Episode 7: "You Win or You Die" (2011).
- ↑ "You Win or You Die"
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Central Essos | |
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Cities and regions |
Dothraki Sea (Vaes Dothrak) · Ibben · Lhazar · Qarth · Red Waste |
Geography |
Footprint · Mother of Mountains · Shivering Sea · Skahazadhan |
Culture and society |
Arakh · Bloodrider · Khal · Khalar Vezhven · Khalasar · Khaleesi · Language · Raiding · Stallion heart |
Religion |
Dosh Khaleen · Great Stallion · Night Lands · Stallion who mounts the world |
Dothraki Sea |
Vaes Dothrak (Godsway · Horse Gate · Temple of the Dosh Khaleen) · Mother of Mountains |