Monsters-and-maidens
Monsters-and-maidens[1] or monsters and maidens[2] is a game played by multiple individuals, usually children. Participants chase each other while pretending to be monsters or maidens.
History
As a child, Arya Stark played monsters-and-maidens, hide-the-treasure, and come-into-my-castle with the children of the people of Winterfell.[1] She also played come-into-my-castle and monsters-and-maidens amongst the stone kings in the crypt of Winterfell.[2]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Rickon Stark plays monsters-and-maidens, lord of the crossing, rats and cats, and come-into-my-castle with Big Walder and Little Walder Frey.[3]
A Storm of Swords
Edric Storm plays monsters-and-maidens with Shireen Baratheon and Patchface at Aegon's Garden in Dragonstone, with Edric pretending to be a monster.[4]
Shae and Tyrion Lannister pretend to play the game during a tryst amongst the dragon skulls within the Red Keep.[5]
Quotes
Shae: You have to catch me. M'lord must have played monsters and maidens when he was little.
Tyrion: Are you calling me a monster?
Shae: No more than I'm a maiden. You need to catch me all the same.[5]
- Shae and Tyrion Lannister
References
- 1 2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 22, Arya II.
- 1 2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 22, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 4, Bran I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 10, Davos II.
- 1 2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 58, Tyrion VII.