Named hours
Westerosi Common Tongue has the habit of applying traditional names for specific parts of the nighttime.
Known names
Known to exist are:
- The hour of the bat, apparently some time during deep night to early morning[1]
- The hour of the eel, coming just after the hour of the bat [2]
- The hour of ghosts, coming just after the hour of the eel [2]
- The hour of the owl, coming a few hours after the hour of the bat,[1] still before dawn[3][4]
- The hour of the wolf,[5][6][7][8] "the blackest part of night"[9], coming after the hour of the owl[10]; not to be confused with the period of a few days, called Hour of the Wolf, immediately after the civil war called the Dance of the Dragons
- The hour of the nightingale, coming after the hour of the wolf[10]
References and Notes
- 1 2 The Princess and the Queen.
- 1 2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 68, The Dragontamer.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 26, The Wayward Bride.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 8, Jaime I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 7, Jon II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 46, A Ghost in Winterfell.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 67, The Kingbreaker.
- 1 2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 54, Cersei I.
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