-TheBastard Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I've seen this word mentioned plenty a time throughout aGoT, still do not know what it is/means? If anybody wants to enlighten me?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I've seen this word mentioned plenty a time throughout aGoT, still do not know what it is/means? If anybody wants to enlighten me?! An extinct type of cattle. Aurochs on wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-TheBastard Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 You know I was thinking that I should check google just after I posted. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterRaven Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Direwolves were also a real animal just in case your interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Cold Fingers Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Per the ASoIaF Wiki. Aurochs An aurochs is a type of large wild cow that existed in the real world until the seventeenth century. Aurochs' used to exist in the majority of Westeros, but through hunting and domestication the areas they are found in the wild have dwindled. One place reportedly still inhabited by wild aurochs is near the juncture of the Kingsroad and the Green Fork of the Trident river in the Riverlands. Aurochs' are frequently used as a symbol of size, strength, stubbornness, and stupidity. Grenn, a member of the Night's Watch, was given the nickname Aurochs by Ser Alliser Thorne. An aurochs is said to have been used as a mount by the mythical Clarence Crabb as horses could not bear his weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Cold Fingers Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 And welcome to the forums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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