"... to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves" these are the qualities the perfect prince needs, according to Machiavelli, brain and brawn. The Florents don´t strike me as very clever, at least as far as traps are concerned, but I´ve thought of the tale of the scorpion and the fox, which I think is referenced a couple of times. Oberyn´s tales about scorpions and House Qorgyle connect Dorne to scorpions and there is the scorpion- (dragon) tale of the manticore that will sting you, even if it means their own destruction, just because it´s their nature. A fox´s logic doesn´t seem to be well paired with (magical / religious) fanatism. ETA: KOM, but in the Canterbury Tales it´s a miller telling a tale about a carpenter´s wife or do you think of another tale? Anyway the fate of the wife´s lover (Nicholas) is reminiscent of Theon´s fate. "The furious suitor thrusts the coulter "amidde the ers" (between the cheeks) burning Nicholas' "toute" (anus) and the skin "a hands-breadth round about"." ETA II: Jon Flowers, blue roses seem to be a very general symbol of rare / unobtainable love. In the poem the love died because the loved one asks for too much. Did Lyanna do that? There also is a blue winter rose in real life. Wiki. The hellebore is closely related to the anemone, I wonder if there is a connection to Patchface´s "nennymoans"? Prologue, Clash.
