POEMS (or other sundry quotes) that remind you of ASOIAF
Hi everyone!
As some of you may have noticed, I like poetry and will sometimes quote a poem in the middle of a post -- which might seem bizarre to you at times. Nevertheless, "Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Who knows?" (AGOT-Jon II); so it's neither unusual nor outlandish for some of GRRM's themes to have been reflected in other literary works, including poems. Moreover, GRRM is an extremely well-read and allusive author, who enjoys giving a reverent, sometimes cheeky
Some of us have recognised Norse mythological figures reworked in GRRM's vision, particularly in the figure of Bran the skinchanger/greenseer who recapitulates the Norse god Odin riding, or in GRRM's parlance 'skinchanging,' the horse 'Sleipneir' -- which means ’slipper’ or ‘sliding’ one -- up and down the length of the world-tree Yggdrasil (a weirwood analog).
See Sleipnir -- Slipper -- Sliding one
Odin's horse 'Sleipner' had 8 legs like a spider, perhaps representing the eight compas