The Seven: Do they have any power? Do they even exist?
We see good evidence of power from various kinds of gods/magical beliefs. But do we ever see anything to suggest there's any truth behind the Faith of the Seven? I can't think of many examples where their power could have been demonstrated; Tyrion's trials by combat are the main examples I can think of. It doesn't seem as if there was any divine intervention in either example, although you could make a case for the first one. Maybe they nudged Bronn into being Tyrion's champion. In his second tr
For the ASOIAF characters, the most significant elements of the Faith of the Seven seem to come from the legends within the religion, not the appeals to gods for special protection or strength or wisdom.
We learn about one of the legends from Catelyn: that the crone let the raven into the world when she peered through the door between life and death. We have lots of crones and lots of ravens in the story. I suspect this little parable confirms what Bran finds when he skinchanges into a rave