Why did Quaithe touch Dany ?

[Tyrosh Lannister]

In Qarth Quaithe lays her fingers on Danys wrists and Dany felt a tingling sensation:

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The woman stepped closer and lay two fingers on Dany’s wrist. “You are the Mother of Dragons, are you not?”

 

“She is, and no spawn of shadows may touch her.” Jhogo brushed Quaithe’s fingers away with the handle of his whip.

 

The woman took a step backward. “You must leave this city soon, Daenerys Targaryen, or you will never be permitted to leave it at all.”

 

Dany’s wrist still tingled where Quaithe had touched her.

What was Quaithe trying to achieve by placing her fingers on Danys wrists ? Some magical action ?

[Craving Peaches]

Supposedly this is sometimes used as a trigger for hypnosis...

Or she was feeling for a pulse?

Edited May 14, 2023 by Craving Peaches

[Tyrosh Lannister]

56 minutes ago, Craving Peaches said:

Supposedly this is sometimes used as a trigger for hypnosis...

Or she was feeling for a pulse?

Lol what was she feeling a pulse for . Also I don't think she placed her fingers on her to establish a connection to her via glass candle. Quaithe has been sending dreams to Dany since AGOT (whisperings of stars )

[Lady Stonehearts Simp]

Because she is sick in the head. Poor Dany….

Edited May 14, 2023 by Lady Stonehearts Simp

[Curled Finger]

Or she was star struck and that wrist touching is the Essosi equivalent to an autograph? 

[chrisdaw]

It'll be a magical reason but there's nothing else to go on. Maybe it allowed her to come to Dany in visions. Maybe it allowed her to track her. Maybe it allows her to see through Dany's eyes.

Edited May 15, 2023 by chrisdaw

[James Fenimore Cooper XXII]

She regards Daenerys with reverence. Catholics want to touch the pope if they can.  The slaves reach out to touch Mhysa.  Quaithe and the Targaryens have been waiting for Dany for a long time. 

[Tyrosh Lannister]

2 hours ago, chrisdaw said:

It'll be a magical reason but there's nothing else to go on. Maybe it allowed her to come to Dany in visions. Maybe it allowed her to track her. Maybe it allows her to see through Dany's eyes.

But Quaithe already was able to come to Dany via visions/dreams in AGOT 

[Tyrosh Lannister]

1 hour ago, James Fenimore Cooper XXII said:

She regards Daenerys with reverence. Catholics want to touch the pope if they can.  The slaves reach out to touch Mhysa.  Quaithe and the Targaryens have been waiting for Dany for a long time. 

Maybe , but why the tingling sensation? That's not normal 

[Back in Black-Snow]

Perhaps she touched her so that Dany knows she is real?

[Tyrosh Lannister]

1 hour ago, Back in Black-Snow said:

Perhaps she touched her so that Dany knows she is real?

Lol in the scene Jhogo sees her and even brushes her aside. Jorah sees her and speaks about her with Dany. She is real. Dany doesn't need to be touched 

[sweetsunray]

10 hours ago, Tyrosh Lannister said:

But Quaithe already was able to come to Dany via visions/dreams in AGOT 

I disagree that the whispering stars in aGoT was Quaithe. This was either the dragonblood within Dany or the ancestral dragon entity of the darkling plain (Saagael). Anyhow, what I mean to say is that your interpretation or source is a hypothesis of yours, and not a confirmed argument to dismiss other poster's explanation. Perhaps, when the "touching" conflicts with your premisse, that is more argument to rethink the premisse.

Edited May 15, 2023 by sweetsunray

[Darth Sidious]

The tingling sensation, well, the stranger invaded her personal space and made uninvited physical contact. Slight discomfort is to be expected. I have a further theory. Quaithe is Elissa. Some life extension magic keeps Elissa alive and it causes her body temperature abnormal. 

[Castellan]

diagnosis? seelng whether a Mother of Dragons who has survived a funeral pyre and hatched dragon eggs feels different? taking her temperature to check if she is a Targ? Getting a better connection to 'read' her in some way?

Two fingers laod flat does sound sort of diagnostic rather than social touching. (Some people/peoples do touch when they talk you know!)

[Quoth the raven,]

That kind of touch is some kind of intimate.  Like she knows Dany.  And she would know of prophecies and Dany's significance if she is Shiera or Ellissa.  Dany doesn't know it yet but she is Azor Ahai.  Quaithe has no way to convince because it would sound like a lie.  But something in Asshai is the proof to convince Dany. 

[Springwatch]

In GRRM's scifi novels touch makes a psychic connection easier. This might be a hint of that. The Hound overreacts to Sansa's touch on the shoulder too. Probably others.

Why two fingers precisely sounds a bit mysterious, but Jaqen laid two fingers against his own cheek to signal to Arya he'd made her second kill, and that doesn't suggest anything at all to me.

ETA

Tingling in Dany's POV is also the sound of bells. A summons to war, mabye?

Edited May 18, 2023 by Springwatch

[Frey family reunion]

6 hours ago, Springwatch said:

In GRRM's scifi novels touch makes a psychic connection easier.

I think that’s probably the answer.  She doesn’t receive any psychic visits from Quaithe until after that touch.

 

[John Suburbs]

On 5/14/2023 at 5:58 AM, Tyrosh Lannister said:

In Qarth Quaithe lays her fingers on Danys wrists and Dany felt a tingling sensation:

What was Quaithe trying to achieve by placing her fingers on Danys wrists ? Some magical action ?

Without a similar action by Mel or the ghost or some other magical seer-type person, it's impossible to say. But the tingling suggests that something was up, but perhaps not necessarily magical.

[The Commentator]

On 5/14/2023 at 5:58 AM, Tyrosh Lannister said:

In Qarth Quaithe lays her fingers on Danys wrists and Dany felt a tingling sensation:

What was Quaithe trying to achieve by placing her fingers on Danys wrists ? Some magical action ?

It’s like if your dream came true. You want to touch because the dream has become real. 

[LongRider]

Dany, show us on the doll where Quaite touched you.