Collections: That Dothraki Horde, Part IV: Screamers and Howlers
January 8, 2021 42 Minutes This is the fourth part of a four part (I, II, III) look at the Dothraki from George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones. We’re looking at, in particular, if Martin’s claim that the Dothraki are “an amalgam of a number of steppe and plains cultures” can be sustained in the face of even basic knowledge about historical Steppe and Great Plains nomadic peoples. Last week, we concluded that the vast majority of Dothraki culture, social organization, economic practices and family structure are effectively completely unte...
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