Blood of the Other 4: Prose Eddard

What is there to say here? It's the Mythical Astronomy Ned Stark episode. The Blood of the Other series is all about House Stark, so you know we have to talk about the Ned.
Intro music by Stanley Black, flamenco guitar by John Walsh.
Cover art: "The Lord of Winterfell" by Michael Komarck

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

Some of these theories blow my mind and really make the most sense out of every theory I have heard

[@winterthekid]

Brandon Stark bloody sword penetrating lady Dustin (only Barbrey Ryswell at the time of the deed), and she speaks of sweet pain (a little bit of agony and ecstasy); man, when you start to think about it is really on the nose!...

[@lady_wasser]

At 2pm I always turn my computer on on hopes of having LML podcasts! I had carpal tunnel surgery last week and even groggy I set up my alarm to be awake just in case! Thanks for enlightening my weekend !

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

Glad to have you apart of this community and having all this stuff broken down... you know the videos are super good and packed with content when you have to listen 3-4 times to make sure u got everything... then when you read the books it's like opening a whole new book! Love this Shit. The more weed I smoke the more this makes sense 🤣

[@kimberlygl36]

OOO yes lml on a sat. afternoon !! yes where have u been , ive been waiting on this one !!! Thanks for a great afternoon ahead

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

kimberly g yeah I was just saying yesterday I wish we had a new one to watch

[@kimberlygl36]

yes it always a good day with some lml sprinkled in

[@minisam1988]

just got in from night shift and see this name and chuckle to myself. load a bowl and enjoy i shall. thanks for the enjoyment before listening.

[@DavidLightbringer]

How'd it go?

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

Lucifer means Lightbringer I'll answer for him, since I did the same thing... amazing!! Keep up the good work, we don't have anyone else doing this and it's mind blowing how good of a writer GRRM is. Good thing we have another genius breaking it all down!

[@minisam1988]

to bowl was tremendous and the podcast topped my day perfectly. sorry for the late reply :D

[@jerynsutton4639]

Sweet! I was listening to an earlier podcast with you and IOIAF just a little bit ago. Thanks for all of your studios work, man! I really dig the depth of the different perceptions and angles you take. You're able to articulate the source of the source material and draw the imagination into the intersection of the real world catalyst and the enriched fantasy. It's like GRRM looked at the stars, fathomed a universe and did just like the ancients...made a grand story that we all love and try to understand. Again, thanks! I dig the content!

[@DavidLightbringer]

That's a great way of putting it!!

[@jerynsutton4639]

Thanks, man! Just a side note, I always called my wife, My Sleepy Eyed Star. Just as a nickname. She always had beautiful, Sleepy eyes and she brought light to my darkness. We would watch meteor showers together and eventually we had "our star".What's interesting is that it turned out to be Venus. The Evening Star. The light bringer. My Sleepy Eyed Star. Lol, now she's my EvenStar and the universe is a beautiful place.

[@DavidLightbringer]

That is beautiful :)

[@PabloAlvestegui]

excellent writing, as always.

[@DavidLightbringer]

thanks for catching the bug on that one version Pablo! Really appreciate it!

[@PabloAlvestegui]

Oh, it's only a pleasure. Thanks for all the hard work.

[@Royges]

I just re listened to your podcasts and now this, freaking sweet.

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

I legit just said yesterday that I wanted you to post a new episode and here we are!! Good shit LmL keep up the good work! Really hope to see more from you in the future! Always good work

[@dbridge416]

A new video! What a pleasant surprise. LML came through today

[@greenman6141]

I haven't watched this video...but full marks for a truly amusing title. --------------------- I wrote the above comment some time ago. I finally got around to starting to watch this video. I clicked "start", only to be met by music which I recollected all too clearly. The film from which this music is taken, I saw in a large old style theatre upon its original release in 1975. The only time in my life when I had to lie on the floor of a theatre, in pain, real pain, because I was laughing so much. Don't know who is made this video....but I like them.

[@richardrees1170]

just finished listening to all your series' up to now. great work keep it up!

[@Nuklz1981]

What I love about Ned is that the tough lessons he teaches his children are to keep them safe and strong. This is different from other "tough father teachers" examples like Lord Tarly and Tywin . These father's teach toughening lessons so their children don't embarrass the family, not to keep their kids strong. You're Killin it LML.

[@hellhammerCCCP]

"moving past the fact Robert is a horrible person..." omg I died 😁😂

[@krakentacos]

Damn!!! I love that intro.

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

Looking foward to the next live stream they are always fun, haven't missed one yet!

[@dianacrow9400]

Speaking of wolves rescuing babies, have you heard of the Turkic legend of the She-Wolf (Asena or Ashina) who rescues a kid and bears his children? It's the origin story for one of the major Turkic clans from back in the days when the Turks lived on the Mongolian steppe (before the Mongols took over centuries later). I'm not an expert, but the basic story is: Enemies attack and slaughter a village or a clan, except for the baby prince. Instead, they hack off the baby prince's hands (Weirwood stigmata parallel, maybe?) and feet and leave him to die. But a she-wolf finds him, drags him to safety, and suckles him. (In some versions of the story, IIRC, a raven actually helps by being the 1st to find the prince and then leading the she-wolf to him...That's the Wusun version of the story, I think? Not sure. Fact check me.) When the prince gets older, he starts mating with the wolf--and actually impregnates her. Around this time, the enemies find out the prince is still alive, and they hunt down the handless, footless prince and murder him...But the pregnant wolf escapes--to a freakin' cave, where she gives birth to a litter of kids, who become badass metallurgists / blacksmiths and go on to found the new Turkic people. It's not a perfect analogue for rescuing the Other Baby, but I think it's interesting given that the main rescuer House (the Starks) called wolves and (three-eyed) ravens. And the presence of caves, hand amputations, and blacksmiths is intriguing, though I'm not at all sure what that means for ASoIaF.

[@checkthapain]

Love a new video! Makes work go by faster lol.

[@devonwooten170]

“Moving past the fact that Robert is a horrible person” 🤣hahahahahahahah!

[@miguelricardovargas]

Yeah! New essay! Yay 🤓

[@emiliocamachoerice6380]

I think edric dayne is going to be a don quixote like figure and it's going to be the last knight

[@thelaughingtree1024]

This is where I was, after listening to "moons oiaf" and the prior "BotO" podcasts, when I knew that I needed to go back and start at the beginning 😂. Well, I'm here 😋.

[@DavidLightbringer]

Awesome! Did you enjoy the journey? You can probably see that I really started coming into my own as a podcaster around Weirwood C 1 and Green Zombies 1.

[@thelaughingtree1024]

It's been great! It has taken me a while to be ready to jump in. The amount of content here is quite intimidating 😂. Well worth it though. I'm not completely caught up yet, then I'll catch the live streams live 😂.

[@meganfinch711]

Fking YAAASSSSS.

[@Stephen_Curtin]

Hey LML do you think that there is any connection between Azor Ahai and the fire giant Surtr of Norse mythology, Surtr wields a flaming sword and burns the whole world after a three year winter. The flaming sword and three years of winter sounds a lot like lightbringer and the long night, and the burning of world seems to be further evidence that AA was a bad guy.

[@DavidLightbringer]

Yer damn right I think there are intentional parallels there! All the things you said... plus, Martin draws so much from Norse myth and Ragnarok, and right there in the middle is this bad dude with a flaming sword... yeah it's definitely one of several myths that Martin is drawing from to create his Azor Ahai figure, and yes, I'd say it's another clue that he might not be the hero we think. Maybe an anti-hero, who knows.

[@Stephen_Curtin]

Lucifer means Lightbringer Cool. I'm just getting into Norse Mythology lately, I'm sure you spotted all of this years ago.

[@Stephen_Curtin]

Lucifer means Lightbringer BTW if you haven't already you should check out the KZbin channel of Dr Jackson Crawford. He does great vids on Norse mythology, the Eddas, and Sagas.

[@emiliocamachoerice6380]

Love the Norse mythology joke

[@chunkypythagoras1732]

My primary complaint about your work is that you say "the Stark archetype", and not "the Starketype". Otherwise, you're freaking great.

[@emiliocamachoerice6380]

and also apologies to king euron (odin) greyjoy

[@iamnoone9041]

Oblivion and Bethesda need to team up and make us a fucking open world rpg based on the world of ice and fire!! Microsoft owns them both and has plenty of money to do it! Get on it Microsoft!!!!

[@conniesuper9892]

Yeahyeahyea!!

[@btaybreadtastic]

Nice!

[@victoriasantoro6692]

Honey and Milk in the story are inspired by the Nectar and the Ambrosia of the 12 gods in the Greek Mythology.

[@saraallison1885]

So could Davos going to Skaggos be a continuation of Ned’s journey back from Starfall?

[@prof.cecilycogsworth3204]

I like that sly title.

[@searingabyss6543]

Hyyyyyyyype

[@victoriasantoro6692]

The NK is descendant of the Starks ..He was the 13 Lord Commander of the NW and was a Stark..Brandon the Breaker...the one who defeated the previous NK[with the help of Joramun King of the Wildings] ..and taken hi place making a pax with the Others ..He was also the Last Hero of story or the Azor Ahai who sacrificed his Red Priestess or Children of the Forest Wife for the first Lightbringer .

[@theunknownpersonism]

I thought you were Mithras Stormborn as you had the same ideas as him.

[@victoriasantoro6692]

Red Rain VS. sword .never heard of that.First time..Jaime could be Azor Ahai /Sun is a possibility .

[@jonhauge-evaldsson783]

👍

[@BanonOmus]

Hahah que the slayer 🤣

[@turkturkleton2671]

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