#Ellyn ever sweet

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THE CHILDREN OF GARTH GREENHAND

According to legend, Ellyn loved honey so much she sought the King of the Bees in his vast mountain hive and made pact with him, to care for his children and his children's children for all time, becoming the first beekeeper.

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The color wheel is halfway done ! 🩷❤️🧡💛

Soon I'll be working on the rest ! (Willas Tyrell💚 - Lyanna Stark 🩵 - Catelyn Stark 💙- Desmera Redwyne 💜)

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A brooch for a lady of house Beesbury

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~Ts4 Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon/ ASOIAF Lookbook +CC Links~ DAWN AGE/AGE OF HEROES

•Garth Greenhand and his daughters•

As always, they are up in the gallery! EA ID: FaePorcelain

Skin, pores, lashes, uncurled lashes, eyes, teeth, skin tones

Garth Greenhand

Hair, beard, eyeliner, eyeshadow, eyebrows, sleeves, outfit, crown, rings, nosemask, cheeks, face markings

Florys The Fox

Hair, dress and necklace, hair beads, roots and armband, boots, face markings, lipstick, eyeliner, blush, nosemask

Maris The Maid

Hair, blush, hand tattoos, dress, island living necklace, flower crown, lipstick, face markings, forehead symbol, eyebrows

Rose of Red Lake

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Ellyn Ever Sweet

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Rowan Gold-Tree

Hair, vines, blush 1 2, necklace, dress, boots, eyeliner, flower crown, forehead symbol,basegame brows and freckles

[goodqueenaly]

Hi and I hope you are well! I don’t know if this is a weird question, but I’m always fascinated by the legends of the Reach particularly regarding the children of Garth Greenhand, and how that connects to the Faith in those areas. I think I saw a post you wrote some time ago about how for example Rowan Gold Tree’s story might have been adapted by the Faith into a parable about the Mother (apologies if I’m mistaken). I guess my question is, do you think Rowan and the others might have been actually worshipped as gods before the Faith, like Garth might have been? Also if I may ask a second question: do you have thoughts about Floris (my personal fave) how her story fits into Westeros’ patriarchal attitudes towards women? Does the fact that she founded three houses mean that she’s not vilified by the Faith for being non monogamous? Thanks and sorry again for weird questions!!

(I was mistaken, I think it was actually about Rowan’s story as a parable about the Maiden, like that her hair turned into a tree as a sign of being favored by the Maiden? I don’t quite remember who wrote this post.)

I have a vague memory of a post I wrote along similar lines a very long time ago too, but I couldn’t find it, so either I never did or I deleted it. Anyway, I do very much like to headcanon that the myth of Rowan Gold-Tree was co-opted by the Faith during its early establishment in the Reach as a myth about the Maiden - that Rowan, abandoned by her love for a richer rival, prayed to the Maiden in her heartbreak, and the Maiden, guardian and benefactor of virtuous maids, gave Rowan her golden tree, almost Cinderella style, perhaps as a sort of dowry to show that maidenly virtue was literally worth more than gold.

Whatever the particular relationship between the Faith and the myth of Rowan Gold-Tree, do I think that some or all of the legendary children of Garth Greenhand may have been worshiped as gods themselves? Very possibly. We know that there was at least some tradition of Garth being worshiped as or at least considered a god by Westerosi: Yandel notes that “[s]ome even say [Garth Greenhand] was a god” and that “[a] few of the very oldest tales” present Garth as a “considerably darker deity, one who demanded blood sacrifice from his worshippers to ensure a bountiful harvest” and a “green god [who] die[d] every autumn … only to be reborn with the coming of spring”. Yandel also compares Garth to fertility gods and goddesses worshiped by “[m]any of the more primitive peoples of the earth”, as Garth not only “taught men to farm” and “showed them how to plant and sow, how to raise crops and reap the harvest” but also scattered a seemingly divinely plentiful bag of various seeds and “brought the gift of fertility” to people and crops alike. Nor was this early history of Westeros an era without the worship of local deities beyond the old gods: the myth of Durran Godsgrief features a sea god and a goddess of the wind, the people of the Three Sisters worshiped the Lady of the Waved and the Lord of the Skies, and of course the ironborn believe in the eternal divine struggle between the Drowned God and the Storm God.  

So I could see where, depending on the era and the location, various individuals among Garth’s legendary children might have been worshiped as gods or semi-divine heroes themselves. If Garth Greenhand was worshiped as a god for teaching the First Men to sow, cultivate, and reap, might Gilbert of the Vines have been similarly worshiped by the people of the Arbor for teaching these people “to make sweet wine” from their island’s lush native grapes (and indeed, might there have been some local tradition that Gilbert had inherited his father’s fertility and made these grapes grow “so fat and lush across their island”)? If Garth was treated as a god for his apparently mystical and/or divine ability to bring and cultivate life from the land, might Ellyn Ever-Sweet, Rowan Gold-Tree, and/or Rose of Red Lake have been similarly worshiped by the locals of Beesbury, Goldengrove, and/or Red Lake, respectively, for their supernatural, perhaps also seemingly divine, connections to and power over the natural world? If the earliest worshipers of Garth Greenhand offered him blood sacrifices in return for bountiful harvests, might worshipers have given Bors the Breaker similar blood sacrifices in return for grants of strength and courage, since he himself had supposedly drunk the blood of bulls to gain the power of 20 men? If Garth’s divine power included the gift of specifically sexual fertility so strong that he “[made] barren women fruitful with a touch” and caused “[m]aidens [to ripen] in his presence”, “mothers [to bring] forth twins or even triplets when he blessed them”, and “young girls [to flower] at his smile”, then might Harlon and Herndon have been similarly worshiped for the seeming eternal fertility they apparently enjoyed and represented as husbands to their woods witch wife, or Foss the Archer worshiped as a similar roving fertility god casting a welcome eye on maidens as his father had done (with his arrow and apple exploits perhaps a sort of sexual euphemism)? Again, these are just a few creative examples, but the larger point is that I could very well see where Garth’s children may have been seen not only as extensions of his own legend, but gods in their own right who took over aspects of the worship of Garth Greenhand. (To say nothing of whether any of them might have been worshiped for their own persons and/or deeds - if, say, John the Oak, Owen Oakenshield, and/or Brandon of the Bloody Blade might have been viewed as a sort of proto-Warrior or god of war, or if Maris the Maid became a sort of mother goddess for Oldtown and House Hightower.) 

As far as Florys the Fox goes … eh. I think that strict monogamy was not an entirely consistent or mandated practiced among the First Men before the arrival of the Andals, including in the Reach: not only do the myths of both Florys and the twin ancestors of House Tarly feature as their protagonists participants in polygamous (and, indeed, polyandrous) marriages, but King Garland II successfully brought Oldtown into the Gardener kingdom by putting aside his wives, plural, to marry Lymond Hightower’s daughter. Nor indeed should we ignore the fact that Florys seems to have been considered clever not just for having three husbands but for keeping each a secret from the others - a suggestion, perhaps, that the expected (read: patriarchal) order of the universe, playfully subverted by the literally extraordinary Florys, was that a woman should be the submissive partner to a single man, rather than the dominant mistress keeping three men at her nuptial leisure. So I think the pre-Andal Reach may have accepted two beliefs as true at the same time - namely, a patriarchal world in which women were expected to serve and obey men and also a pro-polygamy world in which a demigod/heroine/goddess figure could be lauded for having kept multiple husbands simultaneously without being caught. 

Too, I think it’s possible that just as septons and maesters downplayed the mythology and divinity of Garth Greenhand in later accounts - with Yandel noting that legends of Garth Greenhand, “though cherished by the smallfolk, are largely discounted by both the maesters of the Citadel and the septons of the Faith, who share the view that Garth Greenhand was a man, not a god” - so these same post-Andal Invasion academics may have deemphasized the myths surrounding Florys the Fox, including her celebrated polyandry. Perhaps dynastically persnickety maesters or septons argued that Florys had not really been married to three men, but rather that the myths had conflated her marriage to the ancestor of House Ball/Peake/Florent with marriages by other women, or perhaps remarriages by Florys, to the ancestors of the other two Houses. Perhaps the myth was bowdlerized to have Florys merely be courted by the founders of each of these Houses, rather than having her marrying each, with Florys perhaps then serving as more of a spiritual or romantic ancestress rather than a literal matriarch of this bloodline. Of course, it’s also possible that septons did look down on and preach against Florys for her polygamous marriages, branding her a “wanton” - though to what extent they could or would do so, while also looking to convert these powerful aristocratic families of the Reach, is speculative at best. 

[clouseplayssims]

Brannelle Beesbury, 18 years old.

Lastly, I couldn't resist having a Beesbury. Brannelle is another lady-in-waiting to Vaella (who you will have to wait to see!) and is admittedly kind of a brat. Deeply resents being compared to her ancestor Ellyn Ever Sweet or her milk-and-honey sisters who are all seen as great beauties that all married at 16.

Brannelle remains unattached... probably because of her sour attitude. Which she is self-aware enough to recognize, but it just hurts her feelings even more to be the one Beesbury girl unchosen. Even her younger sister Briony has a husband!

Dour personality or not, Vaella finds Brannelle charming which is the only reason she remains at court.

[darkhearthorns]

The Reunion of Twin Souls || Maverick & Ellyn

@lady-llewellyn

Maverick stood at the front of his formal court, surrounded by his council members and subjects, anticipation filling the air. He had missed Ellyn dearly during the weeks of her absence, and he longed to see her again. As the doors to the throne room swung open, he turned his gaze towards the entrance, his heart skipping a beat at the sight that greeted him.

There she was, the Fae Queen, walking with confidence and purpose, her silver crown sparkling with gemstones and her dress adorned in his colors. But it wasn't just her appearance that surprised him. Maverick's eyes widened as he took in everything unfolding before him—the collared council members, the portals opening in the shadows, and the Orc guards ready to restrain the conspirators.

Relief flooded Maverick's being as he realized what Ellyn had done. She had taken matters into her own hands, exposing the traitors and ensuring they would face justice. That is not something he can ever imagine anyone doing for him- ever. Tears welled up within him, and as she drew closer, he couldn't contain himself any longer. She was right there, after who knows how long of being apart. Maverick stepped down from his throne and hurriedly approached Ellyn, forgetting to be graceful and instead flying towards her.

He held her tight in his arms. "Ellyn," he whispered her sweet name after so long. "You've done so much for me. I don't even know what to say. You've freed me from a fate I thought I'd be trapped in forever. My love, you've shown me the depth of your love and loyalty, and I will be forever grateful."

Maverick pulled back slightly, his hands still holding onto hers. He looked into her eyes, with —relief, love, and admiration. "I never expected you to go to such lengths for me," he spoke. "But I want you to know that I understand why you did it. You did it out of love, and I can't thank you enough for that."

He leaned in, pressing a gentle kiss against her forehead. "You're my soul mate, Ellyn. Please, marry me now. I have seen my future with you and I don't want to delay it any longer."

[lemonhemlock]

In effort to better understand Helaena, I've gone deep into ASOIAF's bug lore, and I wonder if little Helaena ever interrogated Lord Beesbury about his legendary ancestor Ellyn Ever-Sweet's pact with the King of the Bees. Like, first of all, *George* why is it the king of the bees, when bees pretty famously have queens? Then I looked it up, and apparently queen bees were called kings until the 17th century, because of course everyone assumed the head bee in charge was male (even though.... it lays eggs.....) But now I believe that eco-feminist Helaena would be singlehandedly correcting this misconception, and its on the top of her agenda as queen-consort. Ellyn Ever-Sweet and the Queen of the Bees is feminist praxis and Helaena will be bringing this to light.

(I lose a little of my sanity every time I go a page deeper into the wiki)

Branwen, this is adorable, I don't even have much to add, but Helaena stanning Ellyn Ever-Sweet is such a darling detail to include. 😭

I have to say, even though they're, ahem, traitors, House Beesbury is positively precious. House Beesbury of Honeyholt, located next to the Honeywine river, with a penchant for beekeeping?? Please, how does George even come up with this? 😭

[thecleverestorm]

starter for @lady-ellyn-of-the-storm

“I look after you, because I care for you,”

There was always something behind the eyes of Maris Baratheon. She wasn’t like her elder sister, wild, bold, and beautiful. She was just herself. She would rather have her nose in a book and read when she could. Much different than her father…

Some question her ability to read, because of her father’s lack of knowledge and ability to read. But from a young age her mother had taught her well. She had read everything from the histories to whatever was given in front of her.

If it had words, Maris had probably read it by now. Though she was unwed… that was an issue by now, she was now 19… when most ladies were married and even had kids by now. The only children she ever imagined taking care of was her sisters. That was the truth. Beside her love for books she had loved the idea of becoming a mother.

From the youngest age she could remember, she would do any length to help her mother with looking after her baby sisters. She was able to find away to put her book down and play with them when she could. She was happy this way. She was in the library for a short period of time today, as she wanted to go visit on of her loveliest sister.

Today, all she could think about was the well-being of Ellyn. There probably was nothing wrong with Ellyn, but she felt like she had to give her a little check in.

She closed the book she was reading and she went to her chambers to place it down, before she went to Ellyn. Maris made sure she left everything else with her, before she went to go see her sister, just in case she lost anything.

The girl cleaned up her hair and face, flattened her dress out before she headed out the door. She walked down hall and she knocked on her sister’s door. “Ellyn!”

Her voice was sweet full of excitement, to see her sister.

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What a Lady of house Beesbury would wear

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D A U G H T E R S  O F  G A R T H  G R E E N H A N D

Florys the Fox, the cleverest of Garth’s children, who kept three husbands, each ignorant of the existence of the others. (From their sons sprang House Florent, House Ball, and House Peake). Ellyn Ever Sweet, the girl who loved honey so much she sought out the King of the Bees in his vast mountain hive and made a pact with him, to care for his children and his children’s children for all time. She was the first beekeeper, and the mother to House Beesbury. Maris the Maid, the Most Fair, whose beauty was so renowned that fifty lords vied for her hand at the first tourney ever to be held in Westeros. (The victor was the Grey Giant, Argoth Stone-Skin, but Maris wed King Uthor of the High Tower before he could claim her, and Argoth spent the rest of his days raging outside the walls of Oldtown, roaring for his bride.) Rose of Red Lake, a skinchanger, able to transform into a crane at will—a power some say still manifests from time to time in the women of House Crane, her descendants. Rowan Gold-Tree, who was so bereft when her lover left her for a rich rival that she wrapped an apple in her golden hair, planted it upon a hill, and grew a tree whose bark and leaves and fruit were gleaming yellow gold, and to whose daughters the Rowans of Goldengrove trace their roots.

ASOIAF Minor Ladies Week || Day Three: Legendary Ladies

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ASOIAF FANCASTING --> EVERY NAMED FEMALE CHARACTER ABOVE THE AGE OF FIVE, PART XX

Elinor Tyrell (b. approx. 286 AC): Daughter of Theodore Tyrell and his wife Lia Serry. She is the great-grandniece of Lord Luthor Tyrell of Highgarden, and the cousin twice removed of Mace Tyrell, Luthor's son and the current Lord of Highgarden. She is a lady-in-waiting to Queen Margaery and is betrothed to Alyn Ambrose, son of Lord Arthur Ambrose. Fancast: Lily Sullivan.

Elissa Farman (b. 29 AC): Daughter of Lord Marq Farman of Fair Isle and a favourite of Rhaena Targaryen, the eldest child of King Aenys I. She was a adept sailor. Rhaena wed her younger brother, Androw, after the accession of Jaehaerys I and left for Dragonstone with him and Elissa, displeasing her elder brother, Lord Franklyn, for he wanted Elissa to wed. Rhaena and Elissa's relationship turned sour when Elissa left Dragonstone and stole three dragons' eggs in order to finance her dream, a ship that would circumnavigate the globe. She built the Sun Chaser with the gold she received from the Sealord of Braavos for the eggs, and made for Oldtown, where she recruited three other ships and a crew for her journey across the Sunset Sea. Three years later, Eustace Hightower, a grandson of Lord Donnel Hightower, returned from the voyage, telling of three exotic islands they had discovered in the far west. However, when he turned around, Elissa and her crew went on and were never seen again. The Sun Chaser may have been seen many years later in Asshai by Lord Corlys Velaryon. Fancast: Hannah New.

Ella Broome (b. approx. 30 AC): Younger sister of Lucinda Broome, who became Lady Tully of Riverrun through her marriage to Prentys Tully. She was briefly suggested as a marriage candidate for King Jaehaerys I, but Jaehaerys defied the wishes of his Hand and regent and married his sister Alysanne instead. Fancast: Felicia Day.

Ella Lannister (b. approx. 250 AC): A Lannister of Lannisport, wife of Damon Lannister, oldest child of Ser Jason Lannister, and mother of his only child, Damion. Damon was the older half-brother of Joanna Lannister, who married Lord Tywin of Casterly Rock. Fancast: Jessy Schram.

Ellaria Sand (b. approx. 260 AC): Bastard daughter of Lord Harmen Uller of Hellholt, and paramour of Prince Oberyn Martell, younger brother of ruling Prince Doran, with whom she has four daughters. She accompanies Oberyn to King's Landing and there witnesses his death during a trial by combat against Gregor Clegane. She opposes the idea of continuing violence to Doran, but is dismissed and returns to Hellholt with her youngest daughter. Fancast: Indira Varma.

Ellyn Baratheon (b. approx. 118 AC): Third daughter of Lord Borros Baratheon of Storm's End and his wife, Elenda Caron. At the start of the Dance of the Dragons, Ellyn or one of her sisters was betrothed to Aemond Targaryen as her father swore allegiance to King Aegon II. After the death of Aemond and the crowning of Aegon III at the end of the Dance, Ellyn was one of the girls suggested as a bride for Aegon after his first wife, Jaehaera, fell to her death. She attended the Maiden's Day Ball at which Aegon was expected to pick his future bride, and asked the king if he liked her gown. Fancast: Anna Kendrick.

Ellyn Caron (b. approx. Aegon's Conquest): Lady of the Marches, Lady of Nightsong, and Head of House Caron, she sent a force to fight against the Vulture King when he was raiding the Marches during the Second Dornish War. Ellyn and her fellow Marcher lords destroyed the Vulture King's host and were richly rewarded by King Aenys I. Fancast: MyAnna Buring.

Ellyn Ever Sweet (Age of Heroes): Legendary daughter of Garth Greenhand, founder-king of the Reach. She became the first beekeeper after making an eternal pact with the King of the Bees. She is said to be the ancestress of House Beesbury. Fancast: Frida Gustavsson.

Ellyn Reyne (c. 215-261 AC): Daughter of Lord Robert Reyne of Castamere, she was betrothed to Tywald Lannister, Lord Gerold's oldest son with his wife Rohanne Webber, and his heir. However, Tywald died in the Peake Uprising in 233, and so did Lord Robert. Ellyn then seduced Tywald's younger brother, Gerold's new heir Tion, and he broke his betrothal to a lady of House Rowan in order to marry Ellyn. Since Gerold had no wife, Ellyn became the ruling Lady of Casterly Rock in all but name and began a rivalry with her sister-in-law, the wife of Tion's younger brother Tytos, Jeyne Marbrand. Tion was slain in the Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion but his widow remained at the Rock. She may have attempted to seduce Tytos despite the fact that he was married, and so Lord Gerold married her to Lord Walderan Tarbeck, with whom she had three children. Tytos Lannister succeeded his father as Lord of Casterly Rock, and proved to be easily manipulated. Ellyn took heavy advantage of this and borrowed large sums of gold to rebuild Tarbeck Hall. However, when Tytos's eldest son, Tywin, came of age, he overruled his father and called in the debts owed by his bannermen. Some houses co-operated, seeing Tywin as the new era for House Lannister, but House Reyne and Tarbeck resisted him. This led to an escalation of the situation which eventually resulted in a full-scale rebellion against House Lannister. However, Tywin reacted quickly and ferociously, not waiting for his father's permission. After winning a short battle against the Tarbecks, Tywin executed Lord Walderan and his sons instead of ransoming them. He then besieged Tarbeck Hall, where Ellyn and her son Tion died after a bombardment with siege engines. Ellyn's three-year-old grandson disappeared during the fighting, probably killed at Tywin's command, and her daughters were sent to the silent sisters. Ellyn's brothers, Reynard and Lord Roger, holed up inside the mines of Castamere with their men and families, but Tywin flooded the mines and drowned every soul who had sought refuge there. This act established Tywin's fearsome reputation across Westeros, and the burnt-out ruins of Tarbeck Hall and Castamere were left standing as ruins. Fancast: Suki Waterhouse.

Elyana Vypren (b. approx. 270 AC): Daughter of Lord Lucias Vypren and his wife Lythene Frey, the second daughter of Lord Walder Frey. She is married to Jon Wylde and has a son, Rickard Wylde. Fancast: Urdur Bergsdottir.

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[ellynneversweet]

On the topic of ‘what your tumblr handle is,’ I do have a vague idea that i’d like to write something about what it means in the asoiaf ‘verse for there to be an aristocratic house strongly associated with bees and honey (communication, communal work, female leadership, self-sacrifice for the swarm, antiseptic/healing qualities, calorie dense food sources, foods that taste like summer, foods for infant(bees), resistance to spoilage by heat/cold/time and thus, symbolically, immortality) at a time when Aristocratic Patriarchy/Winter/Zombies are imminent threats....buuut the audience would be tiny and that fandom is super intense.

Maybe one day.

[lemonhemlock]

I'm interested in the theory of Lann being a woman , i know nothing really support it since every story regards him as a man but i got the feeling that he was at least looking androgynous and idk why lol. Anyways what do you think about this ? Wouldn't be more interesting for a house as powerful as rich and as ancient as the lannister to be found by a woman?

It's highly unlikely Lann was a woman based on the myths, though - he is very often said to have sired children with other women. He is a trickster figure, so, at most, he can be read in conjunction with the gender-bending properties they sometimes exhibit in world mythology. But, so far, George hasn't included a story like that associated with him.

There are a few legendary female figures said to have founded noble houses, mainly the daughters of Garth Greenhand:

Florys the Fox - Houses Florent, Ball, Peake Maris the Maid - House Hightower Rose of Red Lake - House Crane Ellyn Ever Sweet - House Beesbury Rowan Gold-Tree - House Rowan

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Gown for Ellyn Ever Sweet - Pamella Roland Spring 2019

The legendary daughter of Garth Greenhand and ancestor of House Beesbury. Ellyn loved honey so much she sought the King of the Bees in his vast mountain hive and made pact with him, to care for his children and his children's children for all time, becoming the first beekeeper.