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Unlike [[Dorne|Dornish]] [[Paramour|paramours]], salt wives had a low status in the society of the [[Iron Islands]], on the same level of [[Thrall|thralls]] | Unlike [[Dorne|Dornish]] [[Paramour|paramours]], salt wives had a low status in the society of the [[Iron Islands]], on the same level of [[Thrall|thralls]] | ||
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+ | {{Quote|“The [[Lys]]eni would have made [[whore]]s of you, but [[Iron Fleet|we have saved you]]. Now you need only serve one man instead of many. Those who please their captains may be taken as salt wives, an honourable station.” {{Ref|aDwD|63}}}} - [[Victarion Greyjoy]], to the girls captured off of the ''[[Willing Maiden]]'' | ||
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Revision as of 21:08, 14 July 2013
In Ironborn culture a salt wife is a concubine. They are the women kidnapped by the ironmnen during raids. An ironborn may keep several salt wives, but only one rock wife, which was of ironborn origin.
Unlike Dornish paramours, salt wives had a low status in the society of the Iron Islands, on the same level of thralls
Quotes
“The Lyseni would have made whores of you, but we have saved you. Now you need only serve one man instead of many. Those who please their captains may be taken as salt wives, an honourable station.” [1]
- Victarion Greyjoy, to the girls captured off of the Willing Maiden
References and Notes
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 63, Victarion I.