on my most recent re-read of ASOS, the “in screen” introduction of Beric in Arya VI leapt out at me: a corpse-like one-eyed man on a tree throne in a cave under a hill, who is also directly involved in the Magic side of the plot….which is also a very accurate description of Bloodraven. thoughts on this parallel? I can’t find the significance.

It’s also a pretty close fit to Odin/the Hanged Man/any number of death-and-rebirth deities – a one-eyed man who’s died, come back from the dead, and brought wisdom back with him. 

I think it’s less a resemblance to Bloodraven and more that both of them resemble that mythic archetype. 

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