Devotees would pray to the Father to obtain justice or defend their loved ones in battle.

Prayers are madefor pregnancies and protecting one’s children and family.

Maiden

Depicted as a beautiful young woman,the Maiden represents a girl’s purity.

Three-image collage of Aemond Targaryen with his sister Helaena, the Gods Eye with Harrenhal in view, and a close-up of Daemon Targaryen.

Highborn maidens would travel to a sept on Maiden’s Day to light candles and sing songs.

Political fantasy at its finest.

While septons lead worship, septas eitherperform acts of pietyin motherhousesor work as governesses in noble houses.

Vhagar at Storm’s End and Dragon Eggs in the fire

The highest figure of authority in the Faith was theHigh Septon.

Elected from a council of high-ranking septons in the Faith, theHigh Septon can grant marriages and divorces.

The Faith Militant

The Faith originally had their own army known asthe Faith Militant.

Aegon, Aemond, Helaena and Rhaenyra and Daemon’s offspring.

According to their beliefs,the gods witness everything through the eyes of the heart trees.

There is no official head of the religion, andprayers are done in private and at your discretion.

What are Daemon’s visions about in House of the Dragon?

The interior of the Great Sept of Baelor.

The priestsarepowerful figures in Ironborn society.

Rituals

One of the most well-known rituals the Ironborn practice is known asritual drowning.

Another ritual is that of giving blessings.

HBO House of the Dragon Helaena and George RR Martin’s Fire and Blood Helaena during Blood and Cheese.

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Red priests and priestesses wouldtake live sacrifices and burn them at the stake as offerings.

These sacrifices are non-believers, but Melisandre is noted to say thatthe best sacrifices are those who are pure-hearted.

Although all are trained to see into the flames, some are more talented than most.

An artwork of all seven aspects of the Faith of the Seven.

Image credit to HBO, A Complete Guide To Westeros.

But it’s demonstratedthat red priests and priestesses could misinterpret their visions.

After the Doom, much of the rituals and tenets of this religion have been lost.

The Targaryens are known for namingtheir dragonsafter these gods, with Balerion, Vermithor and Syrax as examples.

Septa Unella in Game of Thrones.

Vhagar

The goddess of war and chaos.

Meraxes

The goddess of the sky.

Aegarax

Father of the first dragon and god of all living beings.

Key art from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon set side by side, with a ‘VS.’ in the middle

Gaelithox

The god of fire, sun, moon, stars and the dawn.

Meleys

The goddess of love and fertility.

Shrykos

The goddess of beginnings, endings, change and entryways.

Lancel Lannister with the rest of the Faith Militant behind him.

Vermax

The god of language and travel.

Arrax

King of the gods and the god of justice and law.

Syrax

The god of wine, parties and madness.

A still shot of a weirwood tree with red sap bleeding from its eyes.

Caraxes

The god of the sea.

Vermithor

The god of smiths and crafts.

Tessarion

The goddess of beauty, music and the arts.

An Ironborn receives a blessing from a priest.

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Tyraxes

The goddess of wisdom and war.

The Dance of the Dragon was a devastating event, but some dragons managed to survive.

As a result of worshipping a death god,the Faceless Men deem death a gift to humanity.

Brynden Rivers as the three eyed raven, Daenerys Targaryen with her three hatchling dragons.

Theon Greyjoy receives a blessing from the priest.

Melisandre burns sacrifices alive in the name of R’hllor.

Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones.

Daemon and Rhaenyra get married in an Old Valyrian ceremony.

A shot of Vaes Dothrak in Season 1.

Daenerys eats a horse heart.

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Arya stands at the centre of the Hall of Faces.