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Mirri Maz Duur is a woman from a town of shepherds that Khal Drogo’s army raids. After the raid, Daenerys intervenes to stop Khal Drogo’s men from raping the women from the town, including Mirri. Mirri says that she is a healer, though Drogo’s men call her a maegi, meaning a practitioner of dark magic. Mirri corrects them and says that the word maegi actually means “wise.” Daenerys thinks that protecting Mirri from Khal Drogo’s men will lead to goodwill from Mirri, but Mirri ultimately tricks Daenerys into sacrificing her unborn son Rhaego so that Khal Drogo can have another lease on life. Khal Drogo’s new life, though, turns out to be a catatonic state. Mirri says she wanted to punish Drogo for invading her town and ensure that his unborn son wouldn’t follow in his footsteps. In response, Daenerys burns Mirri alive on Drogo’s funeral pyre. She thanks Mirri for teaching her a valuable lesson about the limits of trust and the necessity of strategic thinking.
Mirri Maz Duur Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Mirri Maz Duur or refer to Mirri Maz Duur. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 68: Daenerys
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“You knew,” Dany said when they were gone. She ached, inside and out, but her fury gave her strength. “You knew what I was buying, and you knew the price, and yet you let me pay it.”
“It was wrong of them to burn my temple,” the heavy, flat-nosed woman said placidly. “That angered the Great Shepherd.”
“This was no god’s work,” Dany said coldly. If I look back I am lost. “You cheated me. You murdered my child within me.”
“The stallion who mounts the world will burn no cities now. His khalasar shall trample no nations into dust.”
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Chapter 72: Daenerys
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As she climbed down off the pyre, she noticed Mirri Maz Duur watching her. “You are mad,” the godswife said hoarsely.
“Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” Dany asked. “Ser Jorah, take this maegi and bind her to the pyre […] I thank you, Mirri Maz Duur,” she said, “for the lessons you have taught me.”
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Mirri Maz Duur Quotes in A Game of Thrones
The A Game of Thrones quotes below are all either spoken by Mirri Maz Duur or refer to Mirri Maz Duur. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 68: Daenerys
Quotes
“You knew,” Dany said when they were gone. She ached, inside and out, but her fury gave her strength. “You knew what I was buying, and you knew the price, and yet you let me pay it.”
“It was wrong of them to burn my temple,” the heavy, flat-nosed woman said placidly. “That angered the Great Shepherd.”
“This was no god’s work,” Dany said coldly. If I look back I am lost. “You cheated me. You murdered my child within me.”
“The stallion who mounts the world will burn no cities now. His khalasar shall trample no nations into dust.”
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Chapter 72: Daenerys
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As she climbed down off the pyre, she noticed Mirri Maz Duur watching her. “You are mad,” the godswife said hoarsely.
“Is it so far from madness to wisdom?” Dany asked. “Ser Jorah, take this maegi and bind her to the pyre […] I thank you, Mirri Maz Duur,” she said, “for the lessons you have taught me.”
