Lion of Night

The Lion of Night is a deity worshipped in Essos. He is depicted as a man with the head of a male lion, sitting on a throne.

In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Lion of Night is worshiped primarily in Yi Ti. His statue is found in the House of Black and White and is commonly visited by rich men.

The Lion of Night possibly isn't the only god in the religion of Yi Ti. The House of Black and White is devoted to the God of Death worshiped by the cult of assassins known as the Faceless Men. Their religion is syncretic, believing that the "God of Death" has revealed itself to human beings in different forms in different religions, but that every religion in the world unknowingly honors the God of Death in some way - every polytheistic religion has a god with dominion over death, and monotheistic religions still have a god with power over death. Therefore, the House of Black and White's main room contains about thirty statues of death gods from various different religions - such as a statue of "The Stranger", the death aspect of the Seven-Faced God worshiped in Westeros. Just as the Stranger is only one of seven gods in the Faith of the Seven's pantheon, the "Lion of Night" may be only one of several gods worshiped in the religion of Yi Ti, specifically the death-god or Hades figure.

See also

• Lion of Night on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)