siswai'aman

An Aielman faced with this situation has the choice of marrying both women or neither; if he has a wife who decides to take a sister-wife, he finds himself with a second wife. siswai'aman:

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

The remaining Warders followed under their guard, radiating a massed fury that Perrin could smell over everything else, then Rhuarc with the rest of the siswai'aman and Maidens, and four more Asha'man, each leading a second horse for one of the first four, and Nurelle and his Winged Guards with their red-streamered lances.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

The black-coated men paid no more heed to the Maidens and the siswai'aman than to Cairhienin or Mayeners or Two Rivers men, but they studied the Wise Ones with faces almost as dark as those they directed at the Aes Sedai.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

There were Maidens by the score, more siswai'aman than Cairhienin and Mayeners and Asha'man combined, and several dozen Wise Ones to boot.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

He was also clan chief of the Taardad Aiel — he and Gaul were the only two men who did not wear the siswai'aman headband — and since last night he and a thousand spears had been out scouting in force.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

Some appeared amused by the Maidens and the siswai'aman, and others exasperated.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

All of them — Wise Ones, Maidens and siswai'aman — ignored the Shaido the way Perrin would have a stool or a rug.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

The siswai'aman who came close enough smelled calm but alert, a smooth, strong scent.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

Whether white-haired or looking barely old enough to leave her mother, every Maiden stalked about giving the siswai'aman challenging stares that seemed somehow self-satisfied, while the men looked back flat-eyed, with a smell almost of hunger, a matter of jealousy by the scent of all of them, though over what Perrin could not begin to imagine.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

And the rings of Maidens and siswai'aman, Cairhienin and Mayeners that completed the procession.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996