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*agal - (noun): length of cord which is used to bind the kaffiyeh to the head of the wearer, usually several loops secure it. The kaffiyeh is the head covering of the tribesmen of the Tahari, a folded, squarish cloth. Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 20 and 301
*ah-il - (noun): a unit of measure the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger c. 18 inches, analogous to the Earth cubit. 10 ah-il equal one ah-ral. Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
*ahn - (noun): the Gorean hour of which there are 20 in a Gorean day, numbered consecutively. The tenth Ahn is noon and the twentieth is midnight. Each Ahn consists of forty Ehn or minutes, and each Ehn of eighty Ihn or seconds. Book 2: Outlaw of Gor , page 26 Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 352
*ah-ral - (noun): a unit of measure equaling 10 ah-il or approx. 180 inches. Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 50
*Alars -(noun): a nomadic wandering herds people well known for their skill with the axe and the Alar sword, they travel in wagons in the northern plains, but tend to camp near settlements, unlike the southern wagon people. Their Free women do not wear veils, rather simple, corded, belted, woolen, plain, widely sleeved, ankle-length dresses, tied snugly . There are few slaves in the Alar camps because they are killed by Free women. The Alars tend to be fair in complexion, blonde-haired and blue-eyed. Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor , pages 43, 45, 47,48, 50 and 72
*ale - (noun): served in tankards or horns, it is one of the two favored drinks of the Torvaldslanders, the other being mead. Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 82-83, 99, 191, and 194
*al-ka - (noun): first letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'A'. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 38 Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 94
*All Comrades - (noun): a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages, also called the Fighting Hearts, represented by a heart over a black horizontal line with a lance below it on the flanks of their kaiila. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 314
*alphabet, Gorean - (noun): composed of 28 characters derived from the various alphabets of Earth, such as Greek, Roman, oriental or Cretan influences, among others. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*amomona - (noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg word meaning baby or doll. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 230
*amphora - (noun): two handled narrow necked vessel with a pointed base it is commonly buried overnight in the earth with only it's neck left above the surface; to cool certain beverages Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 257
*ankle rack - (noun): device used to lock a girl's ankles in wooden stockage. Girls who have been repeated runaways may be held in place to have their tendons cut or feet amputated. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 68
*anklet, identificatory - (noun): temporary metal anklet fastened about a captured Earth girl's ankle for transportation to Gor; used in place of a collar. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 181
*ant, marcher - (noun): known in the jungles of Schendi as 'The Marchers' are these aggressive carnivorous insects. Each is about 2 inches long, with a shiny black exoskeleton and two antennae. Their name is derived from their, apparently seasonal, marches through the jungle in a single column, yards wide and pasangs in length. They may number in the millions, their path's widening to as much as 500 feet when they overtake, swarm over, and devour all flesh, living or dead, in their path. Their bite is extremely painful, but not poisonous. Their victims die from being weakened from relentless attack, being overcome until they are still. Tarl Cabot and the small men, led a column of Marchers, by baiting them with fresh meat, the ants, weaving like a whispering black snake through the jungle until they overran an encampment of the Mamba people, Cabot's intended target. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages, 399-403
*anteater - (noun): more than six varieties inhabit the rainforests of Schendi. The great spined anteater grows to 20 ft in length and feeds on white ants or termites breaking apart their towering nests of toughened clay with mighty claws then darting it's 4 foot saliva coated tongue, drawing thousands into it's narrow tube like mouth. Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 293 and 312
*apricot - (noun): apparently identical to the apricot of Earth; references exist of the fruit being sold in marketplaces of the Tahari. Book 10 : Tribesman of Gor, page 45
*ar - (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet. Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*Ar, city of - (noun): the largest, most populous, and most luxurious city of Gor. A city of lofty cylinders, spires, towers, lights, and high bridges lit by lanterns connecting many of the towers. Surrounded by great walls, it's great Gate opens onto the Viktel Aria and there are forty other gates as well. Her politics lack the grandeur of the city itself. The powerful of Ar contributed to a disaster in the delta by not supporting their own army against the invading forces of Cos. Her citizenry burned their gates and tore down their walls to aid the Cosians. Those Warriors who were betrayed by their city returned to it; their goal to liberate Ar by whatever means to revenge her humiliation and regain the glory that was hers. Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 64 Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 25 Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 256 Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 9 and 488
*Arani - (noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 307
*archon of records - (noun): a magistrate who is a records officer for a stated district or city. Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 442
*arctic gant eggs - (noun): eggs of the migratory Arctic gant; when frozen, they are eaten like apples. Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196
*Aretai - (noun): a major tribe of the Tahari, their vassal tribes are the Arani, Luraz, Raviri, Tajuks, Tashid, Ti, and Zevar. Their war cry is 'Aretai Victorious!'. Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, pages 47 and 160
*aria - (adjective): of Ar, as in Viktel Aria, which translates as: 'The Triumph of Ar' Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 217
*armored gatch - (noun): a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*arrow, flight - (noun): about forty inches in length, it is metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers from the wings of the Vosk gulls. This and the sheaf arrow is used with the Gorean long bow. Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 68
*arrow, hunting - (noun): an arrow with a long tapering point fastened firmly to the shaft to assist in easy removal from prey Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 40
*arrow, sheaf - (noun): slightly over a yard long, metal piled and fletched with three half-feathers made from the wings of the Vosk Gulls. This, and the flight arrow, is used with the Gorean long bow. Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 68
*arrow, Torvaldsland war - (noun): dark and more than a yard long, it's shaft is an inch thick. It is piled with iron and barbed. It's feathers of the black-tipped coasting gull are five inches long, set in the shaft on three sides. The arrows are carried in a cylindrical quiver. Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 234-235
*arrow, war - (noun): the head of this arrow has an angled, wider base that is not as securely connected to the shaft; if the shaft is pulled to attempt removal, the head is more likely to break off and remain in the wound. Used by the Red Savages. Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 40
*Ar's Station - (noun): an outpost of the Ownerate of Ar and trading station on the south bank of the Vosk, founded four years after Pa-Kur's hordes gathered there, prior to their war against Ar. Ar's station was Ar's stronghold on the Vosk. When Cos landed at Brundisium, and moved it's forces toward Ar's Station, Ar failed to act because of political treachery. Ar's Station eventually fell to Cos. It stands at the northern terminus of the Viktel Aria which leads to Ar, also known as the Vosk Road. Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 62 and 63 Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 164 Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages18-19 Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 16
*arthropod - (noun): a creature found in the tunnels of the Nest of the Priest-Kings. It is 8 feet long and a yard high with a multi-segmented body and 8 legs. It's eyes are on long stalks. Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 82
*askari - (noun): an inland word which may be translated roughly as 'soldier' or 'guardsman' (Schendi) Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 152
*Askari Hodari - (noun): a salute to the honor of another warrior; in Ushindi it means 'Brave Warrior' or simply 'Warrior' Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 442
*Assassins, Caste of - (noun): the caste of those who kill for pay; exists only in Ar; their caste color is black Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 6
*axe, great (Torvaldsland) - (noun): described as a great, curved, single bladed axe of hardened iron with a blunt hammer-like head, it is carried in a leather loop hung from a broad leather belt worn from the left shoulder to the right hip. It is fastened there by a hook, that the weight of the ax will not turn the belt, which fits into a ring in the master belt. Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 27, 39, and 50
*axe, Kurii - (noun): great, double-bladed iron axe some seven or eight feet in height. The blade, from tip to tip is two feet in width. The handle is made of carved, green needle wood, round and four inches in diameter Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 171
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*Bakahs -(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari, they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 153
*bana
-(noun): jewelry of precious metals and stones worn by free persons.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 82
*bar
-(noun): struck in a certain pattern by an iron hammer. When heard, it signifies the divisions of the day in certain houses. May also serve as an alarm.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 85
*bara
-(command; lit. 'belly'): slave position: In this position the slave falls to her stomach face down to the floor and turned to the left, crosses her wrists behind her back and similarly crosses her ankles her legs straight in preparation for binding.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 77
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 145
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 415
*barbarian
-(noun): a native of the planet Earth, usually used in a derogatory sense in reference to slave girls from that planet. Also defined as
slave girls captured from outlying regions or cities. Barbarian slave girls from Earth are considered shamelessly sensual.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 20
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 83
*bargemen, Cartius
-(noun): interrelated clans of fathers and sons, claiming Caste for themselves, who operate the barges that cross the Cartius River. The barges are constructed of layered timbers of Ka-la-na wood and are towed by teams of river tharlarion. Their passengers are bound for Turia.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 3 and 4 (footnote)
*bark cloth
-(noun): the inner bark of the pod tree dyed scarlet and plaited and pounded into a cloth akin to burlap but softer; it has a variety of uses including a rough wrap around the hips of a slave constituting her only clothing in some instances.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 287
*Barrens, the
-(noun): a vast tracts of rolling grasslands, lying east of the Thentis Mountains. They are not as barren as the name suggests, but perhaps the nomenclature is intended to discourage their penetration. Not as arable as the rest of Gor because of the presence of the Thentis mountains and the absence of large bodies of water. They have extreme seasonal temperatures; bitterly cold winters and long, hot, dry summers. Their climate can also include booming thunderstorms and tornadoes and blizzards in which snow can drift as high as the mast of a light galley. The grasses, shorter at it's western edge, can reach a height of several feet as one moves further east. No white man has ever penetrated to the eastern edge of the Barrens.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 64 - 65
*bastinado
-(noun): a punishment not otherwise described, however the earth translation is a beating, especially with a stick or cudgel. The beating may be specifically to the soles of the feet.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 445
*bat, ball and
-(noun): A game, similar to Earth's 'keep-away' consisting of two 2-man teams. It is played with a wooden bat and wooden ball. Not for the weak or wary
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 140
*ba-ta
-(noun): second letter of the Gorean alphabet, it corresponds to the Earth letter 'B'
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 94
*Battles of Oxen
-(noun): a gladiator type competition popular in Tharna; men are yoked with horns fitted to them; they battle each other in an arena, one trying to gore or maim the other.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 112
*Bazi Plague
-(noun): a deadly, rapidly- spreading disease with no known cure. Its symptoms include pustules which appear all over the body, and a yellowing of the whites of the eyes. Also called pox, it is believed to be transmitted by lice. Survivors of the pox convey an immunity to their offspring. Slaves diagnosed with pox are usually killed as a method of containing the disease.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 325
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 117
*Bazi Tea
-(noun): Very aromatic tea brewed fresh from Bazi leaves. Traditionally in the Tahari, it is served hot and heavily sugared in three tiny cups to be drunk in rapid succession. In the North, Bazi Tea is highly prized, but served less formally as tea is served on Earth, for example.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor page 38
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 206, 209, and 212
*beads on a chain
-(noun): a reference to free women chained in a coffle, it is an oblique reference to 'slaver's necklace'. Slaves on such a necklace are referred to as 'jewels', whereas a free women is merely a 'bead'.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 161
*Beast
-(noun): a Kuriian military formation consisting of two Hands (six Kur) and two Eyes (leader of a Hand), is called a Beast or Kur. It's military leader is a Blood
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22
*beheading
-(noun): this ancient form of execution is seen as an option when the offender is of the same Home Stone; it consists of stripping, beating and beheading the offender and is considered a merciful death.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14-15
*belly, position
-(noun): a form of obeisance position with a girl on her belly and her head to boot or floor, palms pressed flat to floor; variations can include kissing the Master's boot.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 34
*below-deck girl
-(noun): the term used for slave girls transported in the hold of a ship. They are held in individual cages and because of infestations of lice, all of their body hair is shaved. The term 'below-deck girl' is used derisively especially by those slave girls allowed to remain on deck in cages, who need not have shaved heads, though all slaves on a slaver ship are unclothed.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 318 - 321
*bina
-(noun lit. 'slave beads'): slave jewelry usually consisting of plain metals colored string wooden or cheap glass beads; sometimes used as a slave name
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 82
*binding fiber
-(noun): stout twine made of strips of leather or of a fiber like hemp; a piece long enough to circle a slave girl's waist 2-3 times is often used as a belt for her slave tunic.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 64
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 375, 376, and 383
*binding strap
-(noun): a strap 3/4 inches wide and 18 inches long commonly used for binding the wrists and/or ankles of prisoners and slaves
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 237 and 274
*bint
-(noun): a fanged, carnivorous, freshwater marsh eel which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 267 and 271
*biscuits
-(noun): a dried pressed biscuits described as baked in Kailiauk from Sa-Tarna flour.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 328
*black wine
-(noun): described as a very expensive drink, even in Thentis, where it is grown on the mountain slopes. It is the same as coffee, and the original beans were probably imported from earth. Served steaming hot with creams or sugars as desired (See *second slave) or as a thick, bitter brew sipped from tiny cups.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 106-107
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 89
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 73
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 20-21
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 244
*blanket
-(position): when a blanket or cloak or covering of any sort is thrown over a slave girl she may not speak or rise; she must remain silent until the blanket is lifted by a free person
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 94
*blindfold, gorean
-(noun): consists of two rounded pieces of soft felt, three to four inches in diameter, and the binding which is several turns of a dark thick, folded cloth, tied behind the head. The rounded pieces fit over the eyes, held in place by the scarf or tie. It is not normally used in transportation, the slave hood being preferred in those instances.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 201
*block melodies
-(noun): certain melodies commonly used in slave markets in the
display of merchandise. They are intended to 'set the mood' in the mind of potential buyers.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 37
*Blood
-(noun): in Kuriian military organizations; a leader of a military unit of varying sizes and strengths depending on his rank; the smallest Unit led by a Blood is 'Kur' or 'Beast' followed by 'Band' 'March' and 'People' each unit a large multiple of the former
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22
*blotanhunka
-(noun): the term for a war party leader of the red savages; he tends to be more experienced and mature, and exerts more control over the larger group.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 249
*Blue Flame
-(noun): controlled by the Priest-Kings seemingly emerging from the heavens this flash of energy literally burns it's victims to wisps of ash in an instant enveloping him in a fierce blue combustive mass.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 207-208
*Blue Sky Song
-(noun): a refrain from the Wagon Peoples which says in part 'though I die yet there will be the bosk the grass and sky'.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 263
*Blue-Sky Riders
-(noun): a warrior society of the Fleer Tribe of Red Savages represented by a semi circle curved blue line over a black horizontal line on the flanks of their kaiila.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 260
*boards, chained on
-(noun): a ancient modality of execution that involves the person being chained, by collar and shackles, on parallel upright boards. Like the punishment of hanging from an iron collar, the victim may take two to three days to die; these structures are most common in harbor cities near the wharves.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14-15
*body chain
-(noun): closely meshed length of chain about 5 feet in length which can be used in a variety of ways to bedeck or secure a slave. Some are decorated with semi-precious stones and wooden beads. Detachable lock and snap clips allow the chain to be transformed from slave jewelry to slave restraint.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, pages 71-72
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 281
*bola
-(noun): a weapon developed by the Tribes it consists of 3 long straps of leather (5 feet) each terminating in a weighted leather sack. Whirled to great speed above the head it is released high or low depending on it's intent rapidly injuring or entangling it's prey. Also employed as a game where slave girls are ordered to run while the Masters attempt to ensnare them with the bola; it's image is a Kassar brand.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 24
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 299
*bondage knot
-(noun): a loose knot tied in a slave's long hair near her right cheek or before her right shoulder that has two meanings, depending on how it is used. If a slave girl approaches a Master and kneels naked before him, looping the knot herself, she silently begs for use. If a Master ties the knot himself, notably during a time of battle, it is his way of marking the girl as taken if he must continue on, leaving her bound behind.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 27 and 321
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 299-300
*bond-maid
-(noun): the term for a slave girl used in Torvaldsland; also called a girl whose belly lies under the sword.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 44
*bond-maid circle
-(noun): a female who enters the circle, drawn in the dirt for example, is declaring herself a bond-maid by the laws of Torvaldsland. She may enter voluntarily or be thrown into it bound and naked.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 44
*bond-maid gruel
-(noun): a porridge served to bond-maids in Torvaldsland made of dampened Sa-Tarna and raw fish
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 67
*bone, baleen whale
-(noun): whale bone from the Baleen Whale used to fashion instruments and weapons by the Red Hunters.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 334
*bones
-(noun): a game played with pieces carved from bones that are shaped to resemble an animal; a bone is dropped from a players hand and the bone which remains upright is the winner.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 185
*bosk
-(noun): a huge, shambling animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. It has a wide head and tiny red eyes, a fearful temper, and two long, wicked, curved and pointed horns. The horns, from tip to tip may measure two spears in length. It is for good reason the bosk is called 'The Mother of the Wagon Peoples'. It's flesh and milk furnish food and drink, shelter is made from it's hides, and clothing from it's tanned and sewn skins. Weapons are made from the leather of it's hump and many tools and implements from it's bone and horns. Even the dung is dried and used for fuel. The bosk is reverenced and the penalties for it's slaughter without reason are extreme.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
Book 4 : Nomads Of Gor, pages 4 and 5
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 26
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 34
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 234
*bota
-(noun): a bag with a re-closable stopper or cork commonly made of verr skin leather; used to transport liquids and is often utilized by serving slave girls especially in the camps
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 112
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 36
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 428 and 429
*Bound by the Master's will
-(phrase): refers to a slave being commanded to hold position, as though bound, hands clasping opposite wrists until she is released.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 227
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 388
*bow, horn, of the Innuit
-(noun): bow formed with split pieces of tabuk horn, bound with sinew which is not effective beyond thirty yards, used in the land of the Innuit to hunt tabuk on the tundra.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 205
*bow, horn, of the Wagon Peoples
-(noun): favored by the Wagon peoples, it hangs from their saddles. It does not have the range or force of the more powerful long bow or cross bow, but it is a fearsome weapon at close range. The young men of the Wagon Peoples are not given a name until they have mastered the bow, the lance and the quiva.
Book 13: Nomads of Gor, pages 11 and 66
*bow, long
-(noun): the Gorean long bow is the height of a tall man. It has a flat back and a round belly and may be made of supple Ka-la-na wood. A proficient bow man should be able to loose 19 arrows in a Gorean ehn. It is not as popular among Goreans because of some impracticalities of use. It cannot be used from the saddle, and the warrior must be standing or kneeling to aim, making him a target. It is favored by the peasants who make them and is also known as the peasant bow.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 2 and 3
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 303
*bow, northern
-(noun): a short bow, with short, heavy arrows, heavily headed, it is accurate with a short range of a hundred and fifty yards. It somewhat resembles the Tuchuk bow of layered horn in it's accuracy and striking ability, which is about a hundred and fifty yards. It is useful for close combat on a ship, and can easily be fired through a thole port with the oar withdrawn.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 52
*bow, ship
-(noun): short stout maneuverable bow, easy to use in crowded quarters easy to fire across the bulwarks of galleys locked in combat.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 307
*bow, small
-(noun): used with great skill by the Red Savages from kaiila back. No Gorean weapon can match it's rate of fire. A skilled warrior can fire ten arrows into the air, the last leaving the bow before the first has returned to the earth. It is highly maneuverable and easy to conceal. It can easily be swept from one side of the kaiila to the other.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 46
*bracelets, hook
-(noun): leather cuffs with locks on them and snaps; they are soft and the snaps require no key. Some men enjoy them on their slaves; by means of the straps the girl may be variously secured by the locked cuffs
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 297
*bracelets, or chaining position
-(noun): basic pleasure slave position. The slave girl on command thrusts her hands behind her back wrists together in preparation to be braceleted.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 146
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 78
*bracelets, slave
-(noun): any of a variety of handcuff type restraints; used to restrain the wrists of slaves and others; usually metal.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 156
*brak bush
-(noun): a shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed; traditionally branches of it are nailed to house doors during the Waiting Hand to discourage the entry of bad luck into the house for the New Year.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 211
*brand
-(noun): burned into the flesh of animals and slaves to mark them as property; specific brands include the kef (common kajira brand), Dina, Palm, mark of Treve, mark of Port Kar, mark of the Tahari, mark of Torvaldsland etc.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 189
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 51
*brand, bond-maid
-(noun): described as a half circle about an inch and a quarter in width, adjoined at it's right tip by a steep, diagonal line an inch and a quarter in height. In the north, the bond-maid is referred to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 87
*brand, merchant
-(noun): a tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns for any wishing to do business with the Wagon Peoples that allows their passage over the plains; the stigma connected with this brand is that it suggests that any approaching the wagons do so as slaves .
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 34
*brand, passage
-(noun): a tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns found on the forearm of Goreans, it's presence guaranteeing their safe passage, at certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon People.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 34
*brand, penalty
-(noun): small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 310
*brand, thief's
-(noun): tiny 1/4 inch three-pronged brand worn on the cheek of those of the Caste of Thieves, who are found only in Port Kar .
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 104
Book 17: Mercenaries of Gor, page 239
*branding rack
-(noun): a device to which a new slave girl is chained for branding; her hands are chained above her head but the rest of her body is free to move except for whichever thigh is to be branded this being held motionless in a large vise.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 71
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 121
*bread, black
-(noun): mentioned without description
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 13
*bread, Sa-Tarna
-(noun): gorean bread made from Sa-Tarna grain, described as yellow, and since it is usually described as being cut in wedges, probably baked in a round flat pan.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 114
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 349
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 191
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 22
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 469 (footnote)
*breeding cell
-(noun): also called a breeding stall. A slave who is designated to be bred is taken there. Both kajira and kajirus are hooded and though they will never know the other's identity their coupling is public, observed by Masters and others.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 175
*breeding wine
-(noun): a sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine making a slave girl fertile; also called second wine.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 319
*bride price
-(noun): this fee is one paid by a Free Man to her family, for a Free Woman as he takes her as a Free Companion. If a man frees a slave, the slave's family is bound by honor to grant her to him without bride price.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 71
*Brundisium
-(noun): one of the largest and busiest ports of Gor and a commercial metropolis, it is 100 pasangs south of the Vosk Delta on the Thassa. The Genesian Road links it with other coastal cities. Brundisium served as the staging point for the Cosian invasion of Ar.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 38
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 101 and 147
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 19
*bucket, grease
-(noun): a narrow, cylindrical, capped bucket full of tar and tallow that hangs under wagons, the handle of a brush protruding through a hole in the cap. This accessory is commonly used to grease moving parts on the wagons.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 19
*Builders, Caste of
-(noun): the caste which includes architects, draftsmen, stonemasons. The Builders are one of the five High Castes. Yellow Caste.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 62
*burnoose
-(noun): the loose, billowing outer robes favored by the men of the Tahari in caravan, it is invariably white in color, to reflect the rays of the sun. It's billowing, flowing movement aids in cooling the body, as it circulates over damp skin.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 73
*buttons
-(noun): a 'recent' innovation for slave attire, not used on the garments of Freepersons. Most garments are fastened with hooks, pins or brooches. Buttons are considered rather sensuous on Gor.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 417
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*cage, plastic
-(noun): a means of exhibiting slave girls outside a slaver's establishment suspended from the roof of the portico or in a tier of cages with a comely wench inside.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 286
*Camerius
-(noun): the third month of the Gorean calendar (in Ar and some other cities).
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 235
*camisk
-(noun): simple, poncho-like slave garment about 18 inches wide.
Book 7: Captive of Gor , page 64
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 107
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 77
*camisk, Turian
-(noun): a style of camisk worn by slaves in the city-state of Turia; cloth shaped like an inverted 'T' with a beveled crossbar fastened
behind the neck & falls before the wearer's body; the crossbar then passes between her legs & is then brought forward snugly at the hips, is held in place by a single cord that binds it at the back of the neck behind the back & in front at the waist
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 160
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 107
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 155
*canjellne
-(verb): challenge
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 21
*capture cubicle
-(noun): a room designed or arranged for the capture of an unwary Free Woman, normally this captured Free Woman is then enslaved.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 42
*capture knot
-(noun): a knot recognized for it's unique turnings as rope or binding fiber tied by a Warrior; usually in the capture of a slave girl but also used on any likely foe.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 58
*capture scent
-(noun): an anesthetic widely employed to render it's victims unconscious; a rag soaked with it is held over the mouth and nose or shot into the victim as an anesthetic dart.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 115 and 116
*carnarium
-(noun): refuse pit
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 38
*carpet plant
-(noun): a plant of the rainforest area inland of Schendi having tendrils that are used in this example to bind a bandaged wound.
Book13: Explorers of Gor, page 347
*cart
-(direction): a gorean compass point equivalent to south west; the river Cartius was so named because of it's direction from Ar southwest.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*cart, leather-slung fee
-(noun): a public or rented 'coach' for transportation of passengers with seats facing each other. Its carriage is suspended by strong leather which causes a swaying, many times bringing on motion-sickness for passengers. Large hides are often suspended underneath to store items, as is a grease bucket for greasing the axles.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, pages 19-20
*Cartius River
-(noun): broad, fast-flowing tributary that flows into the Vosk river far to the south and west of Ar. It is composed of three rivers, the Cartius Proper, Subequatorial Cartius, and Thassa Cartius. It's name is taken from the word cart, a compass point indicating southwest
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 207
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 106
*Casmu Band
-(noun): the Sand Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 315
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*Caste Codes
-(noun): ethical teachings of Gor whose origins are lost in antiquity.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 40
*Caste Sanctuary
-(noun): similar to seeking Sanctuary in a church; in times of need, a caste member can ask for sanctuary under another caste member's roof.
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 207-209
*Caste, Gorean
-(noun): rigid social structure which is conferred by birth on Goreans except for slaves, outlaws, and Initiates. There are 5 high castes (Initiates, Scribes, Builders, Physicians, Warriors), privileged by their status to be privy to Double Knowledge, unlike the many lower castes (tradesmen, craftsmen, artisans, artists, etc.) who may know only First Knowledge. Governments are elected and administered by High Caste members only. The Caste is a source of life long pride and brotherhood. The welfare of the Caste takes precedent over individual members. It is possible to change caste, but it is rarely done. To lose Caste is the ultimate in dishonor.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 41-42
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 71
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 209 - 211
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 186-187
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 378
*catapult
-(noun): this ancient military device is used extensively in the naval battles to control the Vosk River fought by the pirate armada of Ragnar Voskjard and Policrates against the alliance headed by Callimachus of Port Cos. Stones and clay bowls filled with burning pitch were hurled from ship to ship during their battles.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, pages 10 and 12
*catapult, cordage of
-(noun): an example of how the female slave on Gor, 'earns her keep'. Even her hair, described as soft, glossy, silky and resilient, stronger than vegetable fibers and more weather resistant, is used, shaved from her head, as raw material for catapult cordage.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 245
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 302
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 8 and 44
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 49
*cats-cradle game
-(noun): a string game popular in the Gorean North
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196
*chain luck
-(noun): the attempt to capture a slave girl without having a particular target in mind.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 61
*chalwar
-(noun): baggy pants of diaphanous silk worn by slave girls of the Tahari; similar to the harem trousers of Earth.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 105
*chamber slave
-(noun): slave of the Priest Kings restricted to use within a particular chamber; these slaves cannot leave the chamber and are to serve the Freeperson living there fully.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 36
*Char
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 307
*chatka
-(noun): the strip of black leather, some 6 inches by 5 feet long, worn like a breech- clout over the curla by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 329
*cheese, bosk
-(noun): described as melted over suls.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 168
*chocolate
-(noun): chocolate on Gor is probably from beans grown from cacao tree's brought from Earth.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, pages 42 and 61
*chronometer
-(noun): variety of rare and valuable devices used for various calibrations such as time keeping, including candles, sun dials, sand glasses, clepsydras (water clocks), and oil clocks.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*CINBIAK
-(acronym): a gentle warning often employed throughout the books. It's letters stand for 'Curiosity Is Not Becoming In A Kajira'
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 14
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 315
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 122, 151, 233, 277, and 290
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 447
*Cities of Dust
-(noun): the Gorean land of the dead or underworld.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor page 61
*clad Kajir
-(phrase): among the Wagon Peoples, this phrase refers to slaves who wear four articles; the curla, chatka, kalmak and koora.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
*clock, Kaissa sand
-(noun): a device used for timing Kaissa moves, it has a spigot arrangement to enable the flow of sand. When it is open for one player, it is off for the other. Each player enables it, as his play is completed.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 85
*clock, oil
-(noun): mentioned as an example of the chronometer technology available on Gor.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*clock, sand
-(noun): large, cylindrical and re-set at midnight, the twentieth ahn, and perhaps at noon, as well.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 180 and 185
*clock, water
-(noun): mentioned, but not described. May also be called a clepsydra.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor , page 212
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 358
*Code of the Warrior
-(noun): a creed characterized by a rudimentary chivalry emphasizing loyalty to the Pride Chiefs and the Home Stone; warrior's are expected to know and live by it's dictates.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
*coffle
-(noun): a method of chaining a line of slaves together for trekking; common methods are to link the slaves by the left ankle left wrist or throat; also the line of slaves itself; sometimes called a 'slaver's necklace'.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 135
*coin girl
-(noun): a slave girl who with a coin box and triangular flat bell chained around her neck is sent out in the streets of a city to earn money from masters in return for her sexual use; woe to the girl who does not return with a jangling coin-box attached to her neck chain.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 89-90
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 143
*coin merchant
-(noun): terminology for all gorean bankers, ranging from the fellow sitting on a rug in his booth on the street to the financial institutions on the 'Street of Coins'.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 411
*collar
-(noun): any of several iron or steel devices that fit around the neck of a slave; in Torvaldsland they are of iron hinged and fastened with a rivet; in Turia the steel is rounded and loose enough for a man to insert his hand beneath it. The first collar seen by Tarl Cabot was a simple band of steel which he took to be jewelry. Slave girls are required to repeat the purposes of a collar on demand. They are: (1) to visibly designate the wearer as a slave (2) to impress her slavery upon her (3) it identifies her master and (4) it provides ease of leashing. The gorean word for collar is ko-lar.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 26 and page 46
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 80
*collar, coffle
-Noun): various types of steel collars with rings front and/or back to hook 3 to 4 ft lengths of chain between them; some hinged in the back.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 135
*collar, cord
-(noun): made of cord fashioned from the rence plant it is worn by rencer slaves and carries a small disk to identify the owner.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 341
*collar, dance
-(noun): a collar to which light- weight (but effective) chain has been attached in order to set off the dancer; a common type consists of a large oval of chain to which wrist cuffs and/or ankle cuffs are attached; once the two sides of the oval have been attached to a ring on the collar; there are variations depending on the region.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 143
*collar, leather leash
-(noun): a leather slave collar with attached which may be used when the slave is to be led, usually for reasons of security.
Book 25: Magician of Gor, page 33
*collar, lock
-(noun): a hinged collar easily removed by the use of a key; usually of flat stock c. 1-1/2 inches to 2 inches high; usually worn by trained slaves; the lock has one pin for each of the letters in the word 'kajira'.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 51
*collar, message
-(noun): worn by slaves who convey messages, it is a thick, high, leather collar, fashioned by Turians, literally sewn around her throat. Sewn inside, within the leather itself is a message, written on a small piece of rolled rence paper. . The slave girl often does not know that her collar carries a message and of course would never know it's contents.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 35, 40, 48, and 49
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 127
*collar, northern
-(noun): a utilitarian sounding collar made of black iron with an iron ring to be used if a chain is attached. It is riveted around the neck of the bond-maid.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 85
*collar, plank
-(noun): a two-piece board hinged at one end and capable of being locked at the other. It has two or more semi-circular holes cut in each side so that it may fit around the necks of more than one slave girl or captive free woman at one time.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 69
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 60
*collar, plate
-(noun): collar of flat stock which is hammered about a slave's neck; usually worn by untrained slaves.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 13
*collar, shipping
-(noun): a temporary collar showing that the slave girl is part of a cargo.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page79
*collar, transport
-(noun): a collar with a metal tag attached listing destination or other vital information, to be used during transport of a slave.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 73
*collar, Turian
-(noun): a collar which fits more loosely and resembles a hinged ring looped about the throat. A man can get his fingers inside a Turian collar and use it to drag the girl to him.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 29
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 251
*Collaring Feast
-(noun): a private feast for a young Tarnsman and his family and friends; held to celebrate the capture of his first slave girl; during it the girl formally submits to him as his slave then proceeds to serve him at the Feast and afterwards in his quarters.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 52
*combing circle
-(noun): a whimsical method of grooming. A group of kneeling slaves form a circle, each combing the hair of the one in front of her.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 112
*Companionship Price
-(noun): the gift in money or goods given by a man to the father of the woman he wishes to take in Free Companionship
Book 8: Hunters of Gor page 174
*con
-(conj.): from
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 179
*contasta
-(adv.; lit. 'from the founding of Ar'): means of determining chronology; equivalent to the Earth term AD (Anno Domini) (abbrev: C.A.)
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 179
*Contests of Arms
-(noun): gladiatorial contests where men fought to the death were banned in Ar when Kazrak of Port Kar became administrator of that city.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 11
*Cos
-(noun): an island 400 pasangs west of Port Kar and hundred pasangs north of Tyros; notable for growing ta-grapes on it's terraced hills. The perpetual enemy of Ar. It's capitol city is Telnus. Other cities are Selnar, Temos and Jad. As the western border of known Gor, the waters beyond it are referred to as 'the World's End' by those who have first knowledge. To those Goreans with second knowledge, who are taught that Gor is spheroid, the expression is merely a figure of speech.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages, 139, 174, and 312
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 35
*cosian wingfish
-(noun): also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 84-85
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139
*Cosians
-(noun): derogatory name given to gangs of youth and young ruffians in Ar, affecting Cosian garments and haircuts.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 168
*couching law
-(noun): any Free woman who voluntarily 'couches' with the slave of another may be taken as slave herself by the Master of the slave she 'couched' with.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 7 and page 303
*Council of Captains
- (noun): a governing body of the city of Port Kar, their administrative status is below that of the various Owners who control the city. The Council is responsible for maintaining and managing the great arsenal, as well as the fleets of Port Kar.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 104 and 127
*coup
-(noun): the complicated ranking of battle exploits by the Red Savage tribes. The coup earned by an individual are reflected in the feathers and adornment to which he is entitled. Interestingly, killing the enemy ranks far beneath the besting of an enemy. A first warrior who strikes an armed enemy with an open hand is rewarded with the first coup; the 2nd and 3rd man to accomplish this would receive 2nd and 3rd coup. Killing an enemy with a bow and arrow from ambush might be counted as only a fifth or seventh coup. The counting or tallying of coup within the tribe determines his entitlement to certain advantages.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 44-45
*courage scar
-(noun): A facial marking of the warrior of the Wagon Peoples. This scar is the first one applied and without it no other scars can be applied. Each scar is placed by members of the Clan of Scar Makers. The can be read by each tribe of the Wagon Peoples as easily as one reads a newspaper. Each scar represents a act of courage and honor in the wearer's life. The Courage Scar is the highest and most important.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 15-16, 68, and 343
*crossbow
-(noun): called the weapon of the Assassin, it is considered more accurate at short distances. Described as having heavy cable and leaves of steel it can be loaded and kept loaded like a firearm.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 2
*curla
- (noun): the red waist cord worn by slave- girls of the Wagon Peoples; supports the chatka.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 328
*Cur-lon Fiber
-(noun): fiber spun by the Swamp Spiders (Spider People) and used in the textile mills of Ar.
Book 1 Tarnsman of Gor, page 83
*Curulean
-(noun): the most prestigious slave auction house in the city of Ar.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 355
*cylinder
-(noun): the primary architectural form of buildings in major Gorean cities; they are of varying heights and colors, flat-topped and cylindrical, connected by narrow, colorful bridges that arch between them.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 23
*cymbals
-(noun): There are various sorts similar to the ones found on Earth.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 209
*czehar
-(noun): musical instrument consisting of a flat oblong box having 8 strings which are played with a horn pick; similar to a Japanese koto
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 108
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da
-(conj.): here
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 81
*dance, placatory
-(noun): a dance intended to assuage the anger of a Master. It is usually free-form, depending on the situation. The 'Contrition Dance' of Turia is an example of a formal placatory dance.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 332
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 44
*dar
-(adj.): holy; priest
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 150
*Dar-Kosis
-(noun; lit. 'holy disease'): an incurable wasting disease, also known as the 'Sacred Affliction' , so named because it is regarded as being holy to the Priest-Kings and those who are afflicted are considered as consecrated to the Priest-Kings. The disease is highly contagious, and those who suffer from it are required to wear yellow robes, and constantly sound a wooden clacker to warn of their approach.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 113 and 150-151
*Dar-Kosis Pit
-(noun): a place where those afflicted with Dar-Kosis may voluntarily incarcerate themselves while they die. These huge pits have rudimentary shelter and a well. Once within, the sufferer may never leave. Food and necessities are thrown down from tarn back to help the diseased
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 151
*date
-(noun): a staple of the diet of the Tahari Tribesmen; they are sold in a tef (a handful with the 5 fingers closed; a tefa is 6 tefs (a small basket); Five such baskets constitute a huda. In large compressed bricks they are used in trade.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 46
*deck cage
-(noun): small cages fastened to the deck of a ship to transport slaves not kept in hold.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 26
*deck stones
-(noun): white smooth soft stones used for sanding boards and decks on ships.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 98
*degradation stripe
-(noun): a 2 inch wide band shaved into the hair of men captured by talunas or panther girls; it runs from the forehead to the nape of the neck.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 137
*delka
-(noun): fourth letter of the gorean alphabet it corresponds to the Earth letter D and is formed as the Earth 'delta'.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 176
*Delta Brigade
-(noun): a rebel group which quietly fought Cosians with 'resistance' tactics during their occupation of Ar. Their trademark was a bloody 'delka' mark often slashed into the skin of their victims. The existence of this unorganized group began from a comment made in a tavern by Tarl Cabot. The rumor led others, independent of each other, to use similar tactics, which convinced the Cosians of a more concerted effort against them.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 176-189
*dice
-(noun): many forms of dice games exist on Gor, ranging from those played with a single die to five dice. Various symbols are usually painted on their surfaces. Some are sold in sealed boxes bearing their cities imprint.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 59 and 60
*dina
-(noun): a small short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides; sometimes called the 'slave flower' it is often used as a design for slave brands; sometimes used as a slave name.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 61
*disk golden tarn
-(noun): the gold tarn disk of Ar is considered to be the standard by which other cities, such as Ko-Ro-Ba and Port Kar. set the value of their own coinage. It is worth, generally, 10 silver tarsks, but standardization is slight due to the shaving or splitting of the coin as well as faulty scales that contribute to the debasing of the coinage.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 155
*display chain
-(noun): slave girls who are sold in groups are put into a chain which may be fastened taut at either end; the girls are spaced on the chain so that they don't crowd together and be more easily displayed; unclothed always.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 14
*display slave
-(noun): a slave girl whose primary purpose is for the display of her beauty to reflect the affluence of her master; often chained in coffle with other display slaves behind the palanquin or other transport of her master.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 367
*dock eel
-(noun): a black freshwater fish 4 feet long, weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous and aggressive, they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 155
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 130
*Double Knowledge
-(noun): their are two forms of knowledge provided on Gor. The simpler or first knowledge is taught to the lower castes, and includes some misinformation as compared to the Second Knowledge, taught to the higher Castes. The term, 'Double Knowledge' refers to the fact that high castes are privy to both knowledges.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
*double leashing
-(noun): a method of slave control. Either two collars with leashes are affixed to her neck, or a collar with a leash on opposite sides is used.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 360-361
*drum, Red Hunter's
-(noun): large, heavy, handled and disk like. The frame, made of wood with a cover of Tabuk hide, is struck on the frame with a stick, giving the drum an odd resonance sound.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 261-262
*dung sack
-(noun): used to contain bosk (or any) dung after it has been raked up or collected; also employed as a punishment when slave girls are forced to 'spend a night in the dung sack'.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 285
*Dust Legs
- (noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; so called because they were the last tribe to domesticate kaiila.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 148
*Duty of the Twelve Joys
-(noun): Muls (slaves to the Priest-Kings) wash completely 12 times a day.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 111
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*Earth girls
-(noun): slave girls abducted from Earth called barbarians. They are considered among Goreans to be the lowest and hottest of slaves.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 67
*eel
-(noun): a voracious animal which can maim or kill a slave in moments.
Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy. Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 428
*egg, Priest-King's
-(noun): the last egg of the Mother sought by Tarl Cabot as an agent of the Priest-Kings so that they might replenish their race and keep it from extinction. It was found in plain sight, a gray, squarish, grained, leathery object in the wagon of the Tuchuk Owner San, Kamchak.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 326-327
*ehn
-(noun): the Gorean minute of which there are 40 in an ahn (hour); it consists of 80 ihn (seconds).
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 352
*eleven kisses
-(noun): a component of training for a pleasure slave.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 36
*en
-(adj.): first
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*enemy
-(noun): stranger
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 26
*energy bulb
-(noun): dome-like, wire-protected bulbs emitting a clear soft light for years without replacement. They were invented by the Caste of Builders more than a century before the time of Tarl Cabot.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 197
*En'Kara
-(noun; lit. 'first turning'): the first month of the Gorean calendar that of the vernal equinox which is the Gorean new year; roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of March.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*En'Var
-(noun; lit. 'first resting'): the fourth month of the Gorean calendar that of the summer solstice roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of June.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*Equinox, autumnal
-(noun): (lit. The Second Turning of the Central Fire ); the month of Autumnal Equinox is Se`Kara or The Second Kara; also called Se`Kara Lar-Torvis
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor page 178
*Equinox, vernal
-(noun): (lit. The First Turning of the Central Fire); the month of Vernal Equinox is En'Kara or the First Kara; also called En'Kara Lar-Torvis.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*Erhard Ringer
-(noun): the artist whose rendering of the Map of Gor appears in this dictionary. It first appeared in a German Edition of Renegades of Gor, Book 23
*errand capsule
-(noun): unescorted slave girls may be questioned about their destination or it's purpose by any Free Person. A piece of scroll rolled and inserted into an errand capsule which she carries or is hooked to her collar contains information about her errand.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 300
*eta
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet, possibly adapted from the Greek alphabet. Eta, in Gorean, is the most frequently occurring letter.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, pages 383-384
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*exile, ritual of
-(noun): a man being exiled for whatever reason is publicly refused bread and salt, and is then ordered to leave the city by sundown under penalty of death. The exiled one may not come within ten pasangs of the city from that day forward.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 216
*exotic
-(noun): a slave male or female bred for special purposes producing quaint or unusual purposes; an example is the passion slave.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 15
*Eye
-(rank): in the Kuriian military organization the leader of a Hand consisting of six beasts is called an 'Eye'.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22
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*face-strip
-(verb): to remove the veil(s) worn by a free woman; to do so usually means that she is to be enslaved.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 176
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 183
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 295
*Fair of En'Kara
-(holiday); one of four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar range in the first month of the Gorean year.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 8
*Falarian
-(noun): an exquisite, rare, fabulously expensive wine, it's cost would purchase a city. It's existence is only rumored among collectors.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 158-159
*falarina
-(adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 203
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 128
*fan palm
-(noun): found in the jungles of Schendi more than 20 feet high which spreads it's leaves in the form of an opened fan; an excellent source of water; as much as a liter at the base of each leaf's cupped stem.
Book 13: Explorer's of Gor, pages 310 and 347
*field slave
-(noun): one who works outdoors, usually gardening, fetching wood or water, etc. She is commonly dressed in plain, sturdy slave tunics. Her hair is shorn.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 299-302
*finch, whistling
-(noun): flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest it is insectivorous.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*fire-maker
-(noun): a small device consisting of a small reservoir of tharlarion oil a wick a thumb-activated ratcheted steel wheel and a splinter of flint; not unlike an old-fashioned cigarette lighter.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 15
*fire-maker, cylindrical
-(noun): a small silverish tube used for igniting cooking fires. When the cap is removed, and the implement inside is exposed to the air, it glows a fiery red.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 138
*first girl
-(noun): slave appointed by the Master to oversee other usually younger or less experienced girls; she rules when Free Persons are not present as the Master, but she is subject to his total authority.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 78
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 231
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 170, 211, and 380
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 123
*First Knowledge
-(noun): the education available to the lower castes such as the Peasants; it is practical if occasionally deliberately erroneous (i.e. it purports that Gor is a flat disk).
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 58
*First Spear
-(noun): the designated leader of a unit of spearmen.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 19
*First Sword
-(noun): the leader of the Guards in a given city such as Ar.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 129
*fisherman
(noun): name given to an arena combatant who fights with net and trident.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 91
*flahdah
-(noun): a tree of the Tahari having lanceolate leaves; the trunk leans like that of a palm tree
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor page 72
*Flame Death (see also Blue Flame)
-(noun): a form of capital punishment imposed by the Priest-Kings and triggered from the Sardar; in it the victim seems to spontaneously erupt in blue flames.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 207-208
*flaminium
-(noun): a largish scarlet flower having 5 petals.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 154
*fleer
-(noun): large hook-billed bird which hunts at night.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 117
*Fleer Tribe
-(noun): a tribe of Red Savages a member of the Blue Sky Society a warrior society of the Fleer which inhabits the Barrens; they have long hair combed back and flowing down the back like cornstalks; They ride their kaiila bareback and carry a long feathered lance and a small round war shield with medicine signs inscribed on it.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 256
*fleer, long-billed
-(noun): a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*fleer, prairie
-(noun): yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246
*flute girl
-(noun): a slave trained in the art of music, specifically the playing of the double flute. They perform at various functions and are available for sexual use by those free men of their audience.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 118-122
*flute, double
-(noun): a wind instrument.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 281 and 283
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 120, and 156
*foot, Gorean
-(noun): slightly longer than the Earth foot based on supposition that each of its 10 horts is roughly 1 1/4 inches long (12 1/2 inches Earth measure); it's standard is a metal rod kept at the Sardar. Also called the Merchant's Foot.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
*fora
-(noun): chain; pl. fori - chains; as in sa`ng-fori, 'without chains'
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 216
*Fort Haskins
-(noun): Boswell pass, bordered by the southern edge of the Thentis Mountains and the northern range of the Voltai, opens into The Barrens, the world of the Red Savage. Fort Haskins is situated at the foot of the pass. Once a trading post maintained by the Haskins Company and later a military outpost flying the flag of Thentis, it's military and strategic influence declined with the development of the Thentesian Tarn cavalries and the growth of the population. It is once again a trading center, maintained by the Caste of Merchants of Thentis.
Book 12: Savages of Gor, pages 76-77
*fountain, higher bowl
-(noun): the portion of the public fountains from which free persons drink. There is a lower level is available for the use of animals and slaves.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 216, 217, and 224-225
*fountain, lower bowl
-(noun): a portion of public fountains allotted for the watering of animals and slaves. Slaves caught drinking from the upper bowl face punishment by the magistrates of the city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 217 and 228
*four chains
(noun): method of chaining a girl used frequently in taverns of Port Kar.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 42
*four-strap
-(noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely descent in preparation to land; it is also a command to land for Tarns trained in verbal cues. Four-Strap!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 130
*Frame of Humiliation
-(noun): wooden frame to which the condemned person is tied before it is set adrift in the Vosk River so that he may die of exposure and/or dehydration if he is not eaten by tharlarion or other carnivorous reptiles.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 136 and 138
*francisca
-(noun): in the dialect of the Alars a heavy, single bladed war axe.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 71
*Free Companion
-(noun): spouse; consort
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 213
*Free Companionship
-(noun): the closest equivalent to marriage on Gor. A woman is bought from her parents and is considered a Free Companion, even though she may not have been consulted in the arrangement. A woman, may agree of her own free will to be a Free Companion, and a Master may free his slave for Free Companionship. A man may have only one Free Companion at a time, but the relationship is considered binding, sundered usually, only by death as long as it is annually renewed.. A Gorean free woman does not change her name in the ceremony of the Free Companionship. From the Gorean point of view, the wife of Earth occupies a status which is higher than that of the slave, but lower than that of the Free Companion.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 216
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 54
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 9
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 14
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 365-366
*Free Islands
-(noun): also known as exchange islands, they are administered as Free Ports by the Merchants. Included are Teletus, Tabor, and Scagnar. Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. In the south are Anango and Ianda, and in the far north, Hunger and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. These islands, and free ports on the coast such as Lydius and Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi make possible the commerce between Cos and Tyros and cities of the mainland.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 137
*free labor, citizenship and
-(concept): In the cities, the rights of citizenship are clearest and free labor has held its own. In rural areas which fall outside the sphere of influence of nearby cities, it is difficult to be a citizen of a city if one cannot reach it within a days march. Retention of citizenship may be contingent on such things as attending public ceremonies, such as an official semi-annual taking of auspices, and participating in numerous public assemblies, some of which are called on short notice. The inability of the rural inhabitants to effectively exercise citizenship leads to disenfranchisement, or most often a fierce independence, repudiating allegiance to anything save one's own village. The farmers, or peasants, are more likely to suffer from the results of cheap competition than their urban brethren.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 302-303
*Free Ports
-(noun): the 4 free ports maintained on the Thassa north and south of the gorean equator are Lydius, Helmutsport, Schend,i and Bazi.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 137
*Free Women, enslavement of
-(noun): all women on Gor are subject to the dominance and order of men. Free women may lose their status, if strict rules of dress and decorum are not followed. Lacivious dress or behavior usually results in a sentence of slavery.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, pages 367-368, and 372
*frevet
-(noun): small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 276
*frobicain
-(noun): a sedative injection used during Voyages of Acquisition to render a captured barbarian unconscious.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 126
*fruit tindel
-(noun): a bird which inhabits the canopy zone of the rainforests of the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*Fulvians
-(noun): foothills of the Voltai Mountains, northeast of Ar. The villa district of Ar is found here.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 299
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*gag, common
-(noun): heavy, rolled-leather wadding thrust back behind the teeth, over the tongue of a slave, secured in place by a broad, mouth-covering strap, with three smaller straps attached to it.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 271
*game of favors
-(noun): a game played by Free Woman at the Carnival where each woman is given ten scarves and must run about asking for the men to accept her favor; the goal to be the first to get rid of the scarves and run back.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 44
*gant, arctic
-(noun): migratory bird that nests on cliffs in the Hrimgar Mountains, the southern border of the polar north. When frozen, their eggs are eaten like apples.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196
*gant, jungle
-(noun): a bird related to the marsh gant which inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*gant, marsh
-(noun): a small long-legged horned bird; broad-billed and broad-winged; hunted by marsh girls It's cry is imitated by the rence people as a surreptitious means of communication.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 4, 10, 41, 44
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128
*garbage death
-(noun): the death for a slave where a slave is bound naked, and thrown to canal urts, as in Port Kar.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 313
*garden, walled
-(noun): term used for the place highborn Free women are raised in until a suitable suitor is found.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 107 and 108
*giani
-(noun): tiny cat-sized panther of solitary habits which inhabits the low branches of ground level in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorer's of Gor, page 312
*gieron
-(noun): an allergen which causes a yellowing of the whites of the eyes; in combination with sajel, a pustulant, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 154
*gim, horned
-(noun): a small purplish owl-like bird with tufts over eyes and 4 ounces in weight which inhabits the forests of northern Gor.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 39 and 97
*gim, lang
-(noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*gim, yellow
-(noun): a bird related to the horned gim which inhabits the second level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*gint
-(noun): a tiny (6 inches) freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins; is amphibious having both lungs and gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the company of tharlarion feeding off the scraps of their kills.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 299 and 384
*gint, giant
-(noun): a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor similar in appearance but with a 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 384 and 389-390
*girl catch
-(noun): a contest to settle disputes where young women free and slave are captured by the opposing village within a boundary area.
Book 12: Beast of Gor, page 41
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 40
*girl-capture chain
-(noun): short chain used specifically to capture without serious damage; similar to the garrote in use but with chain in place of thin wire.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 180
*girl-yoke
-(noun): a narrow piece of wood with holes drilled in the middle and at each end. To secure a girl, thongs are looped through each end hole and the hole at the neck, attached to both wrists and neck.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 281
*girth cloth
-(noun): feed sacks, made of rough cloth are cut into strips, hemmed and sewn together to create a cloth ten feet long and one yard wide, This cloth is used to wrap newly hatched tharlarions as they emerge from the hot sand.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 262 and 272
*gitch
-(noun): biting insect; description is vague, although it is used near mention of roaches.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 277
*gladius
-(noun): a short double-edged Gorean sword
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 387
*glana
-(adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 203
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 128
*glass of the Builders
-(noun): apparently a spy glass or telescope. The following annotations describe it as long and used for observation, being 'snapped shut' after use aboard a ship.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 197, 201-203, 259, 260, and 271
*glave
-(noun): lighter, bladed, poles used by pole men on barges to cut through rushes and sedge in the marshes.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 69
*Golden Beetle
-(noun) an insect roughly the size of a rhinoceros which lives in the caverns below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings themselves. It releases an aroma and exudate which is so compelling to a Priest-King that to die by that method is referred to as succumbing to the 'Pleasures of the Golden Beetle'
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 180 and 274-276
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 31
*golden eating prong
-(noun): an eating utensil used in Turia, it has a single tine.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 83
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 21
*golden slash
-(noun): a golden sash or scarf tied around the forehead of an assassin, this is the symbol that he is a messenger only, and not to be detained in any way.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 176 and 182
*golden sphere
-(noun): sought by Saphar for it's value and thought to be a golden Priest King egg, it was later found to be a worthless tharlarion egg painted gold by Tuchuks.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 316
*Gor, planet of
-(noun): as Tarl was taught by his father, 'Gor is the name of this world'. In all the languages of the planet, it means 'Home Stone'. The planet is also called the Counter-Earth from the writings of the Pythagoreans who first speculated on it's existence. According to the Initiates, Gor was originally a satellite of a distant sun in the Blue Galaxies. It was moved several times from star to star by the Priest-Kings, by one theory, but, according to the 'Theory of the Sun Shield', it has remained in the same place, undiscovered because it is placed as a counterpoise to the Earth. It has the same plane or orbit and maintains that position, with occasional adjustments by the Priest-Kings, to always keep 'The Central Fire' between it and it's planetary sister, Earth.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 26, 28, 32 and 33
*gorean love bow
-(command): a girl is arched backward and bound over an object for usage exposing her fully to the Master.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 261
*grasshopper, red
-(noun): beyond color, this insect is described as weighing around 4 ounces.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 293
*greetings
-(interjection): common expression used by goreans in salutation and recognition.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 153
Book 7: Hunters of Gor, page 62
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 253
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 141
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 444
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 309
*grub borer
-(noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*grunt
-(noun): a large carnivorous salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 59
*grunt, blue
-(noun): a small voracious carnivorous freshwater fish related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin it is attracted by blood.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 267
*grunt, great speckled
-(noun): a fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360
*grunt, white-bellied
-(noun): a large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. It's eggs are considered a rare delicacy.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 59
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276
*guernon monkey
-(noun) found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognized by their chattering sound.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 307
*gull, coasting
-(noun): found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers, similar to the Vosk gull. It's feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvaldsland.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 235
*gull, Schendi
-(noun): inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 99
*gull, vosk
-(noun): a gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River, it apparently has a loud or insistent cry, which is imitated by the rence people as a means of surreptitious communication at night. It's feathers are used on sheaf arrows. It winters on the prairies of the Wagon Peoples and flies north in the spring, when the ice breaks up.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 137
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 314
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128
*gunni
-(noun): training devices used by arena fighters which consist of lead weights with handles, each weighing about the same as a sledge hammer. They are held during training for muscle strengthening.
Book 14: Fighting Slaves of Gor, page 239
*gur
-(noun): thin white honey-like liquid secreted in the Nest by a large grey domesticated arthropod which feeds on Sim plants; when fermented in the social stomachs of somnolent Priest-Kings ritually fed to the Mother of the Nest on the Feast of Tola.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor page 214
*gur carrier
-(noun): mutated Muls who can climb walls and who gather the fermented Gur for the Feast of Tola.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 166
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*haik
-(noun): a loose, dark, head to toe garb of the Tahari. There is a small lace or mesh covered aperture for the wearer to look through, yet still be concealed.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 341
*Hail
-(interjection): greeting for Freepersons that is usually reserved for recognized experts or champions in a particular field, from sword fighting to game playing.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 52
*hair position
-(command): in this position a girl stands, crouching slightly behind the Master and deeply bows her head. From this position, she may be led, for example, or moved to another position or simply, controlled.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 409
*hammer, blubber
-(noun): used by the Red Hunters to pound whale blubber to loosen it's oil, it is wooden handled and has a stone head. The oil is used in oil lamps, for example.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 214
*hand signs, Red Savage
(noun): A mode of communication common to all the tribes of the Barren, sign is simple, easy to learn and adequate for relaying information.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 242-249, 257 and 263
*hand, as chronology
-(noun): the Gorean week consisting of five (5) days; as in Waiting Hand.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 78
*hand, as height
-(noun): a measurement of height, primarily of kaiila. Both the Wagon People's kaiila and the sand kaiila of the Tahari stand about twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 13
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 70
*Hand, Kur
-(noun): name of a military unit in Kurii which consists of six Blood.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22
*handle tie
-(noun): a girl's ankles are ties together with 12 inches between them and her wrists are bound before her with a lengthy tether; this tether is then drawn between her legs and tied about her neck forming a 'handle' that a Free Person can use to lead her.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor. page 173
*harbor side
-(noun): sailors of Cos refer to the left side of the ship by the port of destination and the right side of the ship by the port of registration. When the ports of destination and registration are the same, then the left side of the ship is called the 'harbor side', while the right side continues to be designated as before, by the port of registration. The expressions 'port' and 'starboard' do not exist in Gorean language.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 362
*Harl ring
-(noun): form of slave chain which consists of an ankle ring with a welded ring in back and a chain in front. The chains terminate in a locking device which can be attached to another Harl ring around a post or to itself in order to secure a slave. This chain was developed by Harl of Turia.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 208
*harpoon, light
-(noun): used by Red Hunters to hunt and kill sea sleen, often from a kayak, it is used with a throwing board. The fore shaft, head, and point, made of bone, rests in the notch of the throwing board. The harpoon head is attached to a light rawhide line of twisted tabuk sinew which lies coiled in a tray.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 280
*harriga
-(noun): a bosk wagon used by the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor , page 34
*har-ta!
-(command): faster!
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 57
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 191
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 84 and 166
*haruspex
-(noun): a Tuchuk shaman who reads portents and tells the future. He furnishes various amulets and potions, primarily to women who seek magical intercession. Tuchuk women are not allowed to pray to the Sky as the men do. One object of the haruspex is a colored string, which is imbued with magical powers by the sequence of knots tied into it by the haruspex. It is the haruspex, during the Omen Year, who decides if the signs are favorable to choose an Owner San of the Wagon Peoples. Various methods are used, 'for a piece of meat he would read the wind and the grass; for cup of wine the stars and the flight of birds; for a fat-bellied dinner the liver of a sleen or slave'.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 27 and 28
*heel position
-(command): the slave follows the Master at his heel, 'where she belongs'. Slightly behind and to his left or right, depending on which side is his weapon hand. The distance behind varies. A coffle of girls being led through a city, may follow inches behind, while in an open field, she may be 5 to 10 feet following.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 123
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, pages 30 and 109
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 381
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 117
*helmet, assassin's
-(noun): black helmet sometimes marked with the golden slash of the messenger.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 192
*helmet, captain's
-(noun): a helmet made identifiable by the crest of sleen fur at the top.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 286
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 6
*helmet, common
-(noun): a plain helmet similar to the Greek helmets with a Y-shaped opening for eyes nose and mouth and cushioned with rolls of leather.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 22
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 68 and 78
*helmet, northern
-(noun): conical shaped with a nose guard that can slip up and down; about the neck it usually has chain mail dangling from rings.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 73
*helmet, Wagon Peoples
-(noun): conical iron helmet fur-rimmed a net of colorful chains dangling before the face to protect leaving only an opening for the eyes.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 10
*herlit
-(noun): this Gorean eagle of The Barrens has wingspan of 6-8 feet. It is carnivorous and has yellow feathers tipped with black. Also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes' for its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 143
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 315
*hermit, yellow-breasted
-(noun): a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree, to hunt for larvae.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 106
*Hersius
-(noun): the Gorean name for the planet, Jupiter. Named for a legendary hero of Ar.
Note: an alternate spelling, i.e., 'Hesius', appears in later books in the series.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 65
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 302
*High Caste
-(noun): upper caste system of Gor specifically the Initiates, Scribes, Builders, Physicians and Warriors. They are allowed Second Knowledge.
See: *Caste, gorean
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 42
*high-harness position
-(noun): a display position in which a kneeling slave is braceleted and leashed and commanded to hold her head very high exposing her neck.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 308-309
*hith, golden
-(noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's body with his arms.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 191
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*Ho
-(prefix): in gorean is a common prefix indicating lineage
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 343
*homan
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from the Cretan alphabet.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*Home Stone, city
-(noun): a stone that represents the soul of a city; to be without a Home Stone is to lack citizenship. It is said, 'A palace without a Home Stone is but a hovel; a hovel which contains a Home Stone is a palace.' The origin of the Home Stone, according to legend, came out of the past when Hesius performed great labors for the Priest-Kings and was promised a reward greater than gold. He was given a flat piece of rock with the single character representing his native village. When he questioned them, he was told the reward was indeed worth more than gold, and they called it a 'Home Stone'. The Home Stone of Ar is considered to be the oldest Home Stone.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 26
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 142
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 302
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 485-486
*Home Stone, dwelling
-(noun): a stone often circular and flat that is sacred to each dwelling and is to be defended ferociously by even the meanest peasant. It is said, 'A palace without a Home Stone is but a hovel; a hovel which contains a Home Stone is a palace.'
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 26
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 28
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 142
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 485-486
*hook-billed gort
-(noun): a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*hopa
-(adj): red savage term meaning pretty or attractive.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 216
*horn, bosk
-(noun): a sounding horn used by the tribes of the Wagon Peoples in battle for signaling; fashioned from the horn of the bosk
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 259
*horn, signal
-(noun): curved, bronze signal horns used by the men of Torvaldsland for communication, primarily between ships. There are about 40 codes of sound signals, such as, 'Attack,' 'Heave to,' 'Regroup,' and 'Communication desired'.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 181
*hort
-(noun): a measure of distance equal to 1- 1/4 inches.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 127
*hortator
-(noun): also known as a keleustes; on an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 183
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 34
*hou
-(phrase): a form of greeting for Red Savages.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 240
*house marshal
-(noun): a position within a free woman's home responsible for security and/or travel.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 13
*house slave
-(noun): one whose primary duties are inside the residence. Duties range from personal serving girls to kettle and mat girls.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 312
*huda
-(noun): a measurement equaling 5 tefa; a tefa equals six tef and a tef equals a handful with five fingers closed.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 46
*hunter's catch
-(noun): slave garb made of netting.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 108
*hurt
-(noun): a domesticated marsupial raised on large fenced ranches in several of Gor's northern cities. It is a two legged animal and has black wool which is sheared four times a year by slaves. It is herded by domesticated sleen.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 39
*hydria
- (noun): described as a high handled water vessel, something similar is used by slave girls to dip paga from simmering kettles.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 16
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*ice house
-(noun): a place Goreans can go to purchase ice during the summer, although most Goreans cannot afford this luxury; the ice cut from ponds in the winter and is stored under saw dust until use.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 295
*iglu
(noun): Innuit word, meaning dwelling or house, the Red Hunters cut blocks of ice with snow knifes to construct them.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 336
*Ihn
-(noun): the Gorean second of which there are 80 in an ehn (minute).
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 352
*Immunity of the herald
-(custom): a tradition that an individual bearing a message between warring parties is immune from enslavement.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 175
*Impalement
-(verb): the impalement of a person on the pole lance or spear with the dying body raised for all to view.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 157
*ina
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*Initiates, Caste of
(noun): regarded by the lower Castes as representatives of the Priest-Kings, the high Castes and more intellectual citizens do not take their teaching seriously, but tend to tolerate them because of their influence on the lower Caste citizens. The Initiates regard themselves as the Highest Caste. They have their own laws and courts. Their education is wholly focused on mathematics and interpretations of revelations of the Priest-Kings. The Priest -Kings themselves consider the Caste an example of the aberrations of human kind. The Initiates believe only they can achieve eternal life. Initiates do not eat meat or beans, and are celibate. Their numbers are replenished by recruiting young men to become novices. White Caste.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 11
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 26 - 37
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 279
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 17
*initiatory whipping
-(noun): the beating usually of about 10 strokes which a slave girl receives upon being brought into a new house-hold to remind her that she is a slave and under discipline. Sometimes called the lesson of the leather. A final blow delivered at the end of the initiatory whipping is called the gratis or mnemonic blow.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, pages 129 and 130
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, pages 204 and 205
*inland language
-(noun): dialects used in the Ushindi region.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*insula
-(noun): a crowded, cramped tenement type dwelling, which rents living space to it's inhabitants. They are not noted for their ventilation, luxury, or roominess.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 273-275
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 9 and 102
*iron belt
-(noun): commonly consisting of a horizontal metal bar or strap that snugly encircles a girl's waist with a vertical component attached to the front of this horizontal bar with a hinge. The vertical component is then swung up between a slave's legs and all are fastened at the small of the back with a padlock. Locked around a girl, it ensures that she will not be sexually used by any, save the one with the key.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 103
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 299
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 57 and 293
*iron collars, hung in
-(noun): an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die.
-Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
*Iron Master
-(noun): one who is skilled at piercing ears and noses, branding, and affixing collars to slaves.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 173
*iron pens
-(noun): the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 117 and 273
*Isanna
-(noun): the Little Knife Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*Isbu
-(noun): the Little Stone Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 315
*Itancanka
-(noun): Kaiila and Dust Leg word meaning Master, see also Wicayuhe.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 231
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*jard
-(noun): a small scavenger bird that flies in large flocks. A flock can strip the meat from a tabuk in seconds. Found near Lydius.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 149
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 426
*Jarl
-(noun): the title for a leader of warriors in Torvaldsland; also the title by which all free men of Torvaldsland are addressed by slaves.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 57, 63, and 142
*jit monkey
-(noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; nocturnal
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
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*kaffiyeh
-(noun): a head covering of the tribesmen of the Tahari, it is a squarish cloth, folded into a triangle, and placed over the head, two points at the side of the shoulders, one in back to protect the back of the neck. It is bound to he head by several loops of cord, the agal.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 20 and 301
*Kaiila
-(noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is related to that of the Dust Legs.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 148, 229, and 307
*Kaiila River
-(noun): a river in the Barrens, it has two branches known as the North Kaiila River and the South Kaiila River. The Snake River is a tributary of the North Kaiila River. These rivers mark important boundaries in the territories of the Isanna, Napoktan, Wismahi, Isbu and Casmu bands of the Kaiila tribe. It is conjectured that the Kaiila Tribe, finding large herds of kaiila, took the name for themselves, and later the River of the Kaiila Tribe became, simply, the Kaiila River
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*kaiila, desert
-(noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71
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*La Kajira
-(phrase; declarative): I am a slave.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 74
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*La?
-(phrase; interrogative): You?
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 55
*laager
-(noun): also known as wagon fort, it is a defensive wagon formation utilized by wagon peoples. Wagons are arranged in a circle, end to end, tongues inward, and chained together, the front axle of one wagon chained to the rear axle of the next. The encampment, the draft animals, and any accompanying livestock are protected within.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 43
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 7
*Lady
-(noun): a term of respect used to address a free woman. A contradiction exists in the books. Although we are told free women are always addressed as 'Mistress', there are instances where a slave uses 'Lady' without rebuke.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, pages 309,389 and 381
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 386-387
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 219
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 223
*Lake Ngao
-(noun): an equatorial lake of the Jungles of Schendi, the Ua River enters it's eastern extremity, connecting this Lake to Lake Shaba in the NE corner of the rainforest. 'The Falls of Bila Haruma', named for the famed explorer of this region, lies 100 pasangs to the east. The villages of Unkungu are located on the NE shore. Nyundo is the central village of the Ukungu region.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 454, and 455
*Lake Shaba
-(noun): located in the NE corner of the Schendi rain forest, it is the source of the great river Ua. Originally named Lake Bila Haruma for the explorer who discovered it, the name was changed at the great explorer's request by Tarl Cabot.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 454 and 455
*Lake Ushindi
-(noun): drained by the Kamba River and Nyoka River, it is a large, equatorial lake, located in the Jungles of Schendi. The inland village of Nyuki is located on the north shore. It's western border is made up of bogs, marshes, and flood lands. A canal connects Lake Ushindi east across the swampland to Lake Ngao.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100 and 455
*lance, kailla
-(noun): used for hunting kailiauk and mounted warfare, there are two types. The hunting lance are longer, heavier, and thicker than the war lance, and are undecorated except for the feathers of the prairie fleer. The point of the hunting lance is longer and narrower. The shafts are made from black, supple, and strong, made from tem wood. head is made of metal, bone or stone, affixed to the shaft with sinew, rawhide or metal trade rivets. Any decoration or mountings, such as wrist loops are bound onto the weapon with rawhide and sinew.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 15
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 42
*lance, tharlarion
-(noun): weapon designed for use from the rider's mount on a high tharlarion, it is longer and heavier than the kaiila lance, for example.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 115
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 42
*Language, The
-(noun): the fierce, sweet, liquid speech of a native Gorean.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 52
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*lar
-(noun): central; as in Lar-Torvis 'The Central Fire' .
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
*larl
-(noun): a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline with a broad viper shaped head and cat-like slitted pupils; carnivorous; similar to a lion; the females of the species tend to be smaller than the males.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18
*larl, black
-(noun): predominately nocturnal larl which is sable coated and manned both male and female.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18
*larl, red
-(noun): predominately day hunting larl which is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18
*larl, white
-(noun): seen in icy mountains of the Sardar they are the largest of the big cats standing 8 feet; upper canines extending below their jaws very similar to saber-toothed tiger; long tails are tufted at the ends.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 22
*larma, apple like
-(noun): single-seeded apple like fruit; a variation of the succulent juicy larma with a single seed; commonly called pit fruit.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267
*larma, succulent
-(noun): fruit with a hard shell, brittle and easily broken, which encloses a fleshy endocarp, juicy and delicious. When a female is referred to as a 'larma', it is meant that her frigid exterior conceals a quite different interior. Larma or other fruit may be offered by a kneeling slave to her Master in a quiet plea for his sexual use of her.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 27 and page 37
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 437
*lart, snow
-(noun): a small 4-legged mammal, about 10 inches high, weighing between 8 and 12 pounds. The snow lart has two stomachs and hunts in summer, filling the second stomach in the fall to last the animal through winter. It's pelt is snowy white and thick. It is considered valuable, selling in Ar for half a silver tarsk. They are found in the Polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 74
*Lar-Torvis
-(noun): a Gorean term for the sun is The Central Fire taken from Pythagorean expressions.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
*last girl
-(noun): used to denote either the newest girl on a chain, or the least of all the girls.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 240
*Last Spear
-(noun): the last hunter in a band of hunters in the Voltai Ranges to thrown his spear; this spearman is the weakest of the party and will if all spears have not killed the prey and it attacks be the one sacrificed to allow his fellows to escape.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 20
*Laura
-(noun): east and north of Ko-ro-ba about two hundred pasangs inland from the sea called Thassa on the Laurius River; it is a small trading city, a river port, whose buildings are made largely of wood. It is a clearinghouse for a various goods, a mercantile town.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
*Laurius River
-(noun): winding, long, gentle, slow river two hundred pasangs inland from the coast of the Thassa. The free port of Lydius is found at it's mouth. The river is not as broad or brisk as the Vosk River farther to the south. It is located below Ko-ro-ba and above Ar and flows in a generally westerly direction.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
*leading position
-(noun; used as a command): posture of a slave girl bending forward at the waist with her head at a master's hip so that he may grab her hair and guide her where he wishes her to go.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 399
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 46
*leash
-(noun): various types of rope, fiber, chain, etc. used to restrict a slave from flight or movement. The rope or fiber chains may be corded with wire to prevent them from being shredded by chewing.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 195
*leash, hair
-(noun): hair confined into a ponytail with a ribbon or wooden fillet, so called because it can be used as a method of seizure and control by the Master.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 112
*leashed-legs tie
-(noun): a standard submission tie; the kneeling girl has the leash, attached to her collar, passed down the front of her body and between her legs to bind her crossed ankles together.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 244
*leech plant
-(noun): a living rooted plant with bladder-like seed pods, it can fasten two hollow fang-like thorns into its victim through which it can suck the blood that nourishes it. A chemical response of the pods cause a mechanical pumping action, giving them an eerie resemblance to contracting and expanding lungs.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 33
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 41
*leech, marsh
-(noun): described as rubbery about 4 inches long; it attaches itself to plants in the marsh or float free in the water, waiting for warm blooded animals. They fasten themselves to their victim to suck blood until, satiated, they detach. They can be removed with fire or salt. They are edible.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor pages 96-97, 99-100, 102 and 236
*leem
-(noun): a small arctic rodent some five to ten ounces in weight which hibernates in the winter. Its furs are sold by the Red Hunters.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 74
*leg-spreader
-(noun): devices of various complexity designed to keep a slave girl's legs spread while being used sexually by her master(s); sometimes used on male captives as an indication of humiliation; used mostly among the Red Savages of the Barrens.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 162
*lelt
-(noun): a small (5-7 inches) blind fish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs; white with long fins it swims slowly and is the main food of the salt shark; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 247
*lesha
-(command; lit. 'leash'): the slave remains standing or kneeling, depending upon her current position. She turns away from her Master, tilting up her chin and turns her head to the left as a leash is attached to her collar. Her wrists are extended behind her to be locked into slave bracelets or otherwise bound.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 125
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 76
*liana vine
-(noun): a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310
*lice, tarn
-(noun): marble sized parasites that infest wild tarns.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 142
*lit, common
-(noun): a bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*lit, crested
-(noun): a brightly plumaged bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 236 and 311
*lit, needle-tailed
-(noun): a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*lo
-(phrase; masc.): I am; you are.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 266
*Lo Sardar
-(phrase): I am a Priest-King.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 76 and 220
*long ship
-(noun): a swift maneuverable ship having 2 rudders 1 removable lateen-rigged mast and a keel-to-beam ratio of 8:1; often used in military actions; some are fitted as ram-ships.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
*longhouse, Torvaldsland
-(noun): the hall of the Torvaldslander is about 120 Gorean feet in length, with walls formed of turf and stone, some more than eight feet in thickness. It is heated by a fire in it's center, burning in a rounded pit. It's ceiling, supported by posts is about 6 feet in height. At one end is a cooking area and along each side, stones mark sections off into sleeping quarters, furs strewn over an dirt floor. Scattered throughout are tables and benches. The center of the hall proper is about twelve feet in width.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 90-91
*Looking into the blood
-(phrase): Gorean ritual where a hunter drinks a handful of blood from his prey, then takes another handful and looks into it to see his future, before drinking it. It is said that if one sees one's visage black and wasted, one will die of disease; if one sees oneself torn and scarlet, one will die in battle; if old and white haired, one will die in peace and leave children.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 38
*loot pit
-(noun): a holding place for captured free women awaiting collars and branding during the military occupation of a city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 190
*Love Feast
-(noun): common name for the 5th Passage Hand occurring in late summer which time is the greatest period for the sale of slaves esp. slave girls.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 193
*love furs
-(noun): luxurious furs, perhaps of the larl, thrown to the floor by the Master when he wishes to make use of his slave girl.
Book 1: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 68
*Love War
-(noun): The Wagon Peoples compete against the Warriors of Turia
on the Plain of Stakes during the Second Passage Hand (May 15th-19th) in
mid-spring, participating in various challenges and ceremonial combats. For Turians, the contest is to win ownership of a slave of the Wagon Peoples. The Four Tribes compete to win high born Turian free women, which will be turned into slaves of the wagons.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 115 -124
*Low Caste
-(noun): those under High Caste; normally not born or trained to rule; allowed only First Knowledge
See: *Caste, gorean
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor page 42
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 71
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 209-211
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 378
*luck girl
-(noun): a slave girl who acts as mascot onboard ship; her use is usually reserved for the captain of the ship but she may be shared with the crew usually as a disciplinary measure.
Book 16: Tribesmen of Gor, page 61
*lung fish
-(noun): also called gints; small fish found near half-submerged roots of shore trees or sunning on the back of tharlarion.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 384
*Luraz
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
*lure girl
-(noun): slaves who are set out by their master's to entice men for the purposes of impressing as crewmen or in work gangs. While the man is delightfully distracted, her master's men accost him and hustle him away.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 244
*Lydius
-(noun): free port administered by Merchants, at the mouth of the Laurius where it empties into the Thassa. Goods, primarily rough goods like tools, crude metal and cloth are shipped from this port to many islands and coastal cities.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
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*mamba
-(noun): large predatory variety of river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It is believed the cannibalistic Mamba People take their name from this flesh eating animal.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 393
*Mamba People
-(noun): also called 'Tharlarion People' a cannibal tribe.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 393
*manumission
-(noun): the documented, legal freeing of a slave.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 460
*March
-(noun): the 2nd largest military unit of the Kurii it consists of 12 Bands (2 160 animals).
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 241
*Margin of Desolation
-(noun): an area north of Ar that was made into a wilderness thousands of pasangs deep. Wells were poisoned, and fields burned and salted to prevent the approach of armies from the north. It was allowed to re-vegetate and re-populate. Some believe the reason is to bring more arable land under cultivation; others say that the eyes of Ar turned north toward the powerful Salerian Confederation.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 129
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 255
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 145
*marine saurian
-(noun): fish-like predator with long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360
*marine saurian, reptilian
-(noun): reptilian-like scavengers found in the Thassa, more than 20 ft in length, it has a long neck and small head with rows of small teeth. Its appendages are like broad paddles.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360
*Market of Semris
-(noun): a small town south and somewhat east of Samnium, it is famed for its markets for tarsks, four-legged and two-legged. The town square is described as neat and well maintained, set with flat stones intricately fitted together. There are shops, fountains, a closed temple and public buildings.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 106 and 281
*marking stick
-(noun): a writing implement rather like a pen.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 386
*marsh moccasin
-(noun): narrow dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head. It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 267
*master belt
-(noun): a belt worn by the men of Torvaldsland from which hangs a knife in it's sheath, as well as a pouch and other accouterments. The axe is supported in it's own belt hung over the left shoulder, but it is also anchored by a ring in the master belt. Additionally, if the sword is not looped over the left shoulder, it will hung by its sheath and sheath straps from the master belt. Some say the name, 'master belt' derives from it's not infrequent use in the disciplining of bond-maids.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 50
*master, private
-(noun): an individual free man who owns slaves chosen for the pleasure he will personally receive from owning them and being in their company.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 112-113
*master, public
-(noun): an individual free man or institution owning multiple slaves who are chosen for pleasing others, bringing indirect pleasure to their owner. Examples are feast slaves, flute girls, or state slaves.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 112-113
*matok
-(noun): a Priest-King term it refers to an inhabitant of the Nest which is in the Nest but not of the Nest.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 92
*maza
-(noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg term meaning metal.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246
*mazasa
-(phrase): translation: copper
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 321
*mazasapa
-(noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg term meaning black metal; translated loosely into iron.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246
*mead
-(noun): the preferred beverage of the northland, made with fermented honey, water and spice, traditionally served in a large animal horn.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor pages 78, 89 and 90
Book 23: Vagabonds of Gor, page 16
*meat-catch
-(noun): a carnival-like game which involves slaves lined up on their knees, hands bound behind their backs who are tossed bits of meat to catch one at a time; the girls catching the meat, or recovering a missed bit by scrambling with the others for it, receive points for their Masters.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 112
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 37 and 43
*melon
-(noun): in a Tahari market, described as a yellowish red-striped sphere.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 45
*Memory, the
-(noun): although the Red Savages, described as ruthless and ferocious, seem to thrive on internecine warfare, there is one common tradition that will unite them over customary conflicts and rivalries. Their hatred of the white man, called simply, 'The Memory' always takes priority.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 35, 148 and 248
*Men of Torvaldsland, creation of
-(legend): according to Gorean legend, man was formed from the mud of the earth and the blood of tarns by the Priest-Kings. In Torvald legend, man was formed from the hoe, water, and salt by the Gods to serve as their slaves. Those of Torvaldsland share an addendum to this story. One of the Gods, curious, careless, or, perhaps angry, threw his own axe to the ground and poured paga and his own blood upon it. The axe laughed, lept up and fled so fast no Gods could catch him. He became the father of the men of Torvaldsland.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, pages 257-258
*merchant kaissa
-(noun): refers to the standardized version of kaissa played at fairs and tournaments.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 8
*Merchants, Caste of
-(noun): the caste of those who deal in merchandise and trading; their caste colors are white and gold. Caste members can range from simple shop keepers to the rich and powerful, often significant in local political activities, searching for ways to advance their own prominence, sometimes to the point of contributing to armed conflict.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 84
*message tube
-(noun): a capped tube affixed to a slave's collar by a small thong which can hold messages for her to transport.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 359
*metaglana
-(adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 203
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 128
*midnight, Gorean
-(noun): the twentieth ahn.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 180
*milk, bosk
-(noun): milk from the bosk, a staple of life for the Tribes of the Wagon Peoples. In some areas, it is available in powdered form.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 5
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 295
*milk, kaiila
-(noun): used by the peoples of the Tahari as verr milk is used elsewhere, it is reddish with a salty strong taste due to the content of ferrous sulfate.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71
*milk, verr
-(noun): sometimes sold in open markets from a brass container, carried on a strap and served in tiny brass cups.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 61
*mindar
-(noun): a short-winged yellow and red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It has a sharp bill which it uses to drill into the bark of flower trees for larvae and grubs.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 282
*mint stick
-(noun): a confection served in a bowl on a tray set for black wine service, otherwise not described.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 10
*mitakoda
-(noun): Dust Leg term meaning my friend.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*mitakola
-(noun): Kaiila word meaning my friend.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*moons, Gorean
-(noun): three moons shine on the planet, Gor, one large and two small ones, described as full, beautiful, and 'hurtling through' the clouds. They are said to have a biological effect on females, who are sometimes chained beneath them. It is suggested that the waxing and waning of the cycles of the moon correlate with the sexual cycles of the female.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 34
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 170
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 394
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 58
*moons, Red Savage
-(noun): the moons as they mark the seasons of Red Savage life. Among them are the winter moons of Waniyetuwi and Wanicokanwi, as well as the Istawicayanzanwi or Sore-Eye Moon. The moon of the Returning Gants or Magaksicaagliwi heralds early spring followed by Wozupiwi, the Planting Moon. Kantwasi is the moon when the plums are red. The moon in which the tabuk rut (Takiyuhawi) is also called the Canpasapawi, the moon when the chokecherries are ripe. The Canwapegiwiw is the moon when the leaves become brown followed by the Corn-Harvest Moon which is called either the Wayuksapiwi or Canwapekasnawi, the moon when the wind shakes off the leaves. The autumnal equinox occurs in Canwapegiwi.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 143-144, and 253
*mul
-(noun): a Priest-King term for a human slave.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 94
*mul cases
-(noun): transparent plastic tube in which a mul sleeps.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 110
*mul fungus
-(noun): bland whitish fibrous vegetable-like material which is the main food of muls.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 109
*mul torch
-(noun): rod used to light passages in the Priest-Kings Nest.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 115
*mul-pellets
-(noun): surmised by Tarl Cabot to be a vitamin supplement for muls.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 109
*Musicians, Caste of
-(noun): czehar players have the most prestige, followed by the flutists and the players of the kalika. The players of the drums come next, and the farthest fellow down the list is the man who keeps the bag of miscellaneous instruments, playing them and parceling them out to others as needed. Musicians are never enslaved, but they may be exiled, tortured, or slain. It is said, that he who makes music must, like the tarn and the Vosk gull, be free.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 154
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*nadu
-(noun): gorean position of the pleasure slave and usually the first slave position taught to a new girl. A kneeling slave is directed to straighten her back and sit on her heels, lifting her head, and placing her hands, palms down, on her thighs. There are a couple of examples which suggest a variation of uplifted palms, though this appears to be an exception to the basic position.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 234
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 53
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 77, 81 and page 166
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 155
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 320
*Napoktan
-(noun): the Bracelets Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*needle flies (sting flies)
-(noun): Originate in the delta and similar places. It's sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 161
*needle fly
-(noun): also known as sting flies, these originate in the delta and similar places. Its sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 161
*needle tree
-(noun): an evergreen tree of the Thentis region whose oil is used in perfumes.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 141
*needle-tailed lit
-(noun): a bird found in the highest level of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*Nest
-(noun): the colony and home of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar; the ruler of the Nest is the Mother from whose eggs the Priest-Kings are hatched.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 84
*Nest Trust
-(noun): a term which means more than 'friendship' to the Priest-Kings. It is described as a communal notion, a reliance on the practices and traditions of an institution, accepting them and living in terms of them.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 80
*nestle position
-(noun): ''Nestle ' I told her. 'Yes Master ' she said. She nestled obediently in the crook of my left arm.'
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 279
*night gate
-(noun): a gate or gates monitored to allow passage of bona fide citizens to and from the city after dark.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 102
*noon, gorean
-(noun): 10th ahn is the gorean noon.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 278 and 324
*nose ring
-(noun): fine, gold ring fitted into a hole pierced into the septum of the nose. Among the Wagon Peoples, all females, slave and free wear such rings, as do their animals.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 27
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 166
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 11
*notched stick
-(noun): musical instrument played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 153
*nu
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*nykus
-(noun): victory; from the Greek nike.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*Nyoka River
-(noun): river that flows into Schendi harbor from the rainforest, and then on to Thassa.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 16 and 100
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*oar dance
-(noun): a feat of agility performed by the rovers of Torvaldsland, that of leaping from moving oar to moving oar of the Serpent ships of the Torvald. Apparently a celebratory act.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 82-83
*obeisance position
-(position): a position of extreme deference which is described as a slave deeply bowing her head from the basic pleasure slave position, often flattening her palms against the floor and leaning forward to lick and kiss the boots of a Free person.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 299
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 409
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 114 and 186
*Octavii
-(noun): ranked as first and second, these individuals are deputy commissioners in the records office of a city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 442 and 454
*Official Stone
-(noun): a solid metal cylinder that is kept near Sardar. Four times a year on a set day during the fairs cities have the chance to test it against the standard stone.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
*olakota
-(noun): Kaiila word meaning peace.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*olive, red
-(noun): from the groves of Tyros, not otherwise described.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 114
*Olni River
-(noun): a tributary of the Vosk River which stretches northeast from it's confluence with the Vosk at Lara. Lara, Vonda, Port Olni and Ti are the cities forming the Salerian Confederation, all of which lie on the Olni River.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 171
*Omen Year
-(noun): a season, rather than a year, calculated by the Wagon Peoples into three phases. The first phase is called the 'Passing of Turia', in the fall; the 'Wintering', which takes place north of Turia and south of the Cartius River, and, finally the 'Return to Turia' in the spring (also called 'Season of Little Grass'). The omens are taken near Turia by the haruspexes, mostly readers of bosk blood and verr livers. Depending on their determination an 'Owner San' might be chosen, the Owner of all the Peoples. In the time of Tarl Cabot, the omens had not been favorable for one hundred years.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 11-12
*omnion
- (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*one-strap
-(noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely for climbing steeply; it is also a command for Tarns trained in verbal cues. One-Strap!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 130 and 177
*opals, common
-(noun): milky in color. Because they are much more rare on Gor they are of more value than those of Earth.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
*opals, flame
-(noun): reddish and blue in color. Because they are much more rare on Gor they are of more value than those of Earth.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
*open-legged tie
-(noun): right wrist is tied to right ankle, and left wrist to left ankle, with about six or seven inches of slack between wrist and ankle. It is not good for general security but is it a good and familiar slave tie. One advantage of this is that a girl may kneel comfortably for hours.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 207
*Or
-(noun): a unit of ten warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 175
*Oralu
-(noun): a unit of a thousand warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 175
*Orlu
-(noun): a unit of a hundred warriors of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 175
*ost
-(noun): tiny snake about 12 inches long bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds. It is the most venomous snake on Gor.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
*ost, rainforest
-(noun): a snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*oysters
-(noun): from the delta of the Vosk.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 301
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*paddle mitten
-(noun): a mitten worn by the Red Hunter as he paddles his kayak or umiak. It has a thumb on each side, so that when one side is worn, it can be turned over.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 280
*paga attendant
-(noun): a male employee of a paga tavern who supervises the serving of paga by slave girls and collects payment for the paga and the use of the slave girls.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 77
*paga tavern
-(noun): an establishment where food and alcoholic beverages esp. paga are sold; in addition the use of the serving slave is included in the price of the paga bought.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 7
*paga, drinking vessels
-(noun): paga, the fermented drink made from Sa-Tarna grain seems to have no traditions surrounding it's service, as is demonstrated by the myriad variety of serving and drinking vessels deemed acceptable by the Gorean imbiber. The following annotations list these examples of drinking vessels: cups, brass cups, glasses, bowls, goblets, metal goblets, a silver goblet studded with rubies, a golden goblet, and a kantharos
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 9
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 102, 105, 111, 223 and 306
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 22-23
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 371
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 71 and 77
*paga, sa-tarna
-(noun): a strong fermented drink brewed from sa-tarna (pagar-sa-tarna or Pleasure of the Life- Daughter) grain, the favored drink of Gorean men. A cup in a paga tavern would cost a tarsk bit. One of the large serving bottles may be purchased for a silver tarsk. Paga is served warmed to fiery hot. There seem to be no traditions surrounding it's service as demonstrated by the variety of vessels from which it is, stored, served and drunk. (See: *paga, serving vessels and *paga, drinking vessels)
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 74
Book 8: Raiders of Gor, pages 100, 102, 111 and 113
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 22 and 23
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 78
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 16
*paga, serving vessels
-(noun): paga, the fermented drink made from Sa-Tarna grain, seems to have no traditions surrounding it's service, as is demonstrated by the myriad variety of serving and drinking vessels deemed acceptable by the Gorean imbiber. The following annotations list these examples of serving vessels: wineskins or botas made from verrskin leather, bottles so large they must be supported by a shoulder sling, bronze vessels with a similar strap, a hydria or water vessel, as well as bottles, sealed with the insignia of the brewer. Paga is served from kettles, jugs and vats when not sealed in a large or standard sized bottle.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 105, 111, 113, 120, and 171
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 113
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 13
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 371
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 16 and 36
*pagar
- (noun): pleasure.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 75
*palm tree
-(noun): More than 1500 varieties of palm trees exist in the rainforest one of which is the Fan Palm more than 20 ft high and spreads it leaves in the form of a an opened fan it is an excellent source of pure water as much as one liter of water being found almost as though cupped at the base of each leaf's stem.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310
*palm wine
-(noun): drink mentioned briefly; no description available.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 429
*panga
-(noun): two-foot-long heavy curve-bladed bush knife.
Book 13 Explorers of Gor, page 287
*Panther Girl (forest girl)
-(noun): runaway women who live in the forest without free men, taking as slave any man who enters their domain and eventually selling him. Those of the northern forests dress in the teeth and skins of forest panthers which they slay with their spears and bows
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 82 and 118
*panther, jungle
-(noun): Less dangerous to man than the northern variety inhabitant of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*Parade of Slaves
-(noun): a presentation of beauty and attractions in which the slaves present themselves one by one usually accompanied by music for the inspection of the guests. Commonly takes place in paga taverns and brothels but may take place elsewhere. Free women are usually not present.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 29
*Paravaci
-(noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples, the Paravaci are known as The Rich People. Their standard is a large banner of jewels strung on golden wires, forming the head and horn of a bosk. The value of such a standard is incalculable. The Paravaci brand is a stylized representation of a bosk head: a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 14
*parfleche
-(noun): kailiauk hide is prepared in sheets, cut almost as thin as paper, dried in the prairie sun and layered to form a flat, leather envelope which is sealed with a seam of hardened fat. Used to store food, such as kailiauk meat.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 328
*parrot
-(noun): A bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.
Book 13 :Explorers of Gor, page 311
*parsit current
-(noun): the main eastward current of the waters above the polar basin, so named because of the several varieties of migrating parsit fish which follow it.
-Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*parsit fish
-(noun): a silvery fish having brown stripes, the follow the 'parsit current' in the polar basin. In Torvaldsland, it is smoked and dried, stored in barrels, and used in trade to the south.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 28, 56, and 63-64
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*pasang
-(noun): measure of distance equaling .7 miles.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 58
*pasang stone
-(noun): a stone set up along roads to mark distance to and from certain destinations.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 35
*Passage Hand
-(noun): the 5-day period between Gorean months which consist of five 5-day weeks.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 78
*passion slave
-(noun): a slave girl who has been bred rather captured; specifically one that has been bred for a particular trait such as beauty or slave heat or the shape of her lips.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 53
*Peasants, Caste of
-(noun): the basic caste of Gor; they refer to themselves as the 'Ox on Which the Home Stone Rests'
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 27 and 66
Book 5: Assassin of Gor page 157
*pemmican
-(noun): strips of dried kailiauk meat pounded into a powder and mixed with fruit, such as chokeberries, is fixed in kailiauk fat and shaped into round, flat cakes. Provides portable protein and energy source.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 46
*Pentilicus Tallux
-(noun): a renowned poet of the Ar of one hundred years ago, the Great Theater in Ar is named for him. It has a huge stage which can accommodate a thousand actors.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page110
*People
-(noun): a division of the Kur military, it is composed of twelve smaller units, the March.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22
*personal serving slave
-(noun): a slave assigned or owned by the person she obeys. Her duties may include running errands, general cleaning, or caring for personal belongings.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 366
*Physicians, Caste of
-(noun): the caste which practices the healing arts; the Physicians are one of the five High Castes which make up the Gorean government. Green Caste.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 44, 61-63
*pierced-ear girl
-(noun): a common Turian custom which became popular after the fall of Turia to the Wagon Peoples; such a girl is permanently marked as the most abject of slaves
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 157, 167 and 319
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 10-11
*Pillar of Exchanges
-(noun): about one hundred pasangs northwest of Tharna lonely white column of solid marble 400 feet in height and 100 feet in diameter. The solid pillar offers an almost ideal place for the exchange of prisoners.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor page, 141
*Plains of Turia
-(noun): the southern prairies of Gor, described as a broad grassland, from the Thassa and the Ta-Thassa Mountains to the southern foothills of the Voltai Range. Called the Land of the Wagon Peoples, their holdings extend in the north to the Cartius River.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 3 and 4
*Player
-(noun): one who makes his living as a master of Kaissa, playing for a cup of paga, or perhaps a night's lodging at an Inn. They are not a Caste, but a clan who tend to live apart, their members made up of men from various Castes who often have little in common but fame.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 27 and 325
Book 7: Hunters of Gor, page 47
*Pleasure Garden
-(noun): the name for a beautifully landscaped walled area at a wealthy Gorean home. Besides the decoration of flowers and foliage, slave girls may be kept there.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 217
*pleasure rack
-(noun): a device ranging in complexity from a grid of ropes in a wooden frame to a moveable adjustable frame with chains for the display and sexual use of slave girls and captive free women
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 199
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 21
*pleasure silk
-(noun): sheer clingy form of silk worn only by slave girls; wraps like a pareau with a disrobing loop at the left shoulder.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 322
*pleasure slave
-(noun): a slave girl whose main function is sexual servitude to her master; traditionally she kneels with her knees spread wide and her hands either resting on her thighs or in some cities crossed behind her ready for binding.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 101
*Poets, Caste of
-(noun): One of the low castes. On Gor the singer or poet is regarded as a craftsman who makes strong sayings he has his role to play in the social structure celebrating battles and histories singing of heroes and cities but also he is expected to sing of living and of love and joy not merely of arms and glory; and too it is his function to remind the Goreans from time to time of loneliness and death lest they should forget that they are men. This Caste is outlawed in Tharna.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 103
*poison
-(noun): the use of poison of Gor is generally considered not worthy of men. It is against the Code of Warriors. It is thought of as a weapon of women.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 18
*Polar North
-(noun): referring to the area above the Hrimgar Mountains, home of the Red Hunters. Most of this land is tundra, a treeless plain covered with mosses, shrubs, and lichens during the summer. Some two hundred and forty different types of plants grow in the Gorean arctic within 500 pasangs of the pole. In the winter, early spring, and late fall, it is s desolate, bleak, frozen barren alien landscape.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 195-196
*porcupine, long-tailed
-(noun): animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*Port Kar
-(noun): facing the gleaming Thassa by way of the Tamber Gulf, is the crowded, squalid, malignant city at the mouth of the Vosk Delta called Port Kar. It is sometimes referred to as the Tarn of the Sea. It is the only city on Gor that recognizes a Caste of Thieves, and it is the only city on Gor actually built by slaves under the whip of their Masters. The city is a mass of holdings, each almost a fortress, all crossed and divided by hundreds of canals. Port Kar is ruled by a several conflicting Owners, and, under them, the Council of Captains who are responsible for maintaining and managing the great arsenal, as well as the fleets of Port Kar. Her name is a synonym in Gorean for cruelty and piracy.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 6 and 103
*Port Olni
-(noun): city located on the North bank of the Olni River. A member of the Salerian Confederation.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 88
*pot girl
-(noun): a slave girl whose main function is cooking and other menial tasks; used
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 164
*Prayer Ring
-(noun): ring with several tiny knobs on it has circular knob (like the golden circle at the termination of the Initiates staff notifies that one cycle of prayer has been completed.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 20
*Pride
-(noun): a military unit consisting of 100 Warriors.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 27
*Priest-King
-(noun): Sardar; golden insect-like creatures about a yard wide and almost 18 feet tall with six legs and globe-like head. Keepers of the Sacred Place in the Sardar Mountains.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 75
*Priest-Kings, symbol of
-(noun): described as a golden circle, which has no beginning or end; the symbol of eternity.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 46
*Prison Moon
-(noun): of the three moons orbiting Gor, the name given to one of the two smaller ones.
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 170
*Prition
-(noun): title of a treatise on bondage written by Clearchus of Cos.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 139
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 194
*profalarina
-(adv): a female who is no longer a virgin or 'glana' preceded by the state of 'profalarina' indicating a female who is about to be 'falarina' and before that by 'meta glana' one who looks forward to her deflowering.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 203
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 128
*prostrate
-(noun): the slave kneels, bows her head, leans forward and touches her forehead to the floor, stretches her arms out before her with palms face down and fingers spread.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 305
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*quala
-(noun): (pl. qualae) tiny, three-toed mammal, dun-colored with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 140 - 141
Book 7: Raiders of Gor, page 4
*quarrel
-(noun): small arrow of the crossbow. It's initial velocity is the better part of a pasang per second. The crossbow is the preferred weapon of the assassin.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 100
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 2
*quern
-(noun): a grinding implement which consists primarily of a mount, two stones, an overhead beam and a pole. The two stones are circular grinding stones. The bottom stone has a small hub on its upper surface which fits into an inverted concave depression in the upper stone. This helps to keep the stones together. It also has shallow, radiating surface grooves through which the grindings may escape between the stones.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 18
*quiva
-(noun): balanced saddle knife about a foot in length double edged; it tapers to a dagger like point. It is regarded as more of a missile weapon than a hand knife.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 11, 67, and 124
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*rainforest, canopies zone
-(noun): zone in rainforest that ranges from 60 to 125 Gorean feet above the jungle floor. This is the fantastic green cover which constitutes the main ceiling of the jungle. It is inhabited by an incredible number of birds, monkeys, reptiles, and insects.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*rainforest, emergent zone
-(noun): an ecological level of the rainforest 125 to 200 gorean feet above the jungle floor. In this highest level, the trees have thrust above the canopies below them. Mainly birds, particularly parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits inhabit this zone.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*rainforest, ground zone
-(noun): the 'undergrowth' of the rainforest. Extending from the ground to the lower canopies, this ecological zone is home to species of birds, snakes and insects. Many small animals, such as the giani, jit monkeys and four toed leaf urts are found in this zone as well. On the floor itself are marsupials, tarsk, twenty kinds of single-horned tabuk, and jungle larls and panthers.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*ram-berry
-(noun): small reddish fruit not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small edible seeds.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 207and 305
*ram-ship
-(noun): war galley having up to 3 banks of oars as well as masts and sails; named for the battering rams on the prow.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
*rarius
-(noun; pl.rarii): warrior
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 266
*Raviri
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
*ravishment lamp
-(noun): a small tharlarion- oil lamp found in the chamber of a master; its soft glow is sufficient to illuminate a slave girl during her sexual use.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 203
*Red Hunters
-(noun): the men of the polar basin, of Indian heritage and similar physically, but culturally distinct from the Red Savages of the Barrens. Their babies are born with a blue spot at the base of their spine. They live as nomads, dependent on the migrations of tabuk, and the sea sleen. The Red Hunters refer to themselves as the Innuit, which, in their tongue means, 'The People'. They are few in number, and live in scattered, isolated, communities. Culturally, they tend to be gentle, kindly and friendly, even to strangers. .
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 36, 155-156, and 188-189
*Red Savages
-(noun): the peoples to inhabit the plains area (Barrens) of Gor. they are racially and culturally distinct from the Red Hunters of the north, being a more slender, longer-limbed people. They are nomadic, their culture being based on the kaiila and the gigantic herds of trident-horned kailiauk. They are further distinguished by cunning, ruthlessness and ferocity. They live to hunt and for internecine warfare, which seems to serve almost as a sport and religion. Their common hatred is for the white man, which takes precedence over all other conflicts. See: *Memory, the
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 35
*red-silk girl
-(noun): A slave girl who is not a virgin, or, as is said on Gor, her body has been 'opened by men'.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 205
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 472
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 128 and 204
*reins, kaiila
-(noun): a light rein, plaited with 10 to 12 strips of dyed leather. Each strip is cut with knives to be thinner than a thread, but the combination is very strong and durable. Used by the Tribesmen of the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 56
*rence
-(noun): a tufted reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long thick roots about four inches thick which lies under the surface of the water with smaller roots that sink down to the mud with stems 15-16 feet long with a single floral spike used for making paper, which is exported all over Gor. Each part of the rence is used for something.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7
*rence beer
-(noun): steeped, boiled and fermented from crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant, served in a gourd flagon.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 18 and 44
*rence islands
(noun): part of the Vosk Delta where the communities of rence growers dwell. They live on rence islands which are small, seldom more than 200 by 250 feet and about 8 to 9 feet thick with an exposed surface above the water of about 3 feet. They are formed entirely from interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. To prevent unwanted movement, they are tethered by marsh vine to near-by strong rence roots.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 13 and 14
*rence paper
-(noun): made from the fibers of the rence plant by rence growers, there are 8 grades, laboriously fashioned into sheets, which are attached to each other, into a roll, twenty sheets per roll. Rence paper is one of the papers used on Gor. Others are milled linen, vellum, and parchment.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor page 49
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7
*rence, pith of
-(noun): edible part of the rence plant, either raw or cooked. Rence pith and fish are the dietary staples of the rence growers. Also sometimes used for caulking.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7
*rence, root of
-(noun): used to make wooden tools and utensils that can be carved from it also used for fuel.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 7
*rence, stem of
-(noun): used to make reed boats sails mats cords and a fibrous cloth
Book 6: Raiders of Gor page 7
*rennel
-(noun): a crablike poisonous desert insect.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 27
*rep
-(noun): a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush used to make rep-cloth.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 10
*rep-cloth
-(noun): rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 294
*Revels, Master of
-(noun): a city's Master of Entertainment.
Book 20 Players of Gor, page 10
*rim
-(adj): east directional division of a gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*ring lock
-(noun): there are many varieties of these locks, one being the combination padlock with numbers of rotating disks which, when aligned properly, allow the lock to open.
-Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 292
*ring-necked waders
-(noun) bird found along the river of the ground zone of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*river shark
-(noun): a narrow black vicious carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin which inhabits the rivers of Gor.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 79
*Robes of Concealment
-(noun): the mode of dress favored by free women in some of the larger city-states (i.e. Ar Ko-ro-ba Turia etc.); it consists of one or more hooded robes of heavy brocade or other opaque fabric plus up to five face veils.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 87
*rock spider
-(noun): an inhabitant of the rainforests lower level this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking legs under its body to look like a rock hence its name; it is approximately one foot in diameter and will catch small rodents or birds in its web.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 294
*ror
-(adj): northeast directional division of a gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*round ship
-(noun): heavy cargo and passenger ships having up to 3 banks of 10 oars to a side; not as swift or maneuverable as ram- ships having a keel-to-beam ratio of 6:1; has 2 rudders and 2 permanent lateen-rigged masts; carries a crew of 20-25 free men plus up to 200 oar-slaves.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 322
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*sa
-(noun): life
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 43
*Sacred Place
-(noun): the name given to a place located in the Sardar Mountains. It is considered taboo, perilous, and, until the time of Tarl Cabot, no man had ever returned from a journey to it.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 29
*Sa-eela
-(noun): one of the most moving deeply rhythmic and erotic of slave dances; belongs to the class of slave dance known as Lure Dances of the Love- Starved Slave girl.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 259
*sa-fora
-(noun): Chain Daughter or Daughter of the .
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 8: Hunters of Gor ,page 194
*sajel
-(noun): a drug which causes harmless pustules to erupt on the body; in combination with gieron it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 154
*salamander
-(noun): an inhabitant of the brine pits of the salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stem like legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 247
*Salerian Confederation
-(noun): an alliance of 4 cities, Ti, Port Olni, Lara, and Vonda, formed to rid the Olni River of pirates and to protect inland shipping.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 171
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 88
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 283
*salt shark
-(noun): a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw several rows of triangular teeth a sickle-like tail and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 251
*salt, red
-(noun): some of the salt mines in the Tahari Desert Waste area of Klima, deliver a salt, famed on Gor, that is red in color from deposits of ferrous oxide. It is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after it's port of embarkation at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, pages 20 and 238
*salt, white
-(noun): mined by the slaves who manage to live through a punishing march over the white hot crusts of salt of the Tahari Wastes to Klima, for example. Salt, mined from the Tahari makes up 20% of the salt used in various products of Gor. The forced marches to Klima can only be done in the fall, winter, or spring when the surface temperature of the salt crusts reach 160 degree's Fahrenheit and the air temperature ranges from 120 to 140 degree's. The mining, harvesting, sifting, purifying and packaging process turn out nine qualities of salt which are shipped all over Gor.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 231, and 238-240
*salt, yellow
-(noun): references to yellow salt as 'of the south' and on a table exist, but no other description has been found.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 86
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 186-187
*Samnium
-(noun): two hundred pasangs east and south of Brundisium, a walled city, spared the savageries of war with Cos, because of her alliance with them.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 9 and 14
*san
-(adj.): one; fem. sana
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 146
*sa'ng
-(adj.): without
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 216
*sa'ng-fori
-(noun; lit. 'without chains'): freedom or liberty!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 216
*sapa
-(adjective): Kailla or Dust Leg term meaning black.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246
*sar
-(noun): king
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 13
*Sardar
-(noun): Priest-King
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 13
*Sardar Mountain Fairs
-(noun): huge fairs held four times each year at the foot of the Sardar Mountains; they coincide with the equinoxes and solstices and are numbered chronologically. During of the Fair the area is neutral territory: no one may be enslaved at the Fair (though slaves captured elsewhere may be sold) & no blood may be spilled; serves as a trading point for information and merchandise; every Gorean is required to visit the Fair at least once before the age of 25.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 179
*Sardar Mountain Fairs, En'Kara
-(noun): occurs during the spring, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 8
*Sardar Mountain Fairs, En'Var
-(noun): occurs during the summer solstice, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, pages 78-79
*Sardar Mountain Fairs, Se'Kara
-(noun): occurs in the fall, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 78
*Sardar Mountain Fairs, Se'Var
-(noun): occurs during the winter solstice, one of the four great fairs held in the shadow of the Sardar during the Gorean year.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 309
*Sardar Mountains
-(noun): legendary location of the Sacred Place home of the Priest-Kings, they are 1000 pasangs from Ko-Ro-Ba, in the North. They are smaller than other mountain ranges such as those of Thentis or the Voltai mountains.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 29
*Sa-Tarna
-(noun; lit. 'life-daughter'): staple gorean grain, described as yellow shafts growing in rows in a field.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 43
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 102
*Sa-Tassna
-(noun; lit. 'life-mother'): meat; food in general
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 43
*scarlet rug
-(noun): a submission rug used in Tharna on which a free woman naked and bound with yellow cords must submit as slave to her master first hearing him recite a ritual poem then yielding physically.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 205
*Schendi
-(noun): a port city just south of the equator having a population of c. 1 million citizens, most black. It is the base of operations for the League of Black Slavers. It's harbor on the Thassa is the entry for the Kamba and Nyoka Rivers which lead to the interior of the Schendi rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 16, 100, 115 and 123
*Schendi, rainforest of
-(noun): a vast rain forest covering thousands of square pasangs on the equator. It's western border is the Thassa and it's port of Schendi. Two great lakes puncturate it's center, Lake Ngao and Lake Ushindi, four hundred pasangs apart. The rain forest is home to myriad varieties of insects, birds, fish, mammals, rodents and reptiles and some of the most unique flora to be found on Gor.
Book 13: Explorer's of Gor, pages 100, 115, 116, 309 - 312
*scimitar
-(noun): the preferred weapon of the tribesmen of the Tahari. A wickedly curved blade, so sharp that a bit of silk dropped upon it would fall, parted, to the floor. The wielder of such a weapon presses forward with lightening moves, in rapid, diagonal, figure-eight strokes, his booted foot stamped forward, his body turned to the left, minimizing target, his head to the right, maximizing vision, his rear foot at right angles to the attack line, maximizing leverage, assuring balance. On kailla-back, it is carried, sheathed, hanging from the saddle.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 120, 122, and 234
*scorpion
-(noun): found in the canopy level of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*Scribes, Caste of
-(noun): the Caste which includes the scholars and clerks of Gor. There are divisions and rankings within the group, from simple copiers to the savants of the city. Blue.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 44
*scrolls, Gorean
-(noun): Manuals of the Pens of Mira, Leonora's Compendium, Songs of Dina, or Hargon's The Nature and Arts of the Female Slave are all texts with information or instruction about slavery, sometimes used in slave training.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 193
*scytale
-(noun): a marked ribbon wrapped around a spear. When the marks are aligned, a message can be read.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 23-24
Book 13: Explorers, page 10
*se
-(adj.): second
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*sea sleen
-(noun): long sleek mammal with flippers and six legs and double fanged jaws can weigh as much as 1000 pounds.. and as much as 20 feet in length hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelt.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 285
*sea sleen, black
-(noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*sea sleen, brown
-(noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*sea sleen, flat-nosed
-(noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*sea sleen, rogue
-(noun): rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 283
*sea sleen, tufted
-(noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*sea sleen, white-spotted
-(noun): its rich fur is used for cloaks.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor page 300
*second growth patches
-(noun): area's of the jungle that are impenetrable or almost impenetrable, not characteristic of the virgin rain forest. They occur when land is cleared and abandoned. Often found along rivers.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 313
*Second Knowledge
-(noun): the education available to the higher castes; it is more esoteric and includes knowledge of Earth.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 41 and 45
*second slave
-(noun): referring to the serving of black wine and the custom of having two slaves attending, one with a tray holding cream and sweeteners, and the second girl fetching and serving the pot of hot black wine. If no cream or sweetener is desired, then only the 'second slave' is needed.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 74
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 245
*second wine
-(noun): a breeding wine reverses the contraceptive effects of slave wine.
Book 18 Blood Brothers of Gor, page 319
*seduction slave
-(noun): a kajirus used to seduce a Free Woman into violating the couch law and becoming slave.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 8
*Se'Kara
-(noun; lit. 'second turning'): the seventh month of the Gorean calendar that of the autumnal equinox roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of September.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis
-(noun): The Second Kara or the Second Turning the month of the autumnal equinox but usually called simply Se'Kara
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*self-contract, limited, slave
-(noun): an arrangement wherein a Free Woman contracts to be an experimental slave for a period of time ranging from one night to a year. Her documents will contain a specified termination date.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 101
*Selnar
-(noun): the third month of the Gorean calendar (in Ko-ro-ba and some other cities).
Book 5 Assassin of Gor, page 235
*semnium
-(noun): a public building which houses the high council, or governing body.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 108, 141
*sereem diamonds
-(noun): red, sparking, white-flecked stones of great value.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
*Se'Var
-(noun; lit. 'second resting'): the tenth month of the Gorean calendar that of the winter solstice roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of December.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*Se'Var-Lar-Torvis
- (noun): the Second Resting of the Central Fire simply known as Se'Var.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178
*shark, marsh
-(noun): long bodied, nine-gilled inhabitant of the rence island areas of the marsh, they are almost eel-like.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages, 13, 21, and 58
*shark, river
-(noun): a narrow black vicious carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin which inhabits the rivers of Gor.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 79
*shark, salt
-(noun): a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw several rows of triangular teeth a sickle-like tail and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 249
*shelter trench
-(noun): to escape the blistering heat of the Tahari, where temperatures can reach 175 degree's Fahrenheit, a trench, 4 or 5 feet deep and 18 inches wide is dug. Temperatures are 50 degrees cooler 1 or two feet below the surface of the desert. The trench is drawn perpendicular to the path of the sun, so it provides the maximum shade for the longest period of time.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 21
*she-quadrupled, modality of
-(noun): an instruction whereby the slave performs her regular duties upon hands and knees without the benefit of the use of her hands. In this mode she may not rise to her feet and may use only her mouth and teeth to grasp and manipulate objects.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 225
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 215
*she-sleen position
-(noun): Also known as 'assuming the modality of the she-quadruped.' In this position the slave falls to her hands and knees her head down on the floor her hindquarters up thrust for viewing and/or her Master's pleasure.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 215
*she-urts
-(noun): short for 'she-urts of the wharves' homeless free girls - runaways vagabonds orphans etc. - who live near the canals in port cities surviving by scavenging begging stealing and sleeping with paga attendants; they sleep wherever they find space and usually wear a brief tunic instead of Robes of Concealment
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 62
*shield, Kurii
-(noun): a wide iron shield, round and four feet in diameter.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 171
*shield, northern
-(noun): round and wooden, variously painted, they are reinforced with iron bands, or leather, or small bronze plates. Hung, overlapping over the side of a ship, they are an indication of peaceful intent.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 32
*shield, round
-(noun): The round shield is formed from concentric, overlapping layers of hardened leather riveted together and bound with hoops of brass. It is fitted with the double sling for carrying on the left arm. Normally the Gorean shield is painted boldly and has infixed in it some device for identifying the bearer's city.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 21
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 68
*shield, signal
-(noun): the men of Torvaldsland use different colored shields as a means of communication. Two that are universal are the red shield which means, 'war', and the white shield meaning, 'peace'.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 70 and 181
*shield, Turian
-(noun): unlike the common Gorean shield, the Turian shield is oval.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 113 and 123
*shrub, kanda
-(noun): A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 43
*shrub, kes
-(noun): a shrub whose salty blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage, a Gorean soup.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
*shu
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet which is probably oriental in origin.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*side-block girl
-(noun): a slave girl sold for a fixed price from the side block of a slave auction house instead of auctioned from the main block; used disparagingly.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 107
*sidge
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; derived from cuneiform.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*Sign of the Hammer
-(noun): the sign of Thor, made by holding up a clenched fist. In Torvaldsland, spiritual allegiance is to ancient gods, such as Odin and Thor.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 48 and 82
*signature knot
-(noun): a complex knot whose tying is known only to the one who invented it.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 214
*silk girl
-(noun): term used by those of Torvaldsland to denote a slave girl from the southern cities; often used disparagingly.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 144
*silk slave
-(noun): a male pleasure slave. His function, unlike the common kajirus, is attendance to a free woman.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, pages 157 and 164
Book 25: Mercenaries of Gor, page 437
*silver ships
-(noun): the name given to gorean space ships used on periodic visits to earth for the harvest of barbarian girls and other goods called 'Voyages of Acquisition'.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 40
*silver tubes
-(noun) charged cylindrical weapons manually operated; incorporated principles much like the 'Flame Death Mechanism'.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 229
*sim plant
-(noun): a rambling, tangled, vine-like plant with huge, rolling leaves raised in the pasture chambers of the Nest.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 214
*Singers, Caste of
-(noun): One of the low castes. On Gor the singer or poet is regarded as a craftsman who makes strong sayings he has his role to play in the social structure celebrating battles and histories singing of heroes and cities but also he is expected to sing of living and of love and joy not merely of arms and glory; and too it is his function to remind the Goreans from time to time of loneliness and death lest they should forget that they are men. The Caste name is interchangeable with Caste of Poets.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 103
*sip root
-(noun): a bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor , pages 46, 124 and 319
*sirik
-(noun): a arrangement of chains used to display a slave girl rather than confine her; it consists of a collar to which about five feet of chain is attached; part-way down the chain is a pair of manacles and the chain terminates in a set of shackles.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor pages, 83 and 158
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages, 165-166
*sirik, work
-(noun): resembles the common sirik but the wrists, to permit work, are granted about a yard of chain. Like the common sirik, it is a lovely chain; women are beautiful in it.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 145
*six-strap
-(noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely to climb steadily and to the left. Six-Strap!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 129
*Skjern
-(noun): an island in Thassa, it is located West of bleak, rocky Torvaldsland and north of the northern forests.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 198
*slave basket
-(noun): a wicker basket strapped to a tarn to transport slaves.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 51
*slave beads
-(noun): colorful glass or wooden strings of beads, suitable to be given to kajira at Master's whim.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 82
*slave bells
-(noun): tiny bells which give off a sensual shimmer of sound; threaded by the dozen on thongs or chains they may be tied or locked around a girl's ankles or wrists or attached to her collar; are worn or removed only at the whim of a master. Thought to be symbolic of their status of domestic animals, property, in bondage.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 84
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 20-21
*slave belly
-(noun): the area of the abdomen around the navel; so called because only slave girls expose their navels.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 335
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 334
*slave blanket
-(noun): thin cotton-like blanket woven from the soft fibers of the Rep Plant to protect her from the cold.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 67
*slave box, punishment
-(noun): small square (3x3') iron box with a door having a viewing aperture of 7 inches x1/2 inches in the middle and a pass-through of 12x2 inches at the base; a punishment device for slaves.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 313-314
*slave box, transportation
-(noun): small, iron box used for the transportation of slaves.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 120
*slave bracelet, identificatory
-(noun): used in lieu of a collar, described as silver, it is attached to the wrist of a slave. Information about the owner is inscribed.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 430, 441, and 459
*slave bracelets
-(noun): manacles of various types intended to restrain the wrists of a slave; some are akin to handcuffs while some are almost jewelry light restraining bracelets made of blue and gold stones.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 102
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 218
*slave cage
-(noun): small, stout, wooden cord-bound, thick-barred cage adequate for the confinement of bound slaves. A wooden gate, tied shut, secures it.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 220
*slave dance
-(noun): any of the sensuous and lascivious dances performed by slave girls to entertain their masters. The dancing of a slave is a thousand times more sensuous than that of a free woman because of the incredible meanings involved the additional richness which this furnishes the explosive significance of this comprehension that she who dances is owned and theoretically could be owned by you.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 193
*slave girtle
-(noun): a length of cord tied about a girl to mold a slave tunic to her form and enhance her curves, able to be crisscrossed about the body.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 21, 28-30
*slave goad
-(noun): an electrical device much like a cattle prod used for controlling and disciplining slaves.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 84
*slave harness
-(noun): a slave garment or bond not otherwise described.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 108-109
*slave heat
-(adj): the intense need and passion of a slave girl.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 242
*slave hobble
-(noun): a chain consisting of a wrist-ring and an ankle-ring joined by 7 inches of chain it is fastened on one ankle and the opposite wrist.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 154
*slave hood
-(noun): a leather hood having no opening for eyes mouth or ears which covers a slave's entire head; usually has a gag attachment.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 146
*slave ignorance
-(noun): it is sometimes deemed appropriate that slaves be deliberately kept in ignorance, i.e., not knowing the names of their captors, their whereabouts, or what is to be done with them, at the Master's whim.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 89 and 380-381
*slave kennel
-(noun): a small room, usually 3'x3'x4', having an iron grill for a door in which a slave girl may be confined at night .
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 117-118
*slave lips
-(noun): When this command is given the slave turns her head up to the Master her lips pursed in a sensual kissing position. She remains motionless her lips thusly puckered and may not move until she is granted the kiss of a Master.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 111 and 404
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 224
*slave locker
-(noun): a sort of temporary slave box available at a depot for fee carts, for example. Once the slave has entered the locker, a tarsk bit is inserted which allows for the turning and removal of the key, which the owner pockets until his return. This kind of slave locker is unattended.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 423-424
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 67
*slave mat
-(noun): a course mat made of straw to which area a slave girl may be ordered for discipline or use, the girl may not leave the mat unless permitted by her master.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 74
*slave orgasm
-(noun): powerful orgasm in which a slave completely yields to the Master.. after which she can never be anything but a man's slave.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 13
*slave oval
-(noun): a method of chain a slave girl consisting of a hinged iron loop which locks around her waist with two sliding wrist- rings and a welded ring in the middle of the back.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 146
*slave perfume
-(noun): perfumes designed to be worn by slave girls; they are heavier and more sensual than those designed for free women.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 230
*slave pole
-(noun): imaginary pole that 'transfixes' a dancing girl by which she is 'held' during her dance.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 11
*slave porridge
-(noun): a cold unsweetened mixture of water and Sa-Tarna meal on which slaves are fed; in Torvaldsland it is called 'bond-maid gruel' and often mixed with pieces of chopped parsit fish.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 126
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 208
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 56, 63 - 65
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 66
*slave rape
-(noun): the sexual use of a slave girl; may be either tender or bruta, casual, deliberate or disciplinary.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 34
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 184
*slave rape position
-(noun): This is a disciplinary position wherein the slave is ordered to lie supine and motionless in preparation for usage.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 202
*slave ring
-(noun): a heavy iron ring c. 1' in diameter to which a slave may be secured for security discipline or any other reason; often found in floors interior & exterior walls (either 1' or 3' above the ground) attached to the foot of a master's sleeping couch, etc.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 48
*slave sack
-(noun): a sack used primarily to transport slaves that ties off on at one end.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 244
*slave stake
-(noun): about four and one half feet in length and four inches in width, cut from wood. At it's top, about two inches from the end, a groove an inch deep is cut. A long leather tether is attached to a slave's neck and affixed to the stake. It is used for securing a slave for the night, for example.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 349
*slave steel
- (noun): generic term for collars chains siriks etc. worn by slaves.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 158
*slave strap
-(noun): heavy strap or belt which buckles behind the wearer's back; in front there is a metal plate with a welded ring through which passes the 4 hort (5 inches) chain of a pair of slave bracelets; designed to keep the wearer's hand before his body.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 65
*slave trap
-(noun): a trap of powerful steel that is lined by sharp teeth which snap shut on the slave's leg and locks closed until opened by a key. The trap is locked, unlike an animal trap to prevent it being pried open by strong hands.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 126
*slave tunic
-(noun): a simple, sleeveless, pullover tunic of brown cloth, slit deeply at the hips with narrow shoulder straps, little more than strings .Some have a disrobing loop at the shoulder.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 155 and 225
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 21
*slave wagon
-(noun): a flat-bedded barred wagon like a large cage with a door in the rear in which many slaves may be transported at one time their ankles chained to a bar that runs down the center of the floor; tarpaulins are often used to cover the cage & hide the cargo.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 65
*slave whistle
-(noun): used in issuing signals summoning slaves and so on.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 84
*slave wine
-(noun): a black, bitter beverage that acts as a contraceptive; its effect is instantaneous and lasts for well over a month; can be counter-acted with a another sweet-tasting beverage (see: breeding wine).
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 23 and 83-84
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 174
*slave wire
-(noun): a closely interwoven latticework of sharp, swaying strands, set at intervals of less than a hort. Serves as a confining fence. It's barbs and prongs could cut a slave to pieces.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 347
*Slaver
-(noun): any person owning or dealing in human slavery. While all of the Caste of Slavers are slavers, not all slavers belong to the Caste.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 315
*slaver's caress
-(noun): a method of touching without warning a slave girl who is being sold in order to exhibit her slave heat for potential buyers; also known as the Whip Caress as it is commonly done using a coiled whip.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 294-295
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 40
*slaver's necklace
-(noun): fanciful term for a coffle of slave girls.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 107
*Slavers, Caste of
-(noun): the sub-caste of the Merchants one who deals in human merchandise, their colors are blue and yellow.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 315
*Slavers, League of Black
-(noun): a branch of the Caste of Slavers; they work out of Schendi and its environs.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 16
*slavery, vengeance and contempt
-(adv): one form of vengeance slavery is proxy slavery where one woman, totally innocent, is enslaved and made to stand proxy for a hated, but unavailable woman, even being given her name. Ironically, even though the original woman may be found, the proxy is not released from slavery.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 139-140
*slee
-(noun): a rodent which inhabits the ground zone of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*Sleen
-(noun): one of the wilder tribes of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 85
*sleen knife
-(noun): knife carried, sheathed, at the waist of Panther Girls.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 122
*sleen, forest
-(noun): It is long, up to 20 feet, sinuous, black or brown in color. It resembles a lizard, except it is furred and mammalian. In its attack frenzy it is one of the most dangerous animals on Gor.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 155
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13
*sleen, gray
-(noun): said to be Gor's finest tracker, this six legged sleen is a furred mammal with silver gray fur. It has an agile, sinuous body, thick as a drum and is 14-15 feet long. The gray sleen has a broad triangular head and a huge jaw with two rows of fangs and a dark tongue. It's widely set eyes have slit-like pupils. As is true for all sleens, it has six legs. This breed is relentless and tenacious. It can follow a scent that is weeks old for a thousand pasangs.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 160-161
*sleen, hunting
-(noun): the hunting sleen is a hunter of men. It is 20 feet in length and weighs eleven hundred pounds. This domesticated forest sleen is double-fanged and six-footed. It's tail tends to switch back and forth, getting rigid, as it hunts, it's ears flatten against it's head just prior to it's final 'charge' attack on it's prey.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13
*sleen, prairie
-(noun): the prairie sleen is tawny in color, and are smaller than the forest sleen, but quite as unpredictable and vicious. Domesticated prairie sleen are used for hunting and nocturnal herd sleen are used as shepherds and sentinels. They are released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding only to the voice of their master.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 2 and 9
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185
*sleen, sea
-(noun): aquatic mammal that inhabits the polar seas, following the parsit current in search of their main food source, the parsit fish. There are four main types: black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, flat-nosed sleen. Some remain under the ice year round, mostly dormant but rising every quarter of an Ahn or so to breathe through cracks in the ice.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38
*sleen, snow
-(noun): inhabits the northern regions. Always white in color.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185
*sleeping mat, chronometric
-(noun): mat with power switch and chronometric temperature device which may be set to have the mat turn cold before the first light as one has little inclination to remain in a freezing bed. The mat is rolled up or folded back after each use.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 60
*slime worm
-(noun): a long slow blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor page 186
*small people
-(noun): a tribe in the jungles of Schendi, not otherwise named. They are no more than 5 feet in height and weigh about 80 pounds at most. They have coppery skin and are probably of the Negroid race. They were slaves of the talunas until Tarl Cabot aided them in capturing and enslaving the last of the taluna women.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 390-393 and 397-399
*smoke signs, Red Savage
-(noun): a method of messaging over distance, using smoke from a fire set for that purpose.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 255-256
*snake whip
-(noun): a whip made of heavy coil, laced with wire and flecks of iron, used primarily on male captive slaves.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 105
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 157 and 161
*soccer-like game
-(noun): soccer like game with the leather ball with goals drawn in the turf played by the Red Hunters.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 193
*sorp
-(noun): a shellfish common esp. in the Vosk river similar to an oyster; like an oyster it manufactures pearls
Book 4: Nomads of Gor page 20
*spear, gorean
-(noun) about seven feet in height, heavy, stout, with a tapering bronze head some eighteen inches in length. It is a terrible weapon and, abetted by the somewhat lighter gravity of Gor, when cast with considerable force, can pierce a shield at close quarters or bury its head a foot deep in solid wood.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 21
*Spider People
-(noun): man-sized arachnids which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar; they can communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens; they spin Curlon Fiber which is used in the textile mills of Ar
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor page 81
*squirrels, black
-(noun) animal of the ground zone of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*stabilization serums
-(noun): a series of medical injections which, among other things, retards the aging process; an invention of the Priest-Kings approved by them for use by humans; administered in 4 injections.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 124
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 30 and 31
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 93 - 97
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 282
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 472-474
*staff contest
-(noun): a game played, namely at fair-type events, where men compete with staffs in good-natured sport for various prizes.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 40
*stake position
-(command): When chained at a stake the with this command the slave lies down and is not permitted to rise even to her knees.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 386
*staking, exposure death by
-(noun): A death from exposure used in Klima for those attempting to escape. As the term implies, a person is staked to the salt crusts, spread-eagled, until the heat of the Tahari sun kills.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 265
*staking, sleen death or punishment by
-(noun): an form of execution or punishment used when a Master is done with a slave; he may stake her for sleen, by staking ankles and legs widely apart between two stakes. The slave is blindfolded and cut on the thigh to draw blood, smearing it across her body, to attract the animal..
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 230 -231
*state slave
-(noun): a state owned girl may have various duties, ranging from general cleaning to carrying messages. State tunics and collars are uniform, sleeveless and plain. Considered by most states an unenviable slavery.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 340-341 and 376
*steel tower
-(noun): the visible portion of a spaceship half buried in the Tahari Desert. It housed a destructive device, and was sent by the Kurii to destroy the planet Gor, hence the Priest-Kings. Their supposed prize was to be Earth, or Gor, as some believe, a planet to replace their ancient home, a planet destroyed by their own technology. The destructive device was destroyed at the last moment by Tarl Cabot, who had survived a punishing trip through the dunes, aided by a Kur who was in opposition to the politics of the Kurii. From this Kur, Cabot received the Tahari Ring.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 22-23, 44, 116, 166, 285-294, and 363
*steel worlds
-(noun): an ancient race of Kurii, whose advanced technology contributed to the ruin of their planet, now share a boulder-strewn, enigmatic black space beyond the orbits of Gor, Earth and Mars, living on space ships such as the one found half buried in the Tahari. Since they have no planet of their own, they seek one, possibly Gor, or even Earth. The Priest-Kings constantly battle them, and monitor to see that they do not intrude beyond certain atmospheres, orbiting with the asteroids in their 'steel-world'.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 295
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 362
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 94
*stimulation cage
-(noun): an ornate fairly roomy cage furnished comfortably with fabrics of all kinds furs cosmetics perfumes jewelry etc. in which a naked slave girl in training may be housed; its purpose is to awaken her senses esp. the tactile senses to everything in the world around her so that she may be more pleasing to masters; in addition it is just too short for her to stand upright so that her head is always inclined in a gesture of submission
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor page 24
*stone
-(noun): a unit of measurement equal to four earth pounds. There is an official stone, a solid metal cylinder which is kept near the Sardar. During fairs, cities, on a given day can test their stone against the 'standard' stone
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 127
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 138
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 127
*Stones
-(noun): a guessing game in which one player must guess whether the number of stones held in the fist of the second player is odd or even
Book 7: Captive of Gor page 107
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 34
*story skin
-(noun): an artifact of the red savages... a series of drawings and pictographs on a skin used to tell a story... the beginning of the story is at the center of the skin reading it in a slow spiral outward.. by turning the skin
Book 17: Savages of Gor page 36
*stranger
-(noun): enemy
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor page 110
*Street of Brands
-{noun): the city or area in a given city where slavers conduct their business
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor page 132
*Street of Coins
-(noun): the street or area in a given city where banking and other financial transactions take place
Book 12: Beasts of Gor page 45
*Street of the Writhing Slave
-(noun): dark narrow street not far from the wharves in Victoria where most renters and dealers in coin girls keep their kennels on this street
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor page 143
*strigil
-(noun): usually made of metal in a narrow, spatula form. Used at bathing to scrap excess oils and dirt from pores.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 51
*submission mat
-(noun): a mat on which a girl kneels to submit
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor page 129
*submission, position of female
-(noun): the slave kneels before the Master, back on her heels, arms extended, head down between her arms, wrists crossed as though for binding.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 16
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 359
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 74
*sugars, Gorean
-(noun): although the flavors of the sugars are not revealed, there are several colors. White and yellow are described, and other quotes speak of gorean sugars, and in particular four gorean sugars.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 89 and 105
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 132
*sul
-(noun): a large, thick-skinned, starchy, yellow-fleshed root vegetable. It is a staple of the Gorean diet.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 219
Book 11: Slave girl of Gor, page 134
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 234
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 80
*sul plant
-(noun): vine with golden leaves.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 44
*sula
-(command; lit. 'back') In this position a slave lays upon her back her hands at her sides palms upward her legs widely spread to await her Master's pleasure
Book 13: Explorers of Gor page 77
*sullage
-(noun): a soup made principally from suls tur-pah and kes along with whatever else may be handy
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor page 44
*sul-paga
-(noun): clear, almost tasteless, but very potent alcoholic beverage made from suls. It is seldom available outside of the peasant villages where it is brewed.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 134 and 414
*sun gate
-(noun): one or several are found in most cities, so called because they are commonly opened at dawn and closed at dusk, their hours of ingress and egress determined by the diurnal cycle.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 102
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 9 and 20
*Sun Lances
-(noun): a warrior society of the Sleen tribe of Red Savages
Book 17: Savages of Gor page 314
*Swamp Spiders
-(noun): man-sized arachnids (Spider People) which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar; they can communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens; they spin Curlon Fiber which is used in the textile mills of Ar
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor page 81
*Sword Brother
-(noun): this is a part of the kinship of Warriors no matter what City one belongs to. If a Warrior sheds the blood of another Warrior, they are considered sword brothers unless the blood on the weapons are formally repudiated.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 119
*sword, long (Torvaldsland)
-(noun): carried in it's own belt looped over the left shoulder which is the common gorean practice.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 50
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*ta
-(preposition): to; as in Ta-Sardar-Gor 'to the Priest-Kings of Gor'
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor page 13
*tabor
-(noun): small hand drum; it's drumhead is made of verrskin. The tension is adjusted by tightening or loosening small pegs around it's perimeter
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 133
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 36
*Tabor, island of
-(noun): the island in the Thassa south of Teletus
Book 8: Hunters of Gor page 42
*tabuk!
-(exposition): this tarn command is used by the tarnsman on long flights, and does not want to free the bird to find prey. When he spots a tabuk or other animal, he cries, 'Tabuk!' and this is the signal for the tarn to hunt. The bird makes it's kill and feeds and the flight resumes with the tarnsman in the saddle.
Book2: Outlaw of Gor page, 126
*tabuk, common
-(noun): a kind of antelope, yellow in color with a single horn found in many area's of Gor. It travels in fleet footed herds and haunts the ka-la-na thickets of the planet occasionally venturing daintily into the meadows in search of berries and salt. It's meat is used as food by men (often as tabuk steak) and animals. It is a favorite prey of Tarns.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 76 and 126
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 191
*tabuk, northern
-(noun): massive tawny and swift is much larger than its smaller southern variety; standing ten hands at the shoulders. They have a single spiraling ivory horn, which at it's base can be 2 1/2 inches in diameter and over a yard in length. The Red Hunters are irrevocably tired to the tabuk for sustenance and the devices of daily living much like the Wagon Peoples and the bosk, and the Red Savages and the kailiauk.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor page 152
*tabuk, prairie
-(noun): described as tawny and gazelle-like with a single horn, it responds to threat by scurrying away or lying down. Presumably this response is useful because of the high grass of the Barrens as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate it's prey.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 316
*ta-grape
-(noun): edible purple fruit, the size of a small plum, from which Ta-wine is made, usually associated with the terraces of Cos, but also found in various locales of similar latitude
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 213
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 291
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 81
*Tahari Desert
-(noun): desert region variously known as the 'Tahari Wastes' lies east of Tor. It is hundreds of pasangs deep and thousands in length, punctuated by various oasis springs and deep wells. In some areas, it has been centuries between rains. Diurnal air temperatures in the shade are in the range of 120 degree's Fahrenheit. Klima, located far to the east in 'The Wastes' is the location of the infamous salt mines. The major tribes are the Kavars and the Aretai, and their vassal tribes, such as the Char, the Kashani, the Ta'Kara, the Raviri, the Tashid, the Luraz, and the Bakahs.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 33 and 47
*Tahari ring
-(noun): one of a set of 5 invisibility rings produced by the Kur scientist, Prasdak thousands of years ago. The Tahari ring, given to Tarl Cabot by a Kur ally, was used by him to help him disarm a destructive device from the Steel Worlds which would have destroyed the planet. Cabot gave the ring to Samos, who entrusted it to Shaba, a famed explorer credited with discovering the source of the Ua. Shaba used the ring to aid in his explorations and to entice Cabot to follow him to into the jungle. He needed Cabot to ensure someone would return his many maps and scrolls of exploration to civilized Gor. He died, as he expected, at the source of the Ua River named for him, Lake Shaba. The ring was returned to Cabot by Bila Haruma, after Shaba's death.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 285-294 and 303
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 27-34, 431-435, and 449
*Tajuks
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor page 342
*Ta'Kara
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor page 93
*Tal
-(noun): a common gorean greeting often accompanied with a salute performed by raising the right hand to shoulder level, palm inward. One example exists which appears that Tal is used as a farewell, but even Tarl Cabot interpreted it as a 'final greeting', rather than a farewell.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 28, 55, 70, and 172
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 392
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 87
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 344 and 345
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 199
*talender
-(noun): delicate and yellow petaled, a fragrant meadow flower; when worn in a slave girl's hair, it is a symbol of deep submission and emotional attachment to her owner.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 131 and page 139
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 65
*talmit
-(noun): headband
Book 9: Marauders of Gor page 139
*talmit, kajira
-(noun): headband worn by work slaves; it can denote girls with authority over other slaves.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 285-286
*talu
-(noun): a unit a measure equaling 2 gallons.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 242
*talu bag
-(noun): a small bag commonly carried by a nomad herding verr afoot near his camp, but seldom used in caravans except on the saddles of scouts.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 242
*taluna
-(noun; lit. 'panther girl'): a free woman who lives as a hunter in small tribes of 15-100 members; they roam the northern forests of Gor.
Book 7: Captive of Gor. page 118
*tarn
-(noun): crested hawk-like bird large enough to be saddled and flown, it is used in battle and in racing and is bred for swiftness and aggressiveness.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 51
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 148
*tarn cot
-(noun): building in which domesticated tarns are housed.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 165
*tarn cot, faction
-(noun): a tarn cot for use by numerous owners involved in a faction.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 169
*tarn death
-(noun): each limb of a person is attached by rope or chain to different tarns and the person is flown aloft then torn apart.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 158
*tarn disk, copper
-(noun): a unit of currency.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 160
*tarn disk, gold
-(noun): a unit of currency of the highest value on Gor; also made in double- weight; many cities on Gor mint their own money but the gold tarn disk of Ar is the standard for much of Gor.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 191
*tarn drums
-(noun): drums used in a march during war; the signals are used to control flying tarn armies.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 130 and 191
*tarn goad
-(noun): an electrical device much like a cattle prod used for controlling tarns; is c. 20 inches long.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 50
*tarn keeper
-(noun): one that oversees tarn handling.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 168
*Tarn Keepers, Caste of
-(noun): Those working and training tarns.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 52
*tarn ship
-(noun): a type of ram-ship being long and narrow with a shallow draft a straight keel a single lateen-rigged mast and a single bank of oars; at the prow below the waterline is a ram shaped like a tarn's head; it also carries light catapults shearing blades and other weaponry.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 192
*tarn whistle
-(noun): tarns on the planet Gor are trained to respond to the shrill, piercing call of the tarn whistle or tarn call; a means of summoning.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 50
*tarn wire
-(noun): razor wire strung between the walls of a city to protect it from aerial attack.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 162
*tarna
-(noun): daughter; as in Sa-Tarna 'Life Daughter'.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 68
*Tarnburg
-(noun): a city in the southern, more civilized, ranges of the Voltai, it is essentially a mountain fortress located two hundred pasangs to the north and east of Hochburg. This high city is the home of Dietrich of Tarnburg, a renowned military strategist, the victor in multiple engagements, and the innovator of several military techniques, defenses, formations, etc.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 31-33
*tarntauros
-(noun): a legendary creature which is half man and half tarn. May be compared to the mythical centaur of Earth.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 138
*tarsk
-(noun): fat, grunting, brindled, shaggy-maned, hoofed, flat-snorted, rooting, short-legged quadruped, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail. In the wild, it is viciously aggressive. A common source of meat, and is often roasted whole. Market of Semris is famed for it's tarsk markets.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 76
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 87
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 44 and 219
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 345-346
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 106, 108 and 281
*tarsk bit
-(noun): a large coin worth from 1/10 to 1/4 of a copper tarsk depending on the city which mints the coin (see tarsk copper).
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 54
*tarsk, copper
-(noun): a copper coin (see tarsk silver and tarsk bit).
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 54
*tarsk, giant
-(noun): presumably similar to the common tarsk, however it stands 10 hands at the shoulder and is hunted with lances from tarn back.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 346
*tarsk, silver
-(noun): a coin considered to be of much value by most goreans. It is worth 100 copper tarks in most cities. Ten silver tarks is the equivalent of one gold piece of one of the high cities. Many gold pieces are standardized against the golden tarn disk of Ar.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 54
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 155
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 120
*Ta-Sardar-Gor
-(phrase: lit. 'To the Priest-Kings of Gor'): a libation which varies in formality from the simple statement, loudly proclaimed to a ritual in which a few grains of meal colored salt and a few drops of wine are placed in a fire.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 13
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 89
*Ta-Sardar-Var
-(noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*Tashid
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 364
*tassa powder
-(noun): a reddish powder usually mixed with red wine which renders the consumer unconscious.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 222-223
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 113
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 293
*tassna
-(noun): mother; as in Sa-Tassna 'Life-Mother'.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 43
*tasta
-(noun): sweet, succulent candy on a stick; normally found in parks, promenades, and popular events.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 81
*ta-teera
-(noun): a one-piece sleeveless short slave garment, torn here and there; also called a slave rag.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 81
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 280
*Ta-Thassa
-(phrase; lit. 'to the sea'): ritual phrase invoked during a libation offering of wine oil and salt made to Thassa.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 73
*Ta-Thassa Mountains
-(noun): a mountain range in the southern hemisphere of Gor, it marks the southern border of the rainforest between it and the southern prairies. It's western border is the shores of the Thassa.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 6
*tatrix
-(noun): a Gorean word for a female ruler.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 66
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 66
*Tau
-(noun): letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*ta-wine
-(noun): wines from the ta-grape grown on the terraces of Cos. The color is not described, but the grape is purple.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 213
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 306
*Teaching, the
-(noun): a dogma, bordering on fanaticism followed by the Waniyampi community, collective slaves of the Kaiila Tribes. It's circular theme is that 'all' equal 'one', therefore everyone and everything is 'the same'.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 234-235, 272, and 291-294
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 156-157
*tef
-(noun): a measurement of five handfuls with fingers closed.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 46
*tefa
-(noun): a measurement consisting of six tef, which constitutes a tiny basket.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 46
*telekint
-(noun): a plant of the Tahari, its roots mashed and mixed with water provide a red dye.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 83
*tent, Gorean campaign
-(noun): in large fixed camps, the tents of Tarnsmen are circular with a conical roof and have an entrance canopy. A pennon bearing the insignia of the particular unit is affixed to it's top. These tents follow the tarnsmen in their flights, borne on supply wagons of the main body.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 51
*teslik
-(noun): a plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 320
*tetrapoli
-(noun): a gorean expression which translates as 'Four Cities' or 'Four Towns' .
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 63
*Tetrapoli, town of
-(noun): a town located on the Vosk River.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 63
*tharlarion
-(noun): one of several types of large reptiles, some of which have been domesticated, it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil; see also mamba and Ul.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 84
*tharlarion boots
-(noun): high boots of soft leather worn by riders of high tharlarion to protect their legs from the abrasive hides of their mounts.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 125
*tharlarion saddle
-(noun): constructed with the leather seat mounted on a hydraulic fitting which floats in a thick lubricant. This saddle is made to absorb shock with the added ability of the seat always being parallel to the ground.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 125
*tharlarion, river (1)
-(noun): extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 80
*tharlarion, broad
-(noun): sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 125
*tharlarion, high
-(noun): agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding. They have very short almost useless forelegs; carnivorous.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 115 and 125
*tharlarion, land
-(noun): land dwelling tharlarion used for towing. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 81
*tharlarion, marsh
-(noun): inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to crocodile.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 26 and 326
*tharlarion, racing
-(noun): these high tharlarions are bred and registered for racing. Unlike the animals used as cavalry, these are chosen from 'medium class' tharlarion, being smaller and lighter. Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 290
*tharlarion, river (2)
-(noun): crocodile-type animal; implied to be carnivorous and very similar to the marsh tharlarion.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 326
*tharlarion, rock
-(noun): a small, six-toed reptile of the south.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 152
*tharlarion, torn apart by
-(noun): a form of execution that involves ropes being tied to the offender's wrists and ankles. These bindings are attached to two different tharlarion which are then drawn in opposite directions.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
*tharlarion, trampled by
-(noun): form of execution. The offender is bound before a tharlarion and trampled to death or until maimed.
-Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
*tharlarion, water; tiny
-(noun): described as not much more than 'teeth and tail', this tiny scavenger follows in the wake of the larger water tharlarion and is not more than 6 inches long. It inhabits the marshes.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1
*Tharna
-(noun): a harsh and humorless city once ruled by a Tatrix, NE of Corcyrus, located between Ko-ro-ba and the Sardar. The city is well known for it's silver mines. A man who visits in Tharna for more than 10 hours is enslaved. The slaves of Tharna are native-born to the city and there are supposedly no free women. The men of Tharna can be recognized by two yellow cords, thrust over the belt which are presented as part of the Home Stone ceremony. It is said that Lara, the former Tatrix, has now abdicated. The Caste of Poets is outlawed here.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 65-70
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 385-386
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 267-268
*Tharna tie
-(noun): in this binding, the ankles are crossed and bound the head tied down. This tie is fastened by a short tether running back to ankles hands tied behind the back. Originating in Tharna, it can be used with chains collar etc.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 375
*Thassa
-(noun): the sea.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 40
*Thentis
-(noun): located in the Thentis Mountains, it is renowned for raising tarn flocks and growing black wine beans.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 69
*Theory of the Sun Shield
-(noun): the theory that Gor has existed for thousands of years, orbiting directly opposite Earth, on the far side of the Sun.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 33
*thief's scar
-(noun): a tiny, three-pronged brand burned onto the upper right cheekbone of the Caste of Thieves. Port Kar the only City to recognize this Caste.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 104
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 239
*Thieves, Caste of
-(noun): the caste of those who make their living by stealing, robbery, picking pockets etc.; exists only in Port Kar.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 304
*Thigh!
-(interjection): this command might be given to a female or to the Free person with a female, who is not identified. It essentially means, show your brand.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 184
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 383 and 399
*Third Knowledge
-(noun): that which, if it exists, is reserved for the Priest-Kings.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
*thrall
-(noun): a male slave in Torvaldsland.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 99
*throat strap
-(noun): the throat strap is used to guide the tarn in flight via six leather streamers or reins. They are attached to it and strung through a metal ring on the forward part of the saddle. These straps, when pulled by the tarnsman, will exert pressure on a corresponding ring on the throat strap, hence communicating to the tarn which way to move.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 55
*throwing stick
-(noun): a buoyant curved stick used in the marshes to hunt and kill birds.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 10
*Ti
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari, they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 343
*tibit
-(noun): a small, thin-legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 247
*tile dance
-(noun): dance performed on red tiles. It commonly signifies the restlessness of a love-starved slave girl.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 13-14
*tindel, fruit
-(noun): brightly plumaged bird living in the second level of the rainforest near Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 236 and 311
*Tola, Feast of
-(noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Nuptial Flight of the Mother.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 87
*Tolam, Feast of
-(noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Deposition of the First Egg.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 87
*Tolama, Feast of
-(noun): the Priest-King festival celebrating the anniversary of the Hatching of the First Egg.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 87
*toos
-(noun): a crab-like organism with overlapping plating; inhabits the Nest and scavenges on discarded fungus spores.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 142
*top blanket
-(noun): the blanket cloak or covering thrown over a girl. It is an an unspoken command to be still and quiet.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 94
*topaz
-(noun): the original Home Stone of the port city of Victoria stolen by pirates one hundred years before it's rediscovery by Tasdron. It was found broken in two pieces, each presented by him to Aemilianus and Callidorus as a gesture of comradeship and solidarity between the cities of Ar's Station, Victoria and Port Cos. Another stone would replace the original broken one as the new Home Stone of Victoria.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 124 and 184
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 271
*tor
-(noun): light; as in Tor-Tu-Gor 'Light Upon the Home Stone'.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 52
*tor shrub
-(noun): translated as the 'bright shrub' or the 'shrub of light' because of it's abundant bright flowers either yellow or white depending on the variety. It flowers in the fall.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 339
*Tor, city of
-(noun): major trading city of the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 38
*Toratti
-(noun): a magistrate who has a responsibility of record keeping in a district or city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 442 and 454
*Torcadino
-(noun): because of it's location at the intersection of various routes, the Genesian, the Northern Salt Line, the Northern Silk Road, the Pilgrim's Road, and the Eastern Way (or Treasure Road), Torcadino is a crossroads city. Once an ally of Ar, it served as Cosian stronghold and staging center, until reclaimed by Deitrich of Tarnburg. Torcadino is also notable for it's two aqueducts, built a century ago, which bring fresh water from the Issus, a northwestwardly flowing tributary of the Vosk River.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 101 and 152
*Tor-tu-Gor
-(noun: lit. 'light upon the Home Stone'): the sun.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 52
*torturers, clan of
-(noun): found only among the Wagon Peoples, they are trained as carefully as scribes or physicians in the arts of detaining life. Though some are famous for services rendered to Initiates and Ubars, they are always hooded. The hood is removed only when the sentence is death, so that only condemned men have seen what lies beneath it.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 9 and 10
*Torvald, steam of
-(noun): a warm current, pasangs wide, it moves eastward to the coast of Torvaldsland and then north. It's warm temperature enables communication and re-supply of between the various small farms and communities of this bleak area. Those of Torvaldsland regard the stream as a gift of Thor, bestowed upon Torvald, legendary hero of the land, in exchange for a ring of gold.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 55-56
*Torvaldsland
-(noun): cruel, harsh, rocky land located NW of the Hrimgar Mountains, above the Northern Forests and below the Polar Plain with which it shares the shores of the Arctic Sea. There are many inlets, cliffs and mountains and little arable land. Good soil is rare and highly prized. The Torvaldslanders are seamen, traveling in their oared Serpent ships in search of parsit fish. Their men, fierce and aggressive warriors, prefer the great axe as their weapon.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 55-56
*torvis
-(noun): fire; as in Lar-Torvis 'The Central Fire'.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
*tospit
-(noun): small, wrinkled, yellowish-white peach like fruit, about the size of a plum, which grows on the tospit bush, patches of which are indigenous to the drier valleys of the eastern Cartius. They are bitter but edible, and are sometimes served sliced and sweetened with honey, and in syrups, and to flavor, with their juices, a variety of dishes. They are also carried on sea voyages to prevent nutritional deficiencies. They almost always have an odd number of seeds, except for the rare, long-stemmed ones.
Book 4 Nomads of Gor, page 59
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 102
Book 10, Tribesmen of Gor, page 46
*tower slave
-(noun): a state slave girl in any of the cities of Gor; her duties in the apartment cylinders are largely domestic.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 45
*tower slave position
-(position): a position used frequently by domestic slaves with thighs closed and hands resting with wrists crossed on legs.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 46
*tree, flower
-(noun): found in Turia, it has lovely dangling loops of interwoven blossoms which hang from curved branches. In pleasure gardens, the trees are cultivated so that the clustered flowers emerge in subtle delicate patterns of shades and hues.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 217
*tree, Hogarthe
-(noun): a tree of the Barrens named for one of the early explorers of the area. They tend to grow on the banks of small streams or muddy, sluggish rivers. Because they are so similar to poplar trees of Earth, Tarl imagines their seeds may have been transported to Gor.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 300
*tree, ka-la-na
-(noun): a tree with very strong yellow wood used for making bows; the fruit of the ka-la-na is used to make ka-la-na wine.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 96
*tree, tem-wood
-(noun): in Turia, found in groves; linear, supple and black
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 15 and217
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 15
*tree, tur
-(noun): described as reddish and large-trunked, it is found in Turia. The realm of Turia is said to have taken it's name from a solitary Tur tree found planted long ago on the plains.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 217
*Treve
-(noun): little known city that lies among the vast terrain of the rugged Voltai, 700 pasangs north of Ar. It's location is secret and is said to be accessible only by tarn. Sometimes called 'The Tarn of the Voltai' because of it's lofty perch.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 191
*trident
-(noun): 3 pronged fish spear, used by the arena fighters called Fishermen.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 91
*tu
-(phrase): you are.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*Tu Kajira
-(phrase; declarative): You are a slave.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*Tuchuk
-(noun): the fiercest of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples. Tuchuk philosophies and personality are personified by it's secret Ubar, Kamchak. A proud, cunning, lusty, brawling, exceptionally skilled warrior who disguises his considerable intellect and deadly, aggressive spirit beneath wit and a broadly sketched 'who me?' befuddlement. These nomads have encampments of thousands of gaily painted wagons, their herds of the reverenced bosk, often numbering into the millions, surrounding them. Throughout the day, the camps are teeming with scarred warriors, kaiila, clad Kajir slaves, dour free women, haruspexes and domesticated sleen. All Tuchuk men are expected to defend their encampment, so there are no castes as such, but clans, such as healers, leather workers and salt seekers exist, including the clan of torturers. The Tuchuk warrior prays to the 'Spirit of the Sky' on kaiila-back with his weapons at hand, demanding victory and luck for themselves, defeat and misery for their enemies, primarily Turia. '...chief of the things before which the proud Tuchuk stands ready to remove his helmet is the sky, the simple, vast beautiful sky, from which falls the rain that, in his myths, formed the earth, the bosks, and the Tuchuks.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 12, 21,27, and 28.
*tufted fisher
-(noun): a water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*tumit
-(noun): large flightless bird about the size of an ostrich having an 18'-long hooked beak; carnivorous.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2
*tun, alphabet
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; calligraphically derived from demotic.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*tun, geographic
-(noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*tunic, chain
-(noun): a slave garb or bond of Tyros not otherwise described.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 108
*tunic, free man's
-(noun): a garb which may be a wrap around style that hangs to mid thigh. It is closed by brooch or pin which must be set to allow unhindered access to his sword.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 395
*tunic, slave
-(noun): a simple, sleeveless pullover tunic of brown cloth, slit deeply at the hips with narrow shoulder straps, little more than strings. Some have a disrobing loop at the shoulder.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 155 and 225
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 21
*Turia
-(noun): a major city-state of Gor situated south of the equator on the plains of Turia. Turia is said to be named for the Tur tree, especially one found near a stream. Turia counts it years from summer solstice to summer solstice. It's wealth and opulence is well known and the city is often referred to as the 'Ar of the south'. At the time of Tarl Cabot's first visit inside the walled, nine-gated stronghold, she had never been conquered. For hundreds of years, she had maintained an uneasy trade relationship with the inhabitants of the plains, the nomadic Tribes of the Wagon Peoples. Sacked and conquered by Kamchak, the eventual Ubar San of the Wagon Peoples, she was ultimately spared, her Home Stone untouched out of sentiment. The mother of the Ubar San had been Turian.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 1 and 331-339
*Turmus
-(noun): last major port on the Vosk before the marshes.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor. page 16
*tur-pah
-(noun): a vine-like tree parasite with curled, scarlet, ovate leaves which are edible and an ingredient of sullage, a gorean soup.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 45
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 217
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 219
*turtle, Vosk
-(noun): can grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent. Can be difficult to kill.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 204
*two strap
-(noun): one of a series of straps used in the navigation of a Tarn, namely to climb steadily and to the right; it is also a command used for a Tarn who has been trained in verbal cues. Two-Strap!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 130
*Tyros
-(noun): an island of the Thassa, 400 pasangs west of Port Kar and one hundred pasangs south of Cos. It's capitol city is Kasra. Another major city is Tentium. Tyros is a rugged mountainous island known for it's vart caves. The varts are trained to be used as weapons. As the western border of known Gor, the waters beyond it are referred to as 'the World's End' by those who have first knowledge. To those Goreans with second knowledge, who are taught that Gor is spheroid, the expression is merely a figure of speech.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 139, 174 and 312
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*Ua River
-(noun): a vast river found in the Ukanga Region of the Jungles of Schendi, it winds between Lake Shaba and Lake Ngao. It is navigable, and the splendor of it's scenery and the variety of life and resources around it are eloquently described. Ua is an inland word for flower. It's source is Lake Shaba.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 338, and 383
*Ubar
-(noun): war chief
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 42
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 242
*Ubar san
-(noun lit. 'one Ubar'): war chief chosen, during the Omen Year, to be supreme commander of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples. The decision to make a choice rests largely on omens and signs reported by haruspexes. At the time of Tarl Cabot, a new Ubar san had not been chosen for 100 years.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 146
*Ubara
-(noun): the Free Companion (consort) of a Ubar.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 38
*Ubarate
-(noun): the territory governed by an Ubar.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 129
*Ugly Acts
-(noun): term for heterosexual sex used by the Sames, also known as the Waniyampi, a collective slave community of the Red Savages. Sex is monitored by their owners and is performed, en masse, on an appointed day, the male and female slaves being hooded and brought to a maize field for breeding.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 234
*ul
-(noun): winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar. This reptile has a 25 foot wing span and a long, snakelike tail, terminating with a flat spade like structure.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1
Book 14: Savages of Gor, page 18
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 179 and 180
*ulo
-(noun): woman's knife of the Red Hunters. It has semicircular blade in a wooden handle which is not suitable for carving, but good for cutting meat and sinew.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 262
*umbrella bird
-(noun): bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*umiak
-(noun): a type of kayak used by the Red Hunters. It is made of tabuk skin, stretched over a framework of driftwood and long bows of bone and lashed together with sinew cords.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 257
*urt hunter
-(noun): men who attach ropes to the necks of slave girls and swim them in the canals to attract canal urts. The urts are speared as they rise to the bait. The urt hunters are credited with keeping the urt population of the canals manageable.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 32
*urt people
-(noun): the urt people are narrow-shouldered and narrow-chested, measuring only three and a half feet tall when upright with a narrow, elongated face and rather large, ovoid eyes. They have long, thin arms and short, spindly legs along with a bent-over gait often bringing the knuckles to the ground, and commonly kept inconspicuously among the large, migratory urt packs.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267
*Urt Soldiers
-(noun): a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 314
*urt, canal
-(noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 67
*urt, giant
-(noun): fat, sleek, and white, it has 3 rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 horns.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 86
*urt, gliding
-(noun): animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*urt, ground
-(noun): a small animal which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*urt, leaf
-(noun): a small tree-dwelling rodent having 4 toes which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*urt, tree
-(noun): a small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*urts, forest
-(noun): nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 117
*use discipline
-(noun): a punishment which avows the free man's prerogative to sexually use a house-owned girl as discipline. There are examples which state that these rights are governed by a Code, wherein a girl may not be used or disciplined without the permission of her owner.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 226
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 174
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 329-330
*use-master
-(noun): a master that is given temporary use of a girl by her owner
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 197
Book 22: Dancers of Gor, page 207
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 354
*use-name
-(noun): a practice, apparently supported by First Knowledge, which is followed by members of lower castes. Their 'real' name is held privately. Their 'use-name' is public knowledge. The belief is that public knowledge of their real name allows someone to have power over them.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 58 and 107
*Ushindi fisher
-(noun): long-legged, wading bird near the Schendi; long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236
*Ua River
-(noun): a vast river found in the Ukanga Region of the Jungles of Schendi, it winds between Lake Shaba and Lake Ngao. It is navigable, and the splendor of it's scenery and the variety of life and resources around it are eloquently described. Ua is an inland word for flower. It's source is Lake Shaba.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 100, 338, and 383
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*Val
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; calligraphically derived from demotic.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9
*vangis
-(noun): type of produce sold at market; detailed description unavailable.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 314
*Var
-(phrase): meaning 'turning'; also signifies north of the Gorean compass; as in Ta-Sardar-Var.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*vart
-(noun): carnivorous; a small, sharp-toothed mammal that flies in flocks.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 36
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
*vart, brown
-(noun): carnivorous animals that rest clinging upside down on branches.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 191
*vart, jungle
-(noun): a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*Vask
-(noun): signifies south on a Gorean compass.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*veck
-(phrase): stand.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 12
*vegetables, common Gorean
-(noun): these are common Earth vegetables found on various parts of Gor, listed with their annotations: mushroom, beans, turnips, carrots, radishes, onions, peas, cabbage, peppers, and garlic.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 29
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 37 and 47
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 81 and 102
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 82
*veil
-(noun): a covering or coverings for the face worn by free women in many city-states; up to five are worn. See also house veil, last veil, pride veil, street veil, veil of the citizeness.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*veil, freedom
-(noun): the second in the layer of veils worn by Free women also called the 'veil of the citizeness'.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*veil, house
-(noun): the next-to-last veil worn by free women esp. when in the company of men not of her own family; worn over the pride veil and under the street veil upon leaving the house.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*veil, intimacy
-(noun): a long, linear, diaphanous face veil worn by Free woman. It's opacity is determined by how many times it is wrapped about the face.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 404
*veil, last
-(noun): the innermost of the five veils worn by free women; it is worn under the veil of the citizeness and is often very sheer.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*veil, pride
-(noun): the third veil worn by free women; worn under the house veil and over the veil of the citizeness.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*veil, rep-cloth
-(noun): a rough veil worn by Free women of lower caste.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 141
*veil, slave
-(noun): a small triangle of diaphanous yellow silk worn across the bridge of the nose and covering the lower half of the face; it parodies the heavy veils worn by free women as it conceals nothing and often arouses the lust of masters.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
*veil, street
-(noun): the outermost veil worn by free women; worn over the house veil when leaving the house
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor page 107
*veminium bird
-(noun): a bird with a beautiful song not otherwise described.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 363
*veminium oil
-(noun): by-product of Veminium petals being boiled in water; a scented oil used in middle to upper-class homes to rinse hands before and after eating.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
*veminium, desert
-(noun): small, purplish flower found in the Tahari; used in perfumes.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
*veminium, Thentis
-(noun): a bluish wildflower commonly found on the lower ranges of the Thentis mountains; used in perfumes.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 50
Book 15: Rogues of Gor, page 91
*Venna
-(noun): a resort city west of Voltai and 200 pasangs north of Ar, between Ar and the Vosk River on the Viktel Aria. Well known for it's tharlarion races, it is a common locale for the villas of the rich, usually from Ar.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 88
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 319
*verr
-(noun): a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered with long hair and spiraling horns; source of a form of wool; it', milk is potable as well as being used for cheese.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63
*verr grass
-(noun): a brownish grass that grows, stubbornly, in the shaded spots of
the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71
*Victoria
-(noun): port town located on the Vosk River, one of the founding members and headquarters of the Vosk League. Known as a haven for pirates, and for it's slave markets.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 235
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 34
*viktel
-(noun): triumph as in Viktel Aria, a military road named 'Triumph of Ar'.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 217
*Viktel Aria
-(noun): a military road, the phrase translates as 'Triumph of Ar', or, 'Ar's Triumph'. In it's more northern lengths it is called the Vosk Road and it's northern terminus is Ar's Station.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 63
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 217
*vint
-(noun): tiny, sand-colored insects found in the Tahari Desert.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 115-116
*virgin bell
-(noun): single bell sometimes worn on a Free Woman's left ankle to announce her availability to swains.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
*Voltai Mountain Range
-(noun): a range commonly called the Red Mountains because of the dull reddish color of the rock caused by deposits of iron oxide; it is located east of Ar and south of the Vosk river and stretches from there to the Tahari Desert. The Voltai are the eastern border of known Gor.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 144
*Vosk Delta
-(noun): at the mouth of the Vosk River, where it empties into the Tamber Gulf and the Thassa beyond, is a marshland thousands of square pasangs deep of estuarial wilderness. The marshes can be traversed in small rush crafts through hundreds of shallow, constantly shifting channels. The delta is inhabited, particularly in the east, by communities of rence growers who eke out a living harvesting rence. The Vosk Delta is trackless and treacherous, and the habitat of the marsh tharlarion and the predatory Ul. The entire area is claimed by Port Kar which lies within it, some hundred pasangs from it's northwestern edge.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 5-6
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 26
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 88
*Vosk League
-(noun): a political and protective alliance signed by representatives of 19 towns along the Vosk River to promote trade. The members are: Turmuj, Ven, Tetrapoli, Port Cos, Tafa, Victoria, Fina, Ragnar's Hamlet, Hammerfest, Sulport, Sais, Siba, Jasmine, Point Alfred, Jort's Ferry, Forest Port, Iskander, Tancred's Landing, and White Water.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 235
*Vosk River
-(noun): Gor's mightiest river, flowing thousands of pasangs in a slightly southwesterly direction from it's source in the Voltai Range to the marshes of the Vosk Delta, the Tamber Gulf, and on the the Thassa, it rampages across most of known Gor, over forty pasangs broad.. The scene of mighty naval battles, involving fleets of warships, it is under constant threat from river pirates and cities who would control it's merchant trade. The Vosk League, a political and protective alliance, was formed to promote trade interests by the towns along it's banks. See *Vosk League
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 72
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 40
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 235
*Voyages of Acquisition
-(noun): voyages made to Earth by the Priest-Kings to gather biological samples. This perhaps accounts for the similarity in many animals, plants, implements, or technology to those of Earth.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 32
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 326
*vulo
-(noun): a tawny-colored poultry bird similar to a pigeon which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 1 and 84
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 34
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 48
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*wader, ring-necked
-(noun): a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*wader, yellow-legged
-(noun): a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*wagmeza
-(noun): Red Savage word for maize.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 234
*wagmu
-(noun): Red Savage word for corn.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 234
*Wagon Peoples
-(noun): a fierce, migrating people consisting of four nomadic tribes that wander the Plains of Turia, living in huge, elaborate wagon homes. They grow no food, nor will they eat anything that has touched the dirt, living entirely on the meat and milk of the bosk. There is no known manufacturing. They are called herders and killers and are among the proudest peoples of Gor, regarding city dwellers as vermin in holes.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 4, 5 and 9
*wagon, cage
-(noun): used to transport both male and female slaves, this wagon has bars surrounding it that can be light or heavy in strength depending on the slaves transported; male slaves are commonly chained by neck, ankles and wrists to wooden stalls within.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 326
*wagon, common slave
-(noun): used to transport female slaves, it is covered in yellow and blue canvas with a single central bar running the length of the floor where the girl's ankles are attached; this bar is hinged on one end, near the wagon box, and locked near the wagon's gate.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 325
*wagon, display
-(noun): flat-bedded and used to transport female slaves, this wagon has a metal framework that allows girls to be chained in alluring positions and viewed easily by those passing; sometimes one end of the wagon is used as an auction block and girls are sold directly off the wagon.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 326
*wagon, ice
-(noun): a wagon specifically built to transport ice from ice houses to the residents of those Goreans wealthy enough to afford ice for the summer
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 295
*wagon, justice
-(noun): a form of execution which involved tar and tallow, the contents from a wagon's grease bucket, and fire; a detailed description is not given, but it is noted as evidence of the Gorean's distaste of criminals.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 22
*wagon, road
-(noun): describes a heavier wagon in comparison to one used within a city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 103
*wagon, springless
-(noun): A wagon commonly used for public transportation for a fee, it has a jolting ride but is chosen many times by Free Women over the leather-slung fee cart because of the relative comfort of its ride.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 19-20
*wagon, street
-(noun): a light weight wagon, used within a city.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 103
*wagons, Wagon Peoples
-(noun): square, the size of a room, brightly colored, each drawn by a double team of bosk. The black, lacquered tem-wood wagon box which stands six feet from the ground, supports a rounded, tent-like frame covered with taut, painted, varnished bosk hide. The wheels have a diameter of 10 feet, the front wheels slightly smaller than the rear. The interiors are often lushly appointed, filled with chests and silk cushions, and ankle-deep, intricately wrought carpets, lit by hanging tharlarion oil lamps. In the center of the wagon is a small, shallow, copper, fire bowl with a raised brass grating. Some cooking may be done here, but it primarily provides heat, the smoke escaping through a smoke hole at the dome of the tent-like covering.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 30-31
*Waiting Hand
-(noun): the 5-day period between the 12th Passage Hand and the beginning of the New Year which begins on the Vernal Equinox.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 78
*walking chains
-(noun): adjustable chains fastened on the ankles of a slave girl to train her to walk with the length of stride preferred by her master.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 48
*wands, perimeter
-(noun): marking the boundary or Ihanke of The Barrens are hundreds of markers, seven to eight feet high made of peeled Ka-la-na wood, tipped with yellow, black-tipped feathers of the Herlit.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 77 and 143
*Waniyanpi
-(noun; lit. tame cattle): also known as 'The Sames', a community of slaves who exist in the domains of the Kaiila Tribes. They are owned collectively by the tribes within the lands they inhabit. They grow produce and furnish labor when required. They subscribe to a unisex ethos, bound by 'The Teaching' a cult-like dogma of 'sameness' which says that males, females, animals, vegetables, minerals and abstract concepts are all equal to one. Among the many oddities is their aversion to heterosexual sex. They breed publically, though anonymously, monitored by their owners at specified times. Homosexuality is tolerated.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 272 and page 291
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 131, 152, 156-157
*Warrior Societies
-(noun): societies within the tribes of the Red Savages that have many functions. They keep order in the camps and on treks, function as guards and police, keep the tribes apprised as to the movements of the kailiauk, and help to organize and police tribal hunts. They provide institutions through which merit can be recognized and rewarded, traditions can be maintained and renewed. Their rivalries provide an outlet for inter-tribal aggressions. Within the society itself, the members profit from the values of alliance, camaraderie, and friendship. Each society has its own medicines and histories.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 260
*Warriors, Caste of
-(noun): the caste which includes infantry, tharlarion, cavalry, and tarnsmen. One of the five High Castes which make up Gorean government and as such the military branch of the government. Red Caste.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 41 and 61-63
*washing booth
-(noun): similar to showers, these use chemicals to cleanse muls in the Nest of the Priest Kings; they are placed within apartments and about the Nest.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 111
*wasnaphodi
-(noun): Kailla or Dust Leg term meaning pimples.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 238 and 262
*Weight
-(noun: a unit of measurement equal to 10 Stone or 40 Earth pounds.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor page, 127
*wergild
-(noun): a ransom or bribe. A man who is an outlaw can redeem himself by paying a wergild to the official who sets it. Once paid he is 'pardoned' no longer an outlaw.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 94
*whale, baleen
-(noun): bluish white spotted whale with a blunt fin, hunted by the Red Hunters.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 265 and 334
*whale, Hunjer
-(noun): toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 36
*whale, Karl
-(noun): four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters
.Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 36
*Whip Dance
-(noun): a girl dances under the whips of Masters.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 100
*whip knife
-(noun): a whip with razors embedded in the tip.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 107 and 109
*Whip of the Furs
-(noun): a method of disciplining slave girls by rape rather than by flogging; esp. popular in Torvaldsland.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 66
*whip, tharlarion
-(noun): a whip used to assist in the control and management of a tharlarion by it's rider. Though it rarely touches the animal, it is used as a reminder for the tharlarion to listen or pay attention to verbal commands.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 12
*whistle, herlit-bone
-(noun): a whistle made from the bone of the herlit used by the Kaiila tribe in the performance of the great dance.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 276
*white grunt, eggs of
-(noun): described as clustered, tiny black eggs of the white grunt served in a small golden cup with a small golden spoon.
Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276
*White Water
-(noun): city located on the northern shore of the Vosk River, east of Tancred's Landing.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 34
*white-silk girl
-(noun): a virgin or as is said on Gor, a slave who has not been 'opened by men'.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 205
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 472
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 128
*Wicayuhe
-(noun): Kaiila and Dust Leg word meaning Master, see also Itancanka.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 231
*wicincala
-(noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg word meaning girl.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 230
*wihinpaspa
-(noun): Kaiila or Dust Leg word meaning lodge-pin or tent-pin.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 238
*wine master presentation
-(noun): in which the slave offers not only wine to the master, but herself and her beauty for his consideration.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 352
*wineskin, greased
-(noun): item used in a carnival-type game that entails a Free Man balancing ,for an allotted time, usually an ehn, on a filled wineskin that has the surface greased. Many times the prize is the full wineskin.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 36
*Wismahi
-(noun): the Bracelets Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*wolakota
-(verb): Kaiila term meaning peace, friendship.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*woodpecker, ivory-billed
-(noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*Woodsmen, Caste of
-(noun): known also as Caste of Carrier's of Wood, individuals in this Caste are often very large and can frequently be seen carrying burdens of wood. This Caste, with the Caste of Charcoal Makers, provides fuel for the cities.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor ,page 27
*wopeton
-(phrase): red savage term meaning Trader or Merchant.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 216 and 257
*work chain
-(noun): work gangs ostensibly free but often 'conscripted' or 'drafted'. They are free labor but not slave. The chains are identified by color as depending on their purpose, such as 'black', 'red', or 'yellow'.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 301 and 320-322
*work slave
-(noun): a category of slaves consisting of field slaves, stable slaves, etc. These females are considered, like kettle and mat girls, to be low slaves.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 305
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*Year Keepers
-(noun): those that keep in memory the year names for the Wagon Peoples sometimes on thousand consecutive names.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 12 (footnote)
*yellow cords, Tharna's
-(noun): all Tharnan men have 2 yellow cords about 18 inches long, commonly worn in their belt. These cords are presented to them as youth's as part of the Home Stone ceremony. They represent the mastery of men, and are suitable for binding a female hand and foot. In the same ceremony, young women are brought into the presence of the Home Stone, though they are not allowed to kiss it as do the men. They are stripped, collared, and bound by the young men. By virtue of this ceremony, the females are now counted as slave.
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 267-268
*Yellow Knives
-(noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 148
*Yellow Pool of Turia
-(noun): housed in a magnificent chamber in the House of Saphrar is a marble basin filled with a brilliant, yellow fluid. Beneath it's oddly shifting surface is a collection of threads and granules in a transparent bag of intertwined, writhing filaments and spheres, imbedded in a darkish, yellow jelly and walled in by a translucent membrane. The pool is a living, breathing monster that slowly digests it's victims. The Yellow Pool was destroyed by Kamchak after he conquered Turia
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 202-213 and 322-323
*Yellow-Kaiila Riders
-(noun): a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages, represented by a yellow kaiila print, outlined in red, over red horizontal bars on the flanks of their kaiilas.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 314
*yoke, girl
-(noun): a narrow piece of wood with holes drilled in the middle and at each end; to secure a girl in this yoke a thong is tied around one wrist the end of the thong then being passed through the hole in one end of the yoke; thong is then passed through the middle hole of the yoke wrapped around the girl's neck then passed back out through the same hole after which it is passed through the hole at the other end of the yoke so that her other wrist may be tied to the yoke
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196 and 197
*yoke, silver
-(noun): In Tharna, male slaves are brought into the presence of the Tatrix in a yoke made of solid silver, presumably to show the Tharnan's contempt for riches. The yoke itself was valuable enough to be the ransom of an Ubar.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 91
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*zad
-(noun): a large broad-winged black and white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak found in the Tahari; they scavenge on carrion.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 232
*zad, jungle
-(noun): a less aggressive cousin of the Tahari zad; small, yellow-winged, scavenging birds with long, yellowish, slightly curved beaks; found in the rainforest inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 415
*zadit
-(noun): a small, tawny-feathered, sharp- billed bird of the Tahari. It is insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects. They often land on kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 152
*Zar
-(noun): a board game of the Tahari. The board is marked in squares, but the pieces, 9 per player and called 'pebbles', are placed at the intersections of the lines. Movement is somewhat like that of checkers, but without capturing of pieces. The object of the game is to effect a complete exchange of the original placement of the pieces.
Book 10: Tribesman of Gor, page 265
*zarlit
-(noun): large, harmless, purple insect about two feet long with 4 long, translucent wings, with a span of about a yard. It is able to walk on top of water because of it's pad like feet and feeds on small insects.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 5
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 160
*zeder
-(noun): a small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi especially along the Ua River. It grows to about 2 feet in length, and weighs 8-10 lbs. It is diurna,l can swim very well, and builds a stick and mud nest in the branches of a tree where it spends the night.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*Zever
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari, they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 343
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