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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 Ubar 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
*Freewomen, 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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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 FreePersons 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
*Freewomen, 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
*kailiauk, forest
-(noun): four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short-trunked and tawny. The males have 3 trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches. The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000lbs) and are 10 hands at the shoulder. The females are 8 hands and weigh 300 - 400 Gorean stone (1200-1600 lbs). Their horns and tooled hides are major exports of the port of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 93
*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
*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
*mul fungus
-(noun): bland whitish fibrous vegetable-like material which is the main food of muls.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 109
*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
*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
*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
*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
*sa'ng-fori
-(noun; lit. 'without chains'): freedom or liberty!
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 216
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*tufted fisher
-(noun): a water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*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
*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
*Ushindi fisher
-(noun): long-legged, wading bird near the Schendi; long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236
*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
*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
