click the leter and go to it V orW or XY or ZU
*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 floodlands. A canal connects Lake Ushindi east across the swampland to Lake Ngao.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100 and 455
*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
*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 Waniyanpi, 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 gai,t 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
*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
*liana vine
-(noun): a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 310
*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
*slavery, vengence 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
*Ta-Sardar-Var
-(noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*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
*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 theThentis 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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*finch, whistling
-(noun): flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest it is insectivorous.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*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
*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
*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
*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
*ka-la-na wine
-(noun): a ruby red wine, fermented from the fruit of the yellow-wood ka-la-na tree, variously described as rich and delicate as well as 'bright, dry, and powerful'. Like the wines of earth the quality of ka-la-na varies from that of a common table wine to premium brands such as the very expensive 'Slave Gardens of Anesidemus' and 'Boleto's Nectar', a medium-grade wine. Ar is particularly noted for it's production of fine ka-la-na. Ka-la-na wine is reported to have an aphrodisiac effect on females.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 26, 79, 96, 168
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 151
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 114, 331, 332
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, pages 158 and 375
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 344 and 360
*knee walk, simple
-(noun): a slave travels on knee's, without standing, to fetch items or tend to duties.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 342
*knee walk, Turian
-(noun): mentioned, but not described except that it is sometimes used by slave dancers.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 342
*Kneel to the Whip
-(position): this command orders a slave to kneel, bowing her head to her knees, her wrists crossed under her as though bound. The position is intended to expose her back to the whip.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 201 and 202
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 200
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 21
Book 18: Savages of Gor, page 137
*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
*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
*palm wine
-(noun): drink mentioned briefly; no description available.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 429
*ring-necked waders
-(noun) bird found along the river of the ground zone of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*second wine
-(noun): a breeding wine reverses the contraceptive effects of slave wine.
Book 18 Blood Brothers of Gor, page 319
*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
*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 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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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
*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 Schend.i
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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*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
*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
*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
*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 'Ubar San' might be chosen, the Ubar 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
*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
*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
*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 virture 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
*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, 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
*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 padlike 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
