Vosk Homestone Garden

'Gor,' he said, 'is the name of this world.
In all the languages of this planet, the word means Home Stone.'
He paused, noting my lack of comprehension.
'Home Stone,' he repeated. 'Simply that.'

'In peasant villages on this world,' he continued,
'each hut was originally built around a flat stone
which was placed in the centre of the circular dwelling.
It was carved with the family sign and was called the Home Stone.
It was, so to speak, a symbol of sovereignty, or territory,
and each peasant, in his own hut, was a sovereign.'.
- Tarnsman