Pregnancy "The tiny baby, not minutes old, with tiny gasps and coughs, still startled and distressed with the sharp, frightful novelty of breathing air, never again to return to the shelter of its mothers body, lost in a chaos of sensation, its eyes not focused, unable scarcely to turn its head from side to side, lay before him. The cord had been cut and tied at its belly. Its tiny legs and arms moved. The blood the membranes and fluids had been wiped from its small hot red firm body. Then it had been rubbed with animal fat." --Mercenaries of Gor page 46.
Whereas caste membership is commonly connected with the practice of an occupation, such as agriculture, or commerce, or war, there can be, of course, caste members who are not engaged in caste work and individuals who do certain forms of work who are not members of that caste commonly associated with such work. Caste, commonly, though not invariably. is a matter of birth. One may, too, be received into a caste by investment. Normally mating takes place among caste members, but if the mating is of mixed caste, the woman may elect to retain caste, which is commonly done, or be received into the caste of the male companion. Caste membership of the children born of such a union is a function of the caste of the father." --"Slave Girl of Gor" page 212-213
"Another habit of nomads, or of nomad mothers, is to frequently bathe small children, even if it is only with a cloth and a cup of water. There is a very low infant mortality rate among nomads, in spite of their limited diet and harsh environment." --Tribesmen of Gor page 171.
"It might be of interest to note that children of the nomads are suckled for some eighteen months, which is nearly twice the normal length of time for Earth infants, and half again the normal time for Gorean infants." --Tribesmen of Gor page 170.
Gynecology "Their daughters (Red Savages) menstruate earlier (than Red Hunter daughters)" --Savages of Gor page 35.
She tossed her head and turned away. Her hair was worn knotted in a bun on the top of her head, like that generally of the women of the Red Hunters. Their hair is worn loose, interestingly, out of doors, only during their mentral period. In a culture where the gracious exchange of mates is commonly practiced this devise , a civilized courtessy, provides the husbands freinds with informationthat may be pertinent to the timing of their visits. this culture signal, incidentally, is not appliocable to a mans slaves in the north. Animals do not dress their hairand slaves, generally, do not either.-Hunters of Gor, pg193
~~virginity of Free Women is put into different words than that of a slave~~ Free Woman:
"Glana denotes the state of virginity and metaglana denotes the state succeeding virginity." --Savages of Gor page 203.kajirae:
"Our Physicians ascertained, said he. That she is only a red silk girl." --Assassin of Gor, pg 45"The buyers were also informed that I was `glana' or a virgin. The correlated term is `metaglana,' used to designate the state to which the glana state looks forward, or that which it is regarded as anticipating. Though the word was not used of me I was also `profalarina', which term designates the state preceding, and anticipating, that of `falarina,' the state Gorean's seem to think of as that of being a full woman, or, at least, as those of Earth might think of it, one who certainly is no longer a virgin. In both terms, `glana' and `profalarina,' incidentally, it seems that the states they designate are regarded as immature or transitory, state to be succeeded by more fully developed, superior states, those of `metaglana' or `falarina.' Among slaves, not free women, these things are sometimes spoken of along the lines as to whether or not the girl as been `opened' for the uses of men. Other common terms, used generally of slaves, are `white silk' and `red silk', for girls who have not yet been opened, or have been opened, for the uses of men, respectively." --Dancer of Gor, page 128.
"Tamirus approached me. He wore green robes. I did not know at that time but this indicated he was of the Caste of Physicians. "Throw your legs apart or we will do this differently." Tamirus was careful with me and gentle. He checked twice delicately. "It is certified by the House of Hendow," he said, "the slave is a virgin." Tamirus was signing a paper He replaced the pen in the inkhorn, which closed the horn, shook the paper a bit and held it up. A fellow near him handed it to Mirus. "Here is the signed attestation," said Mirus" --Dancer of Gor pg 188
"Another way of drawing distinction is in terms of falarina and profalarina. Profalarina designates the state preceding falarina which is the state of a woman who has been penetrated at least once by a male." Savages page 203.
"Such expressions ( refering to falarina / profalarina and glana / metaglana ) are commonly to be spoken of and by Free Persons. They are not to be applied to slaves anymore than to a tarsk sow. You were white silk now you are red silk." --Savages of Gor, pg 205
"If you should prove unusual in some respect, although this is extremely rare," I said. "We can tomorrow, grind one of Grunts trading knives into a lancet, I understand." She shuddered. "This seemed to me better than leaving the matter to the red savages. They tend to be impatient in such respects, even with their own women. A homemade lancet, sterilized in boiling water, seemed preferable to a sharpened kailiauk bone or a whittled lodge peg."--Savages of Gor, pg 173
slavewine I held the object before her. she regarded it with dismay.
"I have already chewed sip root within the moon," she said. "Open your mouth," I said.
"Yes,Master," she said.
I then thrust the object into her mouth.
"Chew it well," I said, "and swallow it, bit by bit."
She grimaced, at the barest taste of the object. "Begin," I told her.
she began.
"Not so quickly," I told her, "More slowly. Very slowly.Very, very slowly. Savor it well."
she whimpered in obedience.
She did not need the sit root, of course, for, as she had pointed out, she had had some within the moon, and indeed, the effect of sip root, in the raw state, in most women, is three or four moons. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of physicians, the effect is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the "second wine". When this is administered she usually knows that she has been selected for crossing with a handsome male slave.
pg. 319, Blood Brothers of Gor"Slave wine is bitter intentionally so. Its effect last for more than a Gorean month. I did not wish the females to conceive, A female slave is taken off slave wine only when it is her Masters intention to breed her." --Marauders of Gor page 23,24.
"He proffered me a cup and I with one hand holding the blanket about me with the other drank its contents. It was a foul brew but I downed it. I did not know at the time but it was slave wine. Men seldom breed upon their slave girls." --Slave Girl of Gor page 69.
"I held the object before her. She regarded it with dismay, I have already chewed sip root within the moon, she said. She did not need the sip root of course for as she had pointed out she had had some within the moon and indeed the effect of sip root in the raw state in most women is three or four moons." Blood Brothers of Gor page 319.
"In the concentrated state as in slave wine developed by the Caste of Physicians the effect ( of sip root ) is almost indefinite, usually requiring a releaser for its remission, usually administered to a slave in what is called breeding wine or second wine." --Blood Brothers of Gor page 319.
"The active ingredient of breeding wine or second wine is a derivative of teslik." --Blood Brothers of Gor page 320.
"This is not really wine, or an alcoholic beverage. It is called slave wine I think for the amusement of the Masters. It is extremely bitter. One draught of the substance is reputed to last until the administration of an appropriate releaser. In spite of this belief however or perhaps in deference to tradition, lingering from earlier times, in which, it seems less reliable slave wines were available, doses of this foul stuff are usually administered to female slaves at regular intervals usually once or twice a year. Some girls rather cynical ones, I suspect speculate that the Masters give it to them more often than necessary just because they enjoy watching them down the terrible stuff." --Dancer of Gor page 174.
