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Oasis of Tahari
: these are the wells and
waterholes of the great Tahari
desert:
Oasis of the Battle of Red Rock
"..the Oasis of the Battle of Red
Rock was the last of the major oases of the Tahari for more than two thousand pasangs eastward; it lay, in effect, on the borders of the dreaded dune country..."
Tribesmen of Gor, page 179
The oasis which we were entering is
named for the Battle of Red Rock, which is a large shelf of reddish sandstone
behind the oasis, north by northeast from its lowest point, and center. Tribesmen of
Gor, page 179
Oasis of Farad
“She was bought for two tarsks,
from a caravan master named Zad of the Oasis of Farad,” he said.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 179
Oasis of Four Palm
The march of Hassan had as its object
not Red Rock, northwest of Klima, but Four Palms, a Kavar outpost known, to
him, which lay far to the south of Red Rock. Unfortunately Four Palms was
farther from Klima than Red Rock. On the other hand, his decision seemed to me
a sound one. Red Rock was a Tashid oasis under the hegemony of the Aretai,
enemies of the Kavars. Furthermore, between Klima and Red Rock lay the regions
patrolled by the men of Abdul, the Salt Ubar, who had been known to me as Ibn
Saran. Beyond this, though Four Palms lay farther from Klima than Red Rock,
its route, it seemed, would bring one sooner out of the dune country than the
route to Red Rock, and into the typical Tahari terrain of rock and scrub,
where some game might be found, occasional water and possible nomadic groups
not disposed to hostility toward Kavars. Tribesmen of Gor, page
271
Oasis of Nine Wells
I was returning to my compartment in
Tor, from the tents of Farouk of Kasra. He was a merchant. He was camping in
the vicinity of the city while purchasing kaiila for a caravan to the Oasis of
Nine Wells. This oasis is held by Suleiman, master of a thousand lances,
Suleiman of the Aretai.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 60
"I had failed to contact them in Kasra, as I had planned, but I had learned that they were in the
region of Tor, purchasing kaiila, for a caravan to the kasbah, or fortress, of Suleiman, of the
Aretai tribe, master of a thousand lances, Ubar of the Oasis of Nine Wells.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 44
"'They are Aretai,' said one of the drovers. The caravan, I knew, was bound for the Oasis of Nine
Wells. It was held by Suleiman, master of a thousand lances. He was high pasha of the
Aretai." Tribesmen of Gor, page 82,
Oasis of the Sand Sleen
“Six days ago,” said the
merchant, “soldiers, Aretai, from Nine Wells raided the Oasis of the Sand
Sleen.”
“Six days ago,” said the merchant, “soldiers, Aretai, from Nine Wells
raided the Oasis of the Sand Sleen.”
Tribesmen of
Gor, page 152
Oasis of the Stones of Sliver
It is their intention that Suleiman
not receive these goods. It is their intention to divert them, or most of
them, to the Oasis of the Stones of Silver.” This was an oasis of the Char,
also a vassal tribe of the Kavars. Its name had been given to it centuries
before, when thirsty men, who had moved at night on the desert, had come upon
it, discovering it. Dew had formed on the large flat stones thereabout and, in
the light of the dawn, had made them, from a distance, seem to glint like
silver. Tribesmen of Gor, page 94
Oasis of Two Scimitars
The oasis of Two Scimitars is an
out-of-the-way oasis, under the hegemony of the Bakahs, which, for more than
two hundred years, following their defeat in the Silk War of 8,110 C.A., has
been a vassal tribe of the Kavars. Tribesmen of
Gor, page 151
Obeisance: ways a slave may show her
submission to a Master
"There are many ways to perform
obeisance. "I said.
"I am a free woman," she said, " I know none of them."
"I shall instruct you briefly in three," I said. " First kneel
before me , back on your heels, yes, with your knees wide, wider, your hands on
your thighs, your back straight, your breasts out, good, your belly in, good,
and now lower your head in deference, in submission."
"Now that," I said, " may not be exactly a form of obeisance, for
authorities do not all agree, but for our purposes we shall count it as one. It
is, at any rate, a beautiful position, and it is, certainly, a common position
of slave submission."
"Now" I said, " and this is clearly a form of obeisance, bend
forward and put your head to the mat, the palms of your hands on the mat. Good.
Now lift your head little and come forward, substantially keeping the position.
Forward a little more."
"But then my face will be at your feet," she said," My lips will
be over them!"
"Yes," I said, "Good, now, put your head down and lick and kiss
my feet."
"I am a free Woman!" She Said. "You are a woman," I
said," now softly lingeringly, and lovingly, Good."
"I am not a slave," she said "All women are slaves, "I said
" Imagine what this would be like if you were truly a collared slave."
She gasped
"Now" I said, "for a third form of obeisance. You may belly to
me."
"I do not understand," she whispered.
"There are various forms of bellying, " I said, and bellying may be
suitably and pleasingly combined with other forms of floor movements,
approaching the Master on all fours, turning to your sides and back, writhing
before him, and so on. We will take a very simple variation, suitable for an
ignorant free female who has not yet even begun to discover the depths of her
sexuality."
She looked up at me. "On your belly," I said. She backed off a bit ,
and went to her belly, her hair was before her face, as she now on her belly
before me looked up at me.
"Now inch forward," I said, " remaining low on your belly, and
when you reach my feet, once again, as before, lifting your head a little,
tenderly and humbly, and beautifully, as though you were a slave, lick and kiss
them. Good. Good. Now take my foot and place it gently on your head. Very good.
Now place it again on the Mat, and kiss it again. Good. You may now belly back a
little, humbly. I have not yet given you permission to rise of course."
Mercenaries of Gor, page 409
Official Stone:
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: Raiders of Gor, page 127
olives, Torian: No description but they are mentioned in the books to come from
Tor.
"The Tarn Keeper...brought the food, bosk steak and yellow bread, peas and Torian
olives, and two golden-brown, starchy Suls, broken open and filled with melted bosk
cheese." Assassin of Gor, page 168
olives, red: No description but they are mentioned in the books to come from Tyros.
"Clitus, too, had brought two bottles of
Ka-la-na wine, a string of eels, cheese
of the Verr and a sack of red olives from the groves of Tyros." Raiders of Gor,
page 114
omnion: a letter of the Gorean alphabet:
"The next most frequently
occurring letters in Gorean," said Bosk, "are Tau, Al-Ka, Omnion and
Nu. Following these in frequency of occurrence are Ar, Ina, Shu and Homan, and
so on." Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
Over forty percent of the
language consists of the first five letters I mentioned, Eta, Tau, Al-Ka, Omnion,
and Nu. Slave Girl of Gor, page 384
onager: a type
of catapult that can be used on ships
“She also carried, on leather-cushioned, swivel
mounts, two light catapults, two chain-sling onagers, and eight springals.”
Raiders of Gor, page 193
“. . .deck areas and deck castles can accommodate
springals, small catapults, and chain-sling onagers, not to mention numerous
bowmen, all of which can provide a most discouraging and vicious barrage,
consisting normally of javelins, burning pitch, fiery rocks and crossbow
quarrels. . .” Raiders of Gor, page 133
onions: No description but they are mentioned in the books
"…vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey."
Tribesmen of
Gor, page 47
one-strap: a
command that sends a tarn into flight:
Outlaw of Gor, page 177
opals, common: milky in color. Because they are much more rare on Gor,
they are of more value than those of Earth: Tribesman of Gor, page 92
opals, flame: reddish and blue in
color
Before Suleiman, now, there
lay five stones, three sereem diamonds, red, sparkling, white flecked, and two
opals, one a common sort, milky in color, and the other an unusual flame opal,
reddish and blue. Opals are not particularly valuable stones on Earth, but they
are much rarer on Gor; these were excellent specimens, cut and polished into
luminescent ovoids; still, of course, they did not have the value of the
diamonds.
Tribesman of Gor, page 92
open-legged tie right wrist is tied to right ankle, 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: Savages of Gor, page 207
Or: a unit of ten warriors of the Wagon Peoples:
Nomads of Gor, page
175
Or Dance: an athletic feat of jumping from
one moving or to another
Then the Forkbeard himself drained the remains of the tankard, threw it to the foot of the mast, and
then, to my astonishment, leapt from the ship, onto the moving oards. Then men sang. The Forkbeard then,
to the delight of those on the bank, who cheered him, as the serpent edged into the dock, adressed
himself delightedly to the oar-dance of the rover of Torvaldsland. It is not actually a dance, of course,
but it is an athletic feat of no little stature requiring a superb eye, fantastic balance and incredible
coordination. Ivar Forkbeard, crying out, leaped from moving oar to moving oar, proceeding from the
oars nearest the stem on the port side to the stern, then leaping back onto the deck at the stern quarter
and leaping again on the oars this time on the starboard side, and proceeding from the oar nearest the
stern to that nearest the stem, and then, lifting his arms, he leaped again into the ship, almost thrown into
it as the oar lifted. He then stood on the prow, near me, sweating and grinning.
I saw cups of ale, on the bank, being lifted to him. Men cheered. I heard the cries of bond-maids.
Marauders of Gor, pages 82
Oralu: a unit of a thousand warriors of the Wagon Peoples:
Nomads of
Gor, page 175
Orlu: a unit of a hundred warriors of the Wagon Peoples:
Nomads of Gor,
page 175
ost: tiny snake, about 12 inches long, bright orange in color; its venom
causes extremely painful death within seconds: also the ost of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with
black stripes:
A small, venomous snake whose bite will cause a painful death within seconds. Commonly
they are bright orange, but the banded ost is yellowish orange with black rings. Both are
poisonous. "One to be feared even more perhaps was the tiny ost, a venomous,
brilliantly orange reptile little more than a foot in length, whose bite spelled an
excruciating death within seconds." Outlaw of Gor, page 26
"The banded ost is a variety of ost, a small, customarily brilliantly orange
Gorean reptile. The banded ost is yellowish orange and is marked with black rings.
Assassin
of Gor, page 335
oysters: from the delta of the Vosk:
Captive of Gor, page 301
"Other girls had prepared the repast, which, for the war camp, was sumptuous indeed, containing even oysters from the delta of the
Vosk, a portion of the plunder of a tarn caravan of Ar, such delicacies having been intended for the very table of
Marlenus, the Ubar of that great city itself."
Captive of Gor,
page 301
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