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raisins: mentioned but not described in the books
"vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey." Tribesmen of Gor, page 45
ram-berries: - small, reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike tiny plums, save for the many small seeds
"A guard was with us, and we were charged with filling our leather buckets with
ram-berries, a small reddish fruit with edible seeds, not unlike plums save for the many
small seeds."
Captive of Gor, page 305
"I felt the pull of a strap on my throat, and opened my eyes. By a long leather
strap, some ten feet in length, I was fastened by the neck to Ute. We were picking
berries."
Captive of Gor, page 208
ram-ship: war galley, having up to 3 banks of oars as well as masts and sails; named for the battering rams on the prow: Raiders of Gor, page 127
rarius - (pl.rarii): warrior: Captive of Gor, page 266
Raviri: a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Aretai
To my right were the lines of the Aretai. The Aretai themselves, of course, with black kaffiyeh and white agal cording, held their center. Their right flank was held by the Luraz and the Tashid. Their left flank was held by the Raviri, and four minor tribes, the Ti, the Zevar, the Arani and the Tajuks. Tribesman of Gor, page 301
ravishment lamp: a small tharlarion- oil lamp, found in the chamber of a master; its soft glow is sufficient to illuminate a slavegirl as she is raped: Guardsman of Gor, page 203
Red Hunters: the peoples who inhabit the Gorean arctic; in appearance and
culture, they are similar to the Eskimos of Earth:
She looked at me angrily. She wore the high fur boots and panties of the woman of the north. As it was, from their point of view, a hot day, one, which was above the freezing point, she, like most of the women of the Red Hunters, was stripped to the waist. About her neck she wore some necklaces. She seemed pretty, but her temper might have shamed that of a she-sleen. The fur she wore, interestingly, was rather shabby. Her carriage and sharpness of tongue, however, suggested she must be someone of importance. I would later learn that the unmated daughters of even important men,, namely, good hunters, were often kept in the poorest of furs. It is up to the mate, or husband, if you wish, to bring them good furs. This is intended as an encouragement to the girls to be a bit fetching, that they may attract a man, and subsequently, have something nice to wear. If this were the plan, however, clearly it had not worked in the case of my pretty critic. I was not surprised. It would be a bold fellow indeed who would dare make her a present of fine feasting clothes. 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 menstrual period. In a culture where the gracious exchange of mates is commonly practiced this devise, a civilized courtesy, provides the husbands friends with information that may be pertinent to the timing of their visits. This culture signal, incidentally, is not applicable to a mans slaves in the north. Animals do not dress their hair and slaves, generally, do not either. Beasts of Gor, page 193
Though they are reticent to speak their own names, have little reservation about speaking the names of others. This makes sense, as it is not their name, and it is not as if, in their speaking it, the name might somehow escape them. This is also fortunate, It is sometimes difficult, if not impossible, to get one of these fellows to tell you his own name. Often one man will tell you the name of his friend, and his friend will tell you his name. This way you learn the name of both, but from neither himself. The names of the red Hunters incidentally have meaning. Beasts of Go, page 194
Many people do not understand the nature of the polar north. For one thing, it is very dry. Less snow falls there generally than falls in lower latitudes. Snow that does fall, of course, is less likely to melt. Most of the land is tundra, a coo, generally level or slightly wavy, treeless plain. In the summer this tundra, covered with mosses, shrubs and lichens, because of the melted surface ice and the permafrost beneath, preventing complete drainage, is soft and spongy. In the winter, of course, and in the early spring and late fall, desolate, bleak and frozen, wind-swept, it presents the aspect of a barren alien landscape. At such times the red hunters will dwell by the sea, in the spring and fall by its shores, and, in the winter, going out on the ice itself. Beasts of Gor, page 196
Red Hunter's Drum: a large and heavy
disk llike drum that measured two and one half feet in diameter. similar to a kettle drum.
The drum of the red hunters is large and heavy. It has a handle and is
disk like. It requires strength to manage it. It is held in one hand and beaten
with a stick held in the other. Its frame is generally of wood and its cover, of hide, usually tabuk hide, is fixed on the frame by sinew. Interestingly the
drum is not struck on the head, or hide cover, but on the frame. It has an odd resonance. That drum in one hand of the hunter standing now in the midst of the group was some two and one half feet in diameter.
Beasts of Gor, pages. 261
Red Mountains: another name for the Voltai Range, which is a large mountain range on Gor
I was somewhere in the Voltai Range, sometimes called the Red Mountains, south of the river and to the east of Ar. That would mean that I had unknowingly passed over the great highway, but whether ahead of or behind Pa-Kur's horde I had no idea. My calculations as to my locale tended to be confirmed by the dull reddish color of the cliffs, due to the presence of large deposits of iron oxide. Tarnsman of Gor, page 144
red salt: salt from the Tahari
The red salt of Kasra, so called from its port of embarkation, was famed on Gor. It was brought from secret pits and mines, actually, deep in the interior, bound in heavy cylinders on the backs of pack kaiila. Tribesman of Gor, page 20
Most salt at Klima is white,
but certain of the mines deliver red salt, red from ferrous oxide in its
composition, which is called the Red Salt of Kasra, after its port of
embarkation, at the juncture of the Upper and Lower Fayeen.
Tribesman of Gor, page
238
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Red Savages: They are the people who inhabit the plains area (Barrens) of Gor; in appearance and culture, they are similar to the American Indians of Earth. Tribes of the Red Savages include: Fleer:
a tribe of Red Savages, which inhabits the Barrens |
Dust Legs: a tribe of Red Savages, which inhabits the Barrens; so called because
they were the last tribe to domesticate kaiila
Kaiila: a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is
related to that of the Dust Legs
Yellow-Kaiila Riders: 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.
Casmu Band: a sub-group of the Yellow-Kaiila Riders
All Comrades (Fighting Hearts): a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red
Savages; a.k.a. the Fighting Hearts represented by a heart over a black horizontal line
with a lance below it on the flanks of their kaiila.
Isbu Band: a sub-group of the All Comrades
Sleen: a tribe of Red Savages, which inhabits the Barrens represented by a sleen
over black horizontal bars on the flanks of their kaiila
Sun Lances: a warrior society of the Sleen tribe of Red Savages represented by a
yellow lance over black horizontal bars on the flanks of their kaiila.
Yellow Knives: a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens
Urt Soldiers: a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages
"Look," said Grunt, pointing to the right.
A rider, a red savage, was approaching rapidly. He wore a breechclout and moccasins. About his neck was a string of Sleen claws. There were not reathers in his hair and neither he nor his animal wore paint. Too he did
not carrry lance and shield. He was not on the business of war. He did have a bowcase and quiver, at the thong on his waist was a beaded sheath, from which protruded the hilt of a trade knife.
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 9
I drew on my tunic and slipped into my moccasins.
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 23
"The Red Savages, as you may not know," Said Grunt to me, though doubtless he was speaking primarily for the benefit of the
Hobarts, "Are rather strict about the privilege of wearing the breechclout."
"Oh?" I said.
"Yes," Said Grunt. "It is not permitted to Women, even to their own women, nor, of course, is it permitted to slaves."
"I understand," I said. The breechclout of the Barrens, incidentally, consistes of a single piece of narrow material. This may be of tanned skin but, not
unoften, is of soft cloth. It is held in place by a belt or cord. It commonly goes over the belt or cord in the back, and down and between the legs, and then comes up, drawn
snuglytightm, over the belt or cord in the front. In coller weather it is often worn with leggings and a shirt. In warmer weather, in camp, it is uually the only thing that a male will wear.
"For a slave, or a prisoner, to wear a breechclout might be regarded as pretentious or offensive," Said Grunt, "an oversight or indiscretion calling for Torture or, say, for being set upon by boys on
Kaiila, with war clubs."
Savages of Gor, pages 165-166
"The Isanna was the Little-Knife Band of the Kaiila. They came rom the countries around Council Rock, north of the northern fork of the Kaiila River and west of the snake, a tributary to the Northern
Kaiila. The normal distributions, given food supply and such, of the bands of the Kaiila are usually rather as follows. First, understand that there exists the Kaiila River, flowing generally in a Southwestward direction. At a given point, high in the terriotory of the Kaiila tribe, it branches into two rivers, which are normally spoken of as the Northern Kaiila and the Southern
Kaiila. The Snake, flowing in an almost southern direction, is a tributary to the Northern
Kaiila. The land of the Napoktan, or the Bracelets band of the Kaiila, is east of the Snake, and north of the Northern
Kaiila, and the Kaiila proper. The Wismahi, or Arrowhead and of the
Kaiila, holds the more northern lands in and below, to some extent, the fork of the
Kaiila. The Isbu `s land are the more southern lands between the Northern and Southern branches of the
Kaiila. The lands of the Casmu, or Sand Band of the Kaiila, lie to the west of the
Isanna, and to the north and west of the Isbu, above the descending Northern branch of the Northern
Kaiila."
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
The movement of this group of animals had been reported in the camp of the Isb u
Kaiila, or the Little-Stones band of the Kaiila,
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 8
"The Isanna Kaiila number between some seven and eight hundred."
Blood Brothers of Gor, page. 25
"The Casmu numbered in the neighborhood of on thousand; the Wismahi one of the smaller bands numbered about five or six hundred. The Isbu was the largest band, containing between sixteen and seventeen hundred members. The
Napoktan, which had arrived at the camp only yesterday, was the smallest of the bands of Kaiila numbering between some three and four hundred members. These bands, within their own territories, are often diveded into separate villages or encampments. In a given encampment usually under a minor chief, there is seldom more than two or three hundred individuals. indeed sometimes encampments contains only seven or eight families."
Blood Brothers of Gor, page 25
red-silk girl: A slave girl who is not a virgin
"There is a stain on your
thigh," I said
"My Master took my virginity," she said.
"You are now a red-silk girl," I said
"Yes, Master," she said, "I am now a red-silk girl.". Explorers
of Gor page. 200
"Similarly, the expression, 'red-silk,' in Gorean, tends to be used as a category in slaving, and also, outside of the slaving context, as an expression in vulgar discourse, indicating that the woman is no longer a virgin, or, as the Goreans say, at least vulgarly of slaves, that her body has been opened by men. Its contrasting term is 'white-silk,' usually used of slaves who are still virgins, or equivalently, slaves whose bodies have not yet been opened by men. Needless to say, slaves seldom spend a great deal of time in the 'white-silk' category. It is common not to dally in initiating a slave into the realities of her condition." Blood Brothers of Gor, page 472
refrigeration: the use of ice and keeping items cold.
"My house, incidentally, like most Gorean houses, had no ice chest. There is little cold storage on Gor. Generally food is preserved by being dried or salted. Some cold storage, of course, does exist. Ice is cut from ponds in the winter, and then stored in ice houses, under sawdust. One may go to the ice houses for it, or have it delivered in ice wagons. Most Goreans, of course, cannot afford the luxury of ice in the summer." Guardsman of Gor, page 295
Rencers, Caste of: A slightly higher caste than the Peasants, this is the those who dwell in the various marshes and swamps of Gor, and who harvest Rence (a Gorean plant similar to Earth rice). They reside on great floating man-made islands amidst the marshes and are highly territorial and secretive. Known for their adoption and usage of the "Peasant Bow" in combat.
"The Rencers are often thought to be a higher caste than the Peasants." Raiders of Gor, page 94
rence: a tufted, reed-like plant that grows in the marshes; it has long thick roots about four inches thick which lies under the surface of the water, with smaller roots that sink down to the mud with stems 15-16 feet long, with a single floral spike, used for making paper - each part of the rence is used for something
"The plant itself has a long, thick root, about four inches think, which lies horizonally under the surface of the water; small roots sink downward into the mud from the main root, and several "stems," as many as a dozen, rise from it, often of a length of fifteen to sixteen feet from the root; it has an excrescent, usually single floral spike." Raiders of Gor, page 7
"The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper…from the stem the rence growers can make reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of fibrous cloth; further its pith is edible…" Raiders of Gor, page 7
"I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roasted tarsk meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer." Raiders Gor, page 44
"Before the feast I had helped the women, cleaning fish and dressing marsh gants, and then, later, turning spits for the roasted tarsks, roasted over rence-root fires, kept on metal pans, elevated above the rence of the islands by metal racks, themselves resting on larger pans." Raiders of Gor, page 44
"In the morning, before dawn, she had placed in my mouth a handful of rence
paste." Raiders of Gor, page 28
"I had carried about bowls of cut, fried fish, and wooden trays of roasted tarsk
meat, and roasted gants, threaded on sticks, and rence cakes and porridges, and gourd
flagons, many times replenished, of rence beer." Raiders Gor, page 44
rence beer: This is a drink usually only drunk by Rence Growers. Made from rence seeds and the whitish pith of the rence plant. It is served in a metal cup
"At such times there is drinking of rence beer, steeped, boiled and fermented from the crushed seeds and the whitish pith of the plant." Raiders Gor, page 18
rence islands: where the communities of rence growers dwell. They are small, seldom more than 200-250 feet, formed entirely from interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh: Raiders of Gor, page 13
rence paper: paper - there are 8 grades papyrus: Nomads of Gor, page 49
"The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper…from the stem the rence growers can make reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of fibrous cloth; further it's pith is edible…" Raiders of Gor, page 7
"Then, from within the collar, he drew forth a thin, folded piece of paper, rence paper made from the fibers of the rence plant, a tall, long-stalked leafy plant which grows predominately in the delta of the Vosk." Nomads of Gor, page 49
rence paste: Grounded rence plants, made in a paste and sweetened. This paste can be fried into a type of cake or given to slaves as is.
"In the morning, before dawn, she had placed in my mouth a handful of rence paste." Raiders of Gor, page 28
"In a moment the woman had returned with a double handful of wet rence paste. When fried on flat stones it makes a kind of cake, often sprinkled with rence seeds." Raiders of Gor, page 25
"The plant has many uses besides serving as a raw product in the manufacture of rence paper…from the stem the rence growers can make reed boats, sails, mats, cords and a kind of fibrous cloth; further it's pith is edible…" Raiders of Gor, page 7
rennels: crablike poisonous desert insects, They attack in swarms
"I was told by Kamchak that once an army of a thousand wagons turned aside because a swarm of rennels,
poisonous, crablike desert insects, did not defend its broken nest, crushed by the wheel of the lead wagon" Nomads of
Gor, page 27
rep: a whitish fibrous matter, found in the seed pods of a small reddish woody bush, used to make rep-cloth
A plant grown mainly for cloth. Seems to be cotton-like. "for example, rep-cloth. Some rep is grown, for cloth" Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
"Rep is a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small, reddish, woody bush, commercially grown in several areas, but particularly below Ar and above the equator; the cheap rep-cloth is woven in mills, commonly, in various cities; it takes dyes well and, being cheap and strong, is popular, particularly among the lower castes." Raiders of Gor, pages 10-11
rep-cloth: rough fabric woven from the fibers of the rep plant; analogous to cotton muslin
A plant grown mainly for cloth. Seems to be cotton-like. "for example, rep-cloth. Some rep is grown, for cloth" Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
"Rep is a whitish fibrous matter found in the seed pods of a small, reddish, woody bush, commercially grown in several areas, but particularly below Ar and above the equator; the cheap rep-cloth is woven in mills, commonly, in various cities; it takes dyes well and, being cheap and strong, is popular, particularly among the lower castes." Raiders of Gor, pages 10-11
Revels, Master of: a city's Master of Entertainment: Players of Gor, page 10
Rights of a Slave: the rights of female slaves as seen by Gorean law
“The life of a female slave,” he said, “is a life wholly given over to love. It is not a compromised life. It is
not one of those lives which is part this, and part that. It is a total way of life, a total life. The female
slave seeks to give all, selflessly, knowing that she, as she is a mere slave, a
right less animal owned by her master, one who can be bought and sold at his least whim, can make no claims, that she
deserves nothing, and is entitled to not the least attention or consideration. There are no bargains
made with her, no arrangements.” Mercenaries of Gor, page 435
Slavery to the woman is more than a sexual matter, though sexuality is intimately and profoundly
involved in it, essentially, crucially and ultimately. It is an entire mode of being, an entire way of life,
one intimately associated with love and service. Vagabonds of Gor, page 53
The slave is not a person before Gorean law but a right less animal. Slave Girl of Gor,
page 151
In the eyes of Goreans, and Gorean law, the slave is an animal. She is not a person, but an animal.
She has no name, saving what her master might choose to call her. She is without caste. She is without
citizenship. She is simply an object, to be bartered, or bought or sold. She is simply an article of
property, completely, nothing more. Hunters of Gor, page 148
Yes, my dear, you are legally an animal. In the eyes of Gorean law you are an animal. You have no
name in your own right. You may be collared and leashed. You may be bought and sold, whipped,
treated as the master pleases, disposed of as he sees fit. You have no rights whatsoever. Legally you
have no more status than a tarsk or vulo. Legally, literally, you are an animal.
Explorers of Gor, page 316
How incredibly, and yet rationally and justifiably, I felt at his mercy. He was my master. He owned me.
He could do whatever he wanted with me. He could trade me or sell me, or even slay me upon a whim,
should he wish. I was absolutely his, his girl. Slave Girl of Gor, page 108
"Oh, oh," she moaned, softly.
She looked up at me. "How can you respect me?" she asked.
"You are not to be respected," I told her. "You are only a slave."
"Yes, Master," she said.
"You no longer have any pride to guard," I said. “A slave is not permitted pride."
"Yes, Master," she wept. "Oh, oh." Then she threw her head to the side, on the furs. "I want to respect
myself!" she cried.
"Your obligation is not to respect yourself," I told her, "but to be yourself." Explorers of Gor,
page 175
“I will give you a new name.” She nodded, miserably. Her old name, her old identity, had been taken
from her forever. Her new name, though in sound the same, was not her old. Between them there was a
difference of worlds, a gulf wider than the dividing planets. Her old name had been hers as a free
person, publicly registered, legally certified, historically identified with her throughout her life, until her
capture by slavers. It had been a proud, intimate possession, giving her pleasure and dignity. It had
ennobled her. It has served, with other properties, to distinguish her as a precious person, a unique
individual, among all others on the planet Earth. When asked who she was, it was with that name that
she would answer. That was who she was. Then that name was taken from her. She was only an animal
in bondage. Her name might be changed, or altered, as often as a Master wished. Indeed, he need not
even give her a name. Changing a girl's name, or taking it away, are common modes of Gorean slave
discipline.” Hunters of Gor, page 225
“What is your name?” I asked the girl.
“A slave has no name,” she said. “You may give me one if you wish.”
Outlaw of Gor, page 196
The case with slaves, of course, is much different from that of free women, either those of Gor or Earth.
Their names are simply given to them, as the names of animals. They may be altered or changed at
will. Indeed, sometimes a slave is not even given a name. The names a slave wears, of course, are
functions of the master's pleasure. They can own a name no more than they can own anything else. It
is they who are owned. Some masters have favorite names for girls. Some masters may reward a
hard-working girl with a lovely name; others may torment a slave who has been insufficiently pleasing
with a cruel or ugly name. Most girls, of course, are given beautiful and exciting slave names, for the
masters wish the girl, too, to be beautiful and exciting. … Needless to say, a slave girl, as she changes
collars, may change names. Most girls, in passing from the hands of one master into those of another,
will have had various names. Explorers of Gor, page 366
A girl in a collar, as it is said, is not permitted inhibitions. Hunters of Gor,
page 165
“A girl in a collar is not permitted inhibitions,” she said. It was true. Slave girls must reveal their sexual nature,
totally. Do they not do so, they are beaten.” Marauders of Gor, page 278
Slaves, of course, being mere articles of property, are not entitled to privacy.
Guardsman of Gor, page 171
A girl, incidentally, in the position of the Gorean pleasure slave, but who is not being kept in the
position as a discipline, in which case she remains rigid, is allowed much subtle latitude, which she
exploits, without breaking the position. Sometimes, as she becomes animated, she rises a bit from her
heels, sometimes her hands move on her thighs, her shoulders and belly move, her head moves, her
eyes are live and vital, she speaks and laughs, and, radiantly, every inch, every bit, of her alive,
converses lyrically and delightedly. . . . The interplay between the restraint of the position and her
animation gives the position incredible power and beauty. Yes, power. More than one master, I
suspect, has been enslaved by the beauty who kneels before him. Slave Girl of Gor,
page 36
Rim - (adj): east directional division of a gorean map: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
rock spider: an inhabitant of the rainforests lower level, this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking legs under its body to look like a rock, hence its name; it is approximately one foot in diameter and will catch small rodents or birds in its web: Explorers of Gor, page 294
"They are called rock spiders because of their habit of holding their legs folded beneath them, This habit and their size and coloration, usually brown and black suggests a rock and hence the name. It is a very nice piece of natural camouflage. Explorers of Gor, page 66
Ror: northeast directional division of a gorean map: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
round ship: heavy cargo & passenger ships, having up to 3 banks of 10 oars to a side; not as swift or maneuverable as ram- ships, having a keel-to-beam ratio of 6:1; has 2 rudders, and 2 permanent, lateen-rigged masts; carries a crew of 20-25 free men, plus up to 200 oar-slaves: Raiders of Gor, page 127
Rug Makers, Caste of: They are a sub caste of the Cloth Workers and are mentioned in the books and has some sub castes such as Weaver and others.
"The Carders and Dyers, incidentally, are sub castes separate from the Weavers. All are sub castes of the Rug Makers, which itself, interestingly, perhaps surprisingly, is accounted generally as a sub caste of the Cloth Workers. Rug Makers themselves, however usually regard themselves in their various sub castes, as being independent of the Cloth Workers. A rug maker would not care to be confused with a maker of caftans, turbans, or djellabas." Tribesmen of Gor, pages 49-50