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la kajira: I am a slave: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
lance, kailla (Wagon People) : A long slender spear, eight to ten feet long, designed to be used from the saddle of a rider on kaillaback. These lances are not used couched, but rather carried in the right fist, easily, and are flexible and light. Used primarily for thrusting. They are black in color, cut from the poles of young tem trees, and so flexible that they may be bent almost double before they break. A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps the user to retain the weapon in mounted combat. It is seldom, if ever, thrown.
"Ah, yes, weapons," Kamchak was saying, "what shall it be the kaiila lance, a whip and bladed bole perhaps the quiva?" Nomads of Gor, Page 123
His lance had a rider hood under the point, with which he might dismount opponents. Nomads of Gor, Page 14
The lances of the Wagon Peoples are not couched. They are carried in the right fist, easily, and are flexible and light, used for thrusting, not the battering-ram effect of the heavy lances of Europe's High Middle Ages. Needless to say, they an be almost as swift and delicate in their address as a saber. The lances are black, cut from the poles of young tem trees. They may be bent almost double, like finely tempered steel, before they break. A loose loop of boskhide, wound twice about the right fist, helps to retain the weapon in hand-to-hand combat. It is seldom thrown. Nomads of Gor, Page 15
“Over his shoulder he, too, carried one of the slender lances.” Nomads of Gor, page 14
“His lance had a rider hook under the point, with which he might dismount opponents.” Nomads of Gor page 14
lance, kailla (hunting, Red Savages): Similar in many respects to the kailla lance of the wagon peoples, though the hunting lance of the Red Savages is commonly longer, heavier and thicker than the war lance. They are commonly undecorated or adorned only with a knot or tuft of feathers. The point of a hunting lance is typically longer and narrower than the war lance, designed to pierce deeply enough to strike a kailiauk's heart. The shaft is shaped temwood. The tip is either metal, carved bone or shaped stone, lashed to the shaft with boiled sinew or rawhide, or attached with metal trade rivets. Leather grips, hand loops, and decorations are often present also.
“The kaiila lance takes, on the whole, two forms, the hunting lance and the war lance. Hunting lances are commonly longer, heavier and thicker than war lances. Too, they are often undecorated, save perhaps for a knot of the feathers. . .The point of the hunting lance is usually longer and narrower than that of the war lance. . .The head, of metal, or of bone or stone, with sinew or rawhide, and also sometimes with metal trade rivets. . .The tarn lance, it might be mentioned, as is used by the red savages who have mastered the tarn, is, in size and shape, very similar to the kaiila lance. It differs primarily in being longer and more slender.” Savages of Gor, page 43
“. . .the smaller, thicker stabbing lances used by certain groups of pedestrian nomads.” Savages of Gor, page 42
lance, kailla (war, Red Savages): This weapon is almost identical to the kailla lance of the Wagon Peoples, though it is more heavily carved and decorated. First appears in book #17, Savages of Gor.lance, tharlarion:
A thick spear, normally fashioned of ka-la-na or needle wood, approximately ten to fourteen feet long. It tapers from a lancelet metal tip (either steel, iron or bronze) to a much thicker handguard type grip... at the thickest part it is four inches in width and is often fluted to lighten it while preserving its strength. Carried couched beneath the right arm of the user, the length of the lance itself crossing over and above the neck of the mount, to menace its target, often supported by a lance-rest which is either attached to the saddle or worn strapped to the user's chest. Can also be thrown, though not specifically designed for such use.:
“The kaiila lance takes, on the whole, two forms, the hunting lance and the war lance. Hunting lances are commonly longer, heavier and thicker than war lances. Too, they are often undecorated, save perhaps for a knot of the feathers. . .The point of the hunting lance is usually longer and narrower than that of the war lance. . .The head, of metal, or of bone or stone, with sinew or rawhide, and also sometimes with metal trade rivets. . .The tarn lance, it might be mentioned, as is used by the red savages who have mastered the tarn, is, in size and shape, very similar to the kaiila lance. It differs primarily in being longer and more slender.” Savages of Gor, page 43
lance, tarn, Red Savages: Similar in most respects to the war lance, except that it is longer and more slender, to facilitate easier use from tarnback. Described in book #17, Savages of Gor.
The tarn lance, it might be mentioned, as is used by the red savages who have mastered the tarn, is, in size and shape, very similar to the kaiila lance. It differs primarily in being longer and more slender.” Savages of Gor, page 43
lang gim: an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
In the ground zone, and on the ground itself, are certain birds, some flighted, like the hook-billed gort, which preys largely on rodents, such as
ground urts, and the insectivorous whistling finch, and some unflighted, like the grub borer and lang gim.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
Laura: A rough frontier town located on the Laurius River, upriver from Lydius. It serves as a staging point for the transport of bulk goods such as lumber and furs. A favored trade town for the various outlaws and woodsmen of the northern forests.
east and north of Ko-ro-ba about two hundred pasangs inland from the sea called Thassa on the Laurius River; it is a small trading city, a river port, whose buildings are made largely of wood. It is a clearinghouse for a various goods, a mercantile town. Captive of Gor, page 59
larl: they resembles the large cats of Earth. There are various types of larls and come in various colors such as white, tawny red or black. Each type of larl has it own specific charactisitics:
Resembles the large jungle felines of Earth tigers, lions and the like. They cannot be tamed. "The larl is a predator, clawed and fanged, quite large, often standing seven feet at the shoulder. I think it would be fair to say that it is substantially feline; at any rate its grace and sinuous power remind me of the smaller but similarly jungle cats of my old world. The larl's head is broad, sometimes more than two feet across, and shaped roughly like a triangle, giving its skull something of the cast of a viper's save that of course it is furred and the pupils of the eyes like the cat's the pelt of the larl is normally a tawny red or sable black. The black larl, which is predominately nocturnal, is maned, both male and female. The red larl, which hunts whenever hungry, regardless of the hour, and is the more common variety, possesses no mane." Priest-Kings of Gor, page 18
"None of the men below the mountains, the mortals, had ever succeeded in taming a larl. Even larl cubs when found and raised by men would, on reaching their majority, on some night, in a sudden burst of atavistic fury slay their masters and under the three hurtling moons of Gor, lope from the dwellings of men, driven by what instincts I know not, to seek the mountains where they were born." Priest-Kings of Gor, page 19
"I once asked a Gorean hunter whom I met in Ar why the larl was hunted at all. I have never forgotten his reply.
'Because it is beautiful,' he said, 'and dangerous, and because we are Goreans.' "Priest-Kings of Gor, page 20
As the tarn wheeled upward, I heard the wild, uncanny hunting cry of the larl, piercing the dusk from somewhere in the peaks below. Even the tarn seemed to shiver in its flight. The hunting cry was answered from elsewhere in the peaks and then again from a farther distance. When the larl hunts alone, it hunts silently, never uttering a sound until the sudden roar that momentarily precedes its charge, the roar calculated to terrify the quarry into fatal instant immobility. But tonight a pride of larls was hunting, and the cries of the three beasts were driving cries, herding the prey, usually several animals, towards the region of silence, herding them in the direction from which no cries, the direction in which the remainder of the pride waited.
I caught sight of one of the larls, padding softly along, its body almost white in the moonlight. It paused, lifted it wide, fierce head, some two or three feet in diameter, and uttered the hunting scream once more. Momentarily it was answered, once from about two pasangs to the west and once from about the same distance to the southwest. It appeared ready to resume its pace when suddenly it stopped, its head absolutely motionless, its sharp, pointed ears tense and lifted. I thought perhaps he had heard the tarn, but he seemed to show no awareness of us.
The tail of the animal began to lash angrily. It crouched, holding its long terrible body close to the ground, it then began to move forward, its hind quarters almost touching the ground, Its ears were lying back, flat against the sides of its wide head, as it moved, for all its speed, it placed each paw carefully on the ground, first the toes and then the ball of the foot, as silently as the wind might bend grass, in a motion that was as beautiful as it was terrifying. Tarnsman of Gor. page 149
larma: There is two types of larma: 1) a firm, single seeded apple like fruit. It is sometimes called the pit fruit because of its large single stone. 2) it has a hard shell but brittle and easily broken, within the fleshy part is delicious and very juicy.(note: offering a larma, real or imagined, by a slavegirl to her master is a silent plea for the girl to be rape)
"The larma is luscious. It has a rather hard shell but the shell is brittle and easily broken. Within, the fleshy endocarp, the fruit, is delicious, and very juicy. Sometimes, when a woman is referred to as a "larma," it is suggested that her hard or frigid exterior conceals a rather different sort of interior, one likely to be quite delicious. Once the shell has been broken through or removed, irrevocably, there is, you see, exposed, soft, vulnerable, juicy and helpless, the interior, in the fruit, the fleshy endocarp, in the woman, the slave." Renegades of Gor, page 437
"I took a slice of hard larma from the tray. This is a firm, single-seeded apple
like fruit. It is quite unlike the segmented, juicy larma. It is sometimes called, perhaps
more aptly, the pit fruit, because of its large single stone." Players of Gor,
page 267
"Another bit of larma, Master?" asked the slave, kneeling behind me and to my
left. I turned and, from where I sat cross-legged behind the low table, removed a small,
crisp disk of fried larma, with a browned-honey sauce, from the silver tray."
Guardsman
of Gor, page 231
"On Gor, the female slave, desiring her master, yet sometimes fearing to speak to
him, frightened that she may be struck, has recourse upon occasion, to certain devices,
the meaning of which is generally established and culturally well understood. Another
device, common in Port Kar, is for the girl to kneel before the master and put her head
down and lift her arms, offering him fruit, usually a larma or a yellow Gorean peach, ripe
and fresh." Tribesmen of Gor, pages 27-28
"The slave boy, Fish, had emerged from the kitchen, holding over his head on a large
silver platter a whole roasted tarsk, steaming and crisped, basted, shining under the
torch light, a larma in its mouth, garnished with suls and Tur-Pah." Raiders of
Gor, page 219
Lar-Torvis: a Gorean term for the sun is The Central Fire, taken from Pythagorean expressions:
"As he spoke, my father often referred to the planet Gor as the Counter-Earth, taking the name from the writings of the Pythagoreans who had first speculated on the existence of such a body. Oddly enough, one of the expressions in the tongue of Gor for our sun was Lar-Torvis, which means The Central Fire, another Pythagorean expression, except that it had not been, as I understand it, originally used by the Pythagoreans to refer to the sun but to another body. The more common expression for the sun was Tor-tu-Gor, which means Light Upon the Home Stone. There was a sect among the people that worshipped the sun, but it was insignificant both in numbers and power when compared with the worship of the Priest-Kings ..." Tarnsman of Gor, page 28
lart, snow: small mammalian animal with two stomachs, one which stores food to last through the long winter night: Beasts of Gor, page 74
Last Spear: the last hunter in a band of hunters in the Voltai Ranges to thrown his spear; this spearman is the weakest of the party and will, if all spears have not killed the prey and it attacks, be the one sacrificed to allow his fellows to escape: Priest Kings of Gor, page 20
last veil: the innermost of the five veils worn by free women; it is worn under the veil of the citizeness, and is often very sheer: Slave Girl of Gor, page 107
leading position: (used as a command): posture of a slave girl, bending forward at the waist, with her head at a master's hip, so that he may grab her hair and guide her where he wishes her to go: Mercenaries of Gor, page 399
"I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching, put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women are helpless in this position." Beasts of Gor, page 409
In a moment I had left the building, pulling the captive behind me, her head down at my waist, in leading position. Mercenaries of Gor, page 399-400
The slave was pulled to her feet. She was roughly turned about. The hand of Tanalion's man was then in her hair, fastening itself deeply therein. It was like the closed talon of a bird of prey. She, bound, held, was helpless. She cried out softly, so held, startled, in pain. Then, bent over, her wrists confined in the cruel, encircling binding fiber, that which I had earlier put well on her, holding them so mercilessly, so helplessly, behind her back, her head at his hip, stumbling, weeping, she was conducted swiftly from our presence. Mercenaries of Gor, page 437
I then transferred the paga to my left hand. I then snapped my fingers and held my right hand, open, at my hip. Swiftly the girl rose to her feet and, half crouching, put her head by my hand. I fastened the fingers of my hand deeply and firmly in her red hair. She winced, and kissed at my thigh. I then, the goblet of paga in my left hand, her hair in my right, dragged her beside me, her slender chains rustling, to the nearest alcove. Rogue of Gor, page59
"Leading position,"
said Drusus Rencius
I put my head down to his waist and he fastened his left hand in my hair. Kajira
of Gor, page 134
Leather Workers, Caste of: Mentioned in the books.
"It was there that she had been purchased by Barus, of the Leather Workers." Captive of Gor, page 234
"its libraries, its records and files; its cubicles for Smiths, Bakers, Cosmeticians, Bleachers, Dyers, Weavers, and Leather Workers." Assassin of Gor, page 111
leech, marsh: described as rubbery, about 4 inches long; it attaches itself to plants in the marsh or float free in the water. They are edible: Vagabonds of Gor, page 236
leech plant: a hemovorous plant that fastens two hollow, fang-like thorns into its victim, through which it can suck the blood that nourishes it:
"Once i shouted in pain. Two fangs had struck into my calf. An, ost I thought! But the fangs held fast, and I heard the popping, sucking sound of the bladder like seed pods of a leech plant, as they expanded and contracted like small ugly lungs. The leech plant strikes like a cobra and fastens two hollow thorns into its victim. The chemical responses of the bladder like pods produce a mechanical pumping action, and the blood is sucked into the plant to nourish it." Outlaw of Gor, page 33
Normally such plants are cleared from the sides of the roads and from inhabited areas. They are primarily dangerous to children and small animals, but a grown man who might lose his footing among them would not be likely to survive. Outlaw of Gor. Page 33 – 34
leem: a small arctic rodent, some five to ten ounces in weight, which hibernates in the winter. its furs are sold by the Red Hunters:
The hunter drew forth from the bundle of the furs two tiny pelts of the leem. Beasts of Gor, page. 74
leg-spreader: devices of various complexity designed to keep a slave girl's legs spread while being used sexually by her master(s); sometimes used on male captives as an indication of humiliation; used mostly among the Red Savages of the Barrens:
These are commonly reserved by the red savages for their white female slaves. They wore single-position leg-spreaders. One ankle, by thongs threaded through a pierced end, is fastened tightly to one end of the sturdy spreader. The other ankle is then pulled to a corresponding position at the other end of the pole where, by means of another thong passed through another hole, drilled at that point in the spreader, it is fastened securely in place. Savages of Gor, page 162
lelt: a small (5-7 inches) blind fish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs; white, with long fins, it swims slowly, and is the main food of the salt shark; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari:
A small, blind white fish, which inhabits the brine, pits at Klima. "The lelt is commonly five to seven inches in length. It is white and long-finned." Tribesmen of Gor, page 247
"Lelts are often attracted to the salt rafts, largely by the vibrations in the water, picked up by their abnormally developed lateral-line protrusions, and their fernlike cranial vibration receptors, from the cones and poles. Too, though they are blind, I think either the light, or the heat, perhaps, from our lamps, draws them. The tiny, eyeless heads will thrust from teh water, and the fernlike filaments at the side of the head will open and lift, orienting themselves to one or the other of the lamps. The lelt is commonly five to seven inches in length. It is white, and long-finned. It swims slowly and smoothly, its fins moving the water very little, which apparently contributes to its own concealment in a blind environment and makes it easier to detect the vibrations of its prey, any of several varieties of tiny segmented creatures, predominantly isopods. The brain of the lelt is interesting, containing an unusually developed odor-perception center and two vibration-reception centers. Its organ of balance, or hidden "ear," is also unusually large, and is connected with an unusually large balance center in its brain. Its visual center, on the other hand, is stunted and undeveloped, a remnant, a vague genetic memory of an organ long discarded in its evolution." Tribesmen of Gor, page 247
lesha - (lit. 'leash'): at this command, the slave girl stands with her hands behind her back, ready for binding, and with her head back and chin to the left, ready to have a leash snapped onto her collar: Explorer of Gor, page 76
Lesha," snapped the second officer to the blond girl. She spun from facing him, and lifted her chin, turning her head to the left, placing her wrists behind her, as though for snapping them into slave bracelets. Explorers of Gor, page 76
liana vine: a rainforest plant which can be used as a source of drinking water
"Another useful source of water is the liana vine. One makes the first cut high, over one's head, to keep the water from being withdrawn by contraction and surface adhesion to the vine. The second cut, made a foot or so from the ground, gives a vine tube which, drained, yields in the neighborhood of a liter of water." Explorers of Gor, page 310
lice, tarn: marble sized parasites that infest wild tarns
"I withdrew some of the lice, the size of marbles, which tend to infest the wild tarns, and slapped them roughly into the mouth of the tarn, wiping them off on his tongue. I did this again and again, and the tarn stretched out his neck." Tarnsman of Gor, page 144
lit, common: a bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area: also
In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the fruit
tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
liqueur, Turian: Mentioned in the books but no description given
The liqueurs of Turia are usually regarded as the best, but I think this is largely a matter of taste. Those of Cos and Ar, and of certain other cities, are surely very fine." Kajira of Gor" pag 406
livery, slave: a type of clothing worn by slaves in northern cities of Gor
She wore the briefly skirted, sleeveless slave livery common in the northern cities of Gor; the livery was yellow and split to the cord that served as her belt; about her throat she wore a matching collar, yellow enameled over steel. Assassins of Gor, page. 7
lo: masculine, I am; you are: Captive of Gor, page 266
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long ship: a swift, maneuverable ship having 2 rudders, 1 removable lateen-rigged mast, and a keel-to-beam ratio of 8:1; often used in military actions; some are fitted as ram-ships: Raiders of Gor, page 127 |
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long sword, Torvaldslander: The denizens of Torvaldsland, Asperiche, Scagnar, and other such northern cold-weather climes commonly use the longsword. It is approximately 36 inches in length, though longswords in excess of 40 inches can also be found, depending upon the reach and preference of the user. It is carried in a belt-scabbard or leather support loop on the wielders off side, or strapped across its user's back over his right shoulder. The Northerners employ it to great effect with their thicker thews and greater arm length. It is primarily used for slashing, to batter an enemy's shield to pieces, after which the wielder follows through with a killing stroke. Universally hand forged, these swords are "pattern blades" constructed in the Damascus style, whereby many braided rods of both soft flexible steel and stronger, more brittle steel are heated and worked into a single piece, then hammered flat for shaping and tempering. In this way the blade is imbued with both great flexibility and superior strength. Because of this, when rubbed with a mild acid or oxydizing compound, the finished blade will display a twisted, snake-like pattern caused by the different carbon contents of the oven steel, embedded in the polished surface. Its creator typically names each of these weapons, and it is even a common belief among some northerners that such blades are sentient beings, possessed of souls. First appears in Book #8, Marauders of Gor. |
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“What do you expect to do with that paring knife?” asked Bjarni of Thorstein Camp, looking at me puzzled. He thought me mad. “Your long sword,” I told him, “is doubtless quite useful in thrusting over the balwarks of ships. . .” Marauders of Gor, page 148
He wore beneath his cloak yellow wool, and a great belt of glistening black, with a gold buckle, to which was attached a scabbard of oiled, black leather; in this scabbard was a sword, a sword of Torvaldsland, a long sword, with a jeweled pommel, with double guard. Marauders of Gor, Page 172
Love Dance of the Wagon Peoples: a wild uncontrolled dance done by those girls of the Wagon Peoples; performed to the 'barbarity of the music': Nomads of Gor, page 98
Love Dance of the Newly Collared Slave Girl: a dance with many variations in different cities, but holding one major theme...that of the joy a slave will have to soon be in the arms of a b master: Raiders of Gor, page 115
Love Feast: Five day celebration within Ar, held during the Fifth Passage Hand (August 13th-17th). It is a time wherein many slaves are sold; the fourth day of the Love Feast (August 16th) is typically considered the climax of the festival in regard to the sale of slaves. The fifth day (August 17th) is normally reserved for great contests and spectacles in the Stadium of Blades, grand races in theStadium of Tarns, great Kaissa championships and general celebratory feasting.
"On the other hand, the single greatest period for the sale of slaves is the five
days of the Fifth Passage Hand, coming late in the summer, called jointly, the Love
Feast." Assassin of Gor, page 193
"The Love Feastis also a time of great feasting, of races and games.The evening of
the fourth day of the Love Feast is usually taken as its climax from the point of view of
slave sales. The fifth day, special races and games are celebrated, regarded by many
Goreans as a fitting consummation of the holidays." Assassin of Gor, page 281
love furs: soft furs spread thickly on the floor at the foot of a master's sleeping couch, on which a slavegirl is most often raped: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 68
Love Master: when a girl realizes that a particular owner is her perfect Master: Beasts of Gor, page 236
love slave: when an owner realizes that a particular slave is what he demands in a slave: Beasts of Gor, page 236
Love War: 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 in order to exchange freewoman for slaves.
"The institution of Love War is an ancient one among the Turians and the Wagon
Peoples. The games of the Love War are celebrated every spring" Nomads of Gor,
page 115
"The theoretical justification of the games of the Love War, from the Turian point of
view, is that they provide an excellent arena in which to demonstrate the fierceness and
prowess of Turian warriors, thus perhaps intimidating or, at the very least, encouraging
the often overbold warriors of the Wagon Peoples to be wary of Turian steel."
Nomads
of Gor, page 116
"As I knew, not just any girl, any more than just any warrior, could participate in
the games of the Love War. Only the most beautiful were eligible, and only the most
beautiful of these could be chosen." Nomads of Gor, page 117
"The games of the Love War are celebrated every spring …." Nomads of
Gor, page 115
Lower Caste: those under High Caste; normally not born or trained to rule; allowed only First Knowledge: Tarnsman of Gor, page 42
luck girl: a slavegirl who acts as mascot onboard ship; her use is usually reserved for the captain of the ship, but she may be shared with the crew, usually as a disciplinary measure: Tribesmen of Gor, page 61
lung fish: also called gints; small fish found near half-submerged roots of shore trees or sunning on the back of tharlarion: Explorers of Gor, page 384
Luraz: 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
Lydius: A northern free port, neutrally aligned. Govered by merchant law rather than by civil law, and loyal to no Ubarate. Located at the juncture of the Laurius River and Thassa (the sea). A large trade town, it handles much of the distribution of the raw materials harvested from the great Northern Forests, and is a major supply port for both northern and southern shipping.free port administered by Merchants, at the mouth of the Laurius where it empties into the Thassa. Goods, primarily rough goods like tools, crude metal and cloth are shipped from this port to many islands and coastal cities. Captive of Gor, page 59
"Lydius is a bustling, populous trade center located at the estuary of the Laurius River. Many cities maintain warehouses and small communities in Lydius. Many goods, in particular wood, wood products, and hide, make their way westward on the Laurius, eventually landing at Lydius, later to be embarked to the south on ships of various cities, lines and associations. The population of Lydius, as one might expect, is a mixed one, consisting of individuals of various races and backgrounds." Players of Gor, page 12