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Gorean Question,and Qoutes
Topic Started: Jul 28 2010, 08:17 PM (2,646 Views)
zena
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THIS MOUNTAIN RANGE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE
SCARLET MOUNTAINS.

"it is you who are stupid" she said
"Anyone would know where he was here
in this place.Do you think I do not know
what mountais i am?do you think I cannot
tell the coloration of the Voltain,the
Scarlet Mountains? Do you think I am totally
unaware of the distances and the times I travel?
Do you think i cannot accoutements of the men
of this place?Do you think the markings on the tarn
saddles are in some foreign tongue? do you think
the songs of the crowd are unintelligible to me?
do you think i can recognize the seven towers of war
the wall of Valens the standards on the bridge behind
us the banners about those that fly even from the
warehouses themselves?"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 475
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TRUE OR FALSE-IN SOME GOREAN CITIES IT IS A
CAPITAL OFFENSE TO MAKE OR BE FOUND IN POSSESSION
OF A CITY MAP

"We will require a map of the depths," said the
leader of the strangers
"none exists in the city by policy" said the pit Master
"just as no map of the city either may be prepared"

this as I understood it was not uncommon in this world
in some cities it is regarded as a captital offense to
make or be found in possession of a city map. the motivations
for such policies one assumes are military"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 614
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I have to say zena i really enjoy checking in and reading some of these quotes especially the newer info from Witness of Gor which i havent read yet. The leather choke collar is very interesting, I did not know that it existed.

Thank you for sharing.

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THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF SLEEN
ADAPTED TO DIVERSE ENVIROMENT.WHICH
SLEEN IS MOST COMMONLY DOMESTICATED?

"There are also several varieties of the
animal apparently adapted to diverse
enviroments the most common sleen in domestication
as i understand it is the forest sleen it
is also the largest animal for animal"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 616
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THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF DEVICES
USED TO MARK TIME ON GOR. ONE TIMEPIECE
USES THE FLOW OF WATER IN OR OUT OF A
VESSEL.WHAT IS THIS DEVICE CALLED?

"clepsydras are of two sorts the inflow
and outflow varieties the inflow device
add water to a container and the level in
the container measures a unit of time the
outflow device drain water the time measured
then by the level of water remaining in the
vessel"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 622
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CLEPSDRAS A DEVICE THAT MARKS TIME WITH
WATER ARE OF TWO SORTS THE INFLOW AND OUTFLOW
VARIETIES. THE OUTFLOW CLEPSYDRAS ACCURACY IS
CONTROLLED BY TWO FACTORS CAN YOU NAME THEM?

"clepsydras are of two sorts the inflow and
outflow varieties. the inflow devices add
water to a container and the level in the
container measures a unit of time the
outflow devices drain water the time is
measured then by the level of water remaining
in the vessel the device in the quarters of
the pit master was an outflow device its
accuracy is controlled by two major factors its
shape and the size of the aperture through
which the water drains. it tapers toward the
bottom to keep the water pressure constant
that being required to regularize the speed
of the flow a larger amount of water over a larger
area exerting a pressure equivalent in its effect to
that of a lesser amount over a smaller area the
second major factor is the aperture itself this is a
drilled plug which is periodically replaced if this
were not the case the passage of water over time even
a stone would enlarge the aperture deregularizing the
device"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 622
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THE EARTH SLAVE JANICE IN WITNESS OF GOR
CONTEMPLETES THE IDEA OF A WOMEN BEING
VALUED ONLY FOR HER LOOKS THE "TROPHY WIFE"
OF EARTH DOES JANICE SEE AN EQUIVALENT CONCEPT
ON GOR?

"i am happy to report that there is no Gorean
expression which would be exactly equivalent
to "trophy slave" but i am forced to admit in
all honesty that the concept in effect or
certainly a similare sort of concept is not unknown
on Gor.In Gorean there is an expression which would rather
literally translate as "display slave" and it seems that
is much the same idea namely that the woman's value is
seen to lie more in the ranges of a decoration and loves of
a whole woman a living breathing loving passionate
needful female the palanquins of rich men are sometimes followed
by strings of back braceleted briefly tunicked neck chained
display slaves"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 624
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UNLIKE THE WAR SLEEN AND FIGHTING SLEEN
THE COLLAR OF THE HUNTING SLEEVE IS REMOVED
THE BEAST IS SET ABOUT IT'S BUSINESS WHY IS
THERE A DIFFERENCE?

"the heavy collars were removed from the throats
of the two sleen there is a difference
in custom here with various sorts of sleen which might
be remarked war sleen watch sleen fighting sleen and such
when freed would normally retain the collars which are often
pluted and spiked for the protection of the throat with hunting sleen
on the other hand the collars are usually removed there are two
views on this matter one view is that the collar might jeapardize the
hunt for example that it might be caught in a branch or be somehow
utilized to restrain the animal before it has located it qurry the other
is that the removel of the collar returns the beast to its state of nautral
savagery that it rmoves from it any inhibitions which might have resulted
from its familiarity with human beings certainly it is difficult to recollar
a hunting sleen until it has made its kill until it has been pacified
sated with predesignated blood and meat. the two views of course are not mutually
exclusive"

WITNESS OF GOR PAGE 638-639
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COMPLETE THE GOREEAN SAYING:

ONE WHO SPEAKS OF HOME STONES___________
FOR THE MATTERS OF HONOR ARE HERE INVOLED?

"My father had risen to his feet and had begun to
pace the room and his eyes seemed strangely alive.
in time i would come to understand more of what he
felt.Indeed there is a saying on gor a saying whose origin
is lost in the past of this strange planet that one who
speaks of home stones should stand for matters of honor are
here involved and honor is respected in barbaric codes of
gor"

TARNSMAN OF GOR PAGE 15
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COMPLETE THE GOREAN PROVERB A MAN WHO IS RETURNING
TO HIS CITY IS_________________?

"How absurd it seemed to me that a mere sleen should
have stood between me and my city.irrationally i laughed
thinking how foolish the animal had been. but how could it
have known?How could it have known that i was Tarl of Ko ra ba
and that i was returning to his city is not to be detained. Was
the sleen not familiar with that saying"

OUTLAW OF GOR PAGE 26

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