Barbarian
A native of the planet Earth. Usually used in a derogatory sense in reference to slave girls from that planet. "They cannot even speak Gorean," said the man beside me.
"Barbarians," I said.
"Yes," he said. The girl had spoken in English. This had confirmed my surmise as to their origin. I had come to Seibar's market out of curiosity. I had heard he was the major dealer in Kailiauk for barbarian slaves. Savages of Gor
Gur Carriers
Mutated Muls who can climb walls and who gather the fermented Gur for the Feast of Tola. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 166
Haruspex
a Tuchuk shaman who reads portents and tells the future. He furnishes various amulets and potions, primarily to women who seek magical intercession. Tuchuk women are not allowed to pray to the Sky as the men do. One object of the haruspex is a colored string, which is imbued with magical powers by the sequence of knots tied into it by the haruspex. It is the haruspex, during the Omen Year, who decides if the signs are favorable to choose an Ubar San of the Wagon Peoples. Various methods are used, 'for a piece of meat he would read the wind and the grass; for cup of wine the stars and the flight of birds; for a fat-bellied dinner the liver of a sleen or slave'. Nomads of Gor, pages 27 - 28
The Kurii
The Kurii are a race of large (8-9 foot tall) furred mammals having 4 legs, which can stand upright or on all fours - each paw has 6 multiply-jointed digits with retractable claws and two opposable thumbs, so that it can grip - they have 2 rows of razor-sharp teeth, are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, even to eating humans. They are mostly bipedal and sentient, being at least as intelligent as humans, probably more so. They are possessed of advanced technology, and communicate with humans through means of special translators, box-like devices which they sometimes carry with them -- though the kur voicebox is capable of approximating human speech, the act is typically painful for them. Not a Gorean race, though there are wild kurii present in small number upon Gor. This race is the race of "Others", those aliens beings who strive against Priest-Kings to control all of Gor. It is a rare thing to see a Kur in the city of Ar, though occasionally such creatures will band with human compatriots and co-exist with them, typically to serve their own strange, unfathomable purposes.
Matok
A Priest-King term, it refers to an inhabitant of the Nest which is in the Nest but not of the Nest. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 92
Mul
A Priest-King term for a human slave. Priest-Kings of Gor, page 94
Panther Girls
Runaway women who live in the forest without free men, taking as slave any man who enters their domain and eventually selling him. Those of the northern forests dress in the teeth and skins of forest panthers which they slay with their spears and bows. Captive of Gor, page 82 and 118. Members of this southern version are referred to as Talunas.
Red Hunters
The peoples who inhabit the Gorean arctic. In appearance and culture, they are similar to the Eskimos of Earth
Red Savages
The peoples who inhabit the plains area (Barrens) of Gor. In appearance and culture, they are similar to the American Indians of Earth
All Comrades
a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages; aka the Fighting Hearts
Blue-Sky Riders
a warrior society of the Fleer tribe of Red Savages
Casmu Band
a sub-group of the Yellow-Kaiila Riders
Dust Legs
a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; so called because they were the last tribe to domesticate kaiila
Fleer
a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens
Isbu Band
a sub-group of the All Comrades
Kaiila, Kailiauk, Sleen,
Tribes of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens
Sun Lances
a warrior society of the Sleen tribe of Red Savages
Urt Soldiers
a warrior society of the Yellow Knife tribe of Red Savages
Yellow-Kaiila Riders
a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages
Yellow Knives
a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens
The Sadar Region
Priest-kings
They are large (approximately. 8 ft. tall) intelligent insects who are the true rulers of Gor.
She-urts
Homeless free girls - runaways, vagabonds, orphans, etc., who live near the canals in port cities, surviving by scavenging, begging, stealing, and sleeping with paga attendants. They sleep wherever they find space, and usually wear a brief tunic instead of Robes of Concealment. Is short for ‘she-urts of the wharves.'
Swamp Spiders
Man-sized arachnids which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar. They can communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens. They spin Cur-lon Fiber, which is used in the textile mills of Ar.
The Tahari Region
Aretai
a major tribe of the Tahari; their vassal tribes are the Arani, Luraz, Raviri, Tajuks, Tashid, Ti, and Zevar; their war-cry is 'Aretai Victorious!" Tribesman of Gor, pages 47 and 160
Kavars
a major tribe of the Tahari; their vassal tribes are the Ta'Kara, Bakahs, Char, and Kashani; their war-cry is 'Kavars Supreme!' Tribesmen of Gor, pages 160 and 186
Taluna
A free woman who lives as a hunter in small tribes of 15-100 members; they roam the northern forests of Gor. Captive of Gor. page 118
Torvaldslanders
a Gorean variant of the Norse Vikings. The Torvaldslanders are seamen, travelling in their oared Serpent ships in search of parsit fish. Their men, fierce and aggresive warriors, prefer the great axe as their weapon. Marauders of Gor, pages 55-56
The Wagon Peoples
four nomadic tribes that wander the Plains of Turia with their immense herds of bosk. A fierce, migrating people consisting of four nomadic tribes that wander the Plains of Turia, living in huge, elaborate wagon homes. They grow no food, nor will they eat anything that has touched the dirt, living entirely on the meat and milk of the bosk. There is no known manufacturing. They are called herders and killers and are among the proudest peoples of Gor, regarding city dwellers as vermin in holes. Nomads of Gor, pages 4 - 5 and 9
Kassars
The Kassars are known as the Blood People. Their standard is a scarlet three-weighted bola, hanging from a lance. Their brand, which is used on both slaves and bosk, is a stylized representation of a bola: three circles joined at the center by lines.
Kataii
The Kataii are black-skinned. Their standard is a yellow bow, bound across a black lance. Their brand is a yellow bow, facing to the left.
Paravaci
The Paravaci are known as The Rich People. Their standard is a large banner of jewels strung on golden wires, forming the head and horn of a bosk. The value of such a standard is incalculable. The Paravaci brand is a stylized representation of a bosk head: a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle. It is a peculiarity of the Paravaci that they deck themselves with ropes of precious stones when going into battle. However, this is not vanity on their part. It is a ploy to encite envy, and thus to provoke fights with their enemies. The Paravaci is fond of luxurious goods, but is vain only in the matter of his courage.
Tuchuk
The fiercest of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples. Tuchuk philosophies and personality are personified by it's secret Ubar, Kamchak. A proud, cunning, lusty, brawling, exceptionally skilled warrior who disguises his considerable intellect and deadly, aggressive spirit beneath wit and a broadly sketched 'who me?' befuddlement. These nomads have encampments of thousands of gaily painted wagons, their herds of the reverenced bosk, often numbering into the millions, surrounding them. Throughout the day, the camps are teeming with scarred warriors, kaiila, clad Kajir slaves, dour free women, haruspexes and domesticated sleen. All Tuchuk men are expected to defend their encampment, so there are no castes as such, but clans, such as healers, leather workers and salt seekers exist, including the clan of torturers. The Tuchuk warrior prays to the 'Spirit of the Sky' on kaiila-back with his weapons at hand, demanding victory and luck for themselves, defeat and misery for their enemies, primarily Turia. '...chief of the things before which the proud Tuchuk stands ready to remove his helmet is the sky, the simple, vast beautiful sky, from which falls the rain that, in his myths, formed the earth, the bosks, and the Tuchuks. their standard is a representation of 4 bosk horns. Nomads of Gor, pages 12, 21,27, and 28.
"The sword must drink until it's thirst is satisfied."
Guardsman of Gor, page 17
"Beware the sleen that seems to sleep."
Guardsman of Gor, page 50
"Before the feast, go hungry." In Gorean culture, generally, it seemed to me that people stood closer to one another than I was accustomed to on Earth. In this way it was natural for men here, for example, to stand much closer to the scantily clad slave than the average man of, say, northern Europe, on Earth, would be likely to, to a woman of his area. Indeed, he usually stands so close to her that it would be easy for him to put his hands on her, and draw her to him, taking her in his arms. "One who speaks of Home Stones should stand, for matters of honor are involved here." "There is a saying on Gor that the laws of a city extend no further than its walls." "What caste is it?" I asked. The proprietor smiled. "Money has no caste," he said." "Then Warrior" , said the man issuing Gor`s blunt invitation to a low caste dinner, "share my kettle." Outlaw of Gor, page 29 "Poison is the weapon of woman." "Only in a collar can a woman be truly free." "More real than the law is the heart." "He who ties a woman owns her."
Guardsman of Gor pg. 175
Dancer of Gor, page 156
Tarnsman of Gor, page 27
Outlaw of Gor, page 50
Outlaw of Gor, page 78
Marauders of Gor, page 18
Tribesmen of Gor, page 75
Tribesmen of Gor, page 146
Guardsman of Gor, page 267
"On Gor it is said that free women are slaves who have not yet been collared."
Magicians of Gor, page 22
"The Free Woman is a riddle, the answer to which is the collar."
Magicians of Gor, page 50
"Only a fool buys a woman clothed."
Magicians of Gor, page 76
"It was nothing, that it would be no more than a sneeze."
Magicians of Gor, page 405
"The man who respects a woman does not know what else to do with her."
Beasts of Gor, page 145
"It is said that he whose lips have never touched those of a slave girl does not know, truly, what it is to hold a woman in his arms."
Beasts of Gor, page 438
"No woman," it is said, "knows truly what she is until she has worn the collar."
Raiders of Gor, page 155
"He who ties a woman owns her"
Guardsman of Gor pg. 267