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Gorean Dictionary - E

earth girls (noun): slave girls abducted from Earth, called barbarians. They are considered among Goreans to be the lowest and hottest of slaves. (Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 67)

Eastern Way (noun): also called the Treasure Road, it links the western cities with Ar. Torcodino is on this road.

eel (noun): a voracious animal that can maim or kill a slave in moments. Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy. Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel. (Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 428)

egg, Priest-King's (noun): the last egg of the Mother sought by Tarl Cabot as an agent of the Priest-Kings so that they might replenish their race and keep it from extinction. It was found in plain sight, a gray, squarish, grained, leathery object in the wagon of the Tuchuk Ubar San, Kamchak. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 326-327)

eggs of white grunt (noun): described as clustered, tiny black eggs of the white grunt served in a small golden cup with a small golden spoon. (Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276)

ehn (noun): the Gorean minute, of which there are 40 in an ahn (hour); it consists of 80 ihn (seconds) (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26; Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 352)

eleven kisses (noun): a component of training for a pleasure slave. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 36)

energy bulb (noun): light bulb; domelike, wire-protected bulbs emitting a clear, soft light for years without replacement. The Caste of Builders invented them more then a century before the time of Tarl Cabot. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 197)

En'Kara (noun; lit. 'first turning': the first month of the Gorean calendar, that of the vernal equinox, which is the Gorean new year; roughly equivalent to the Earth calendar month of March (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178)

enslavement of Freewomen (noun): all women on Gor are subject to the dominance and order of men. Free women may lose their status, if strict rules of dress and decorum are not followed. Lacivious dress or behavior usually results in a sentence of slavery. (Book 23: Renegades of Gor, pages 367-368 and 372)

En'Var (noun; lit. 'first resting': the fourth month of the Gorean calendar, that of the summer solstice, roughly equivalent with the Earth calendar month of June (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178)

Equatorial Rainforests (noun): jungles on the equator near the city of Schendi. Many villages are in the jungles and most of their inhabitants do not speak Gorean, instead speaking a number of different inland dialects. Fishing is a major source of livelihood for many. Bila Huruma is a black Ubar who has united the six ubarates of the southern shore of Lake Ushindi. The Ukungu villages lay to the northeast on the coast. The central village is Nyundo. Talunas, pygmies and cannibals also inhabit the jungles. The rainforest is also the home of a myriad of wildlife.

Equinox, autumnal (noun): (lit. 'The Second Turning of the Central Fire'; the month of Autumnal Equinox is Se'Kara or The Second Kara; also called Se'Kara Lar-Torvis. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178)

Equinox, vernal (noun): (lit. 'The First Turning of the Central Fire'; the month of Vernal Equinox is En'Kara or the First Kara; also called En'Kara Lar-Torvis. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 178)

Erhard Ringer (noun): the artist whose rendering of the Map of Gor first appeared in a German Edition of Book 23, Renegades of Gor.

errand capsule (noun): any Free Person may question unescorted slave girls about their destination or its purpose. A piece of scroll rolled and inserted into an errand capsule, which she carries or is hooked to her collar, contains information about her errand. (Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 300)

Esalinus (noun): One of the three cities, within 100 pasangs of the edge of the Woods of Clearchus and within a hundred pasangs of Besnit and Harfax.

eta (noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'E'; apparently adapted from the Greek alphabet; sometimes used as a name for slave girls (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 9)

exile, ritual of (noun): a man being exiled for whatever reason is publicly refused bread and salt, and is then ordered to leave the city by sundown under penalty of death. The exiled one may not come within ten pasangs of the city from that day forward. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 216)

exotic (noun): a slave male or female bred for special purposes, producing quaint or unusual purposes; an example is the passion slave. (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 15)

exposure death by staking (noun): A death from exposure used in Klima for those attempting to escape. As the term implies, a person is staked to the salt crusts, spread-eagled, until the heat of the Tahari sun kills.

Eye (rank): in the Kuriian military organization, the leader of a Hand consisting of six beasts is called an 'Eye'. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22)