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Ants:�������
EXPLORERES OF GOR, Pg. 313
�
Baleen Whale:�
Bluish bunt finned whale, often hunted by the Red Hunters.
�
Bint:�����
small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests
inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes;
similar to the piranha of Urth.
�
Black Squirrels:�
Inhabitant of the rainforest.
�
Blue Grunt:��
a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa
grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood.
�
Bosk:��
a large, shaggy, long-horned bovine cross between the Yak and Buffalo similar
to the Urth cow; cattle. The skins can be used for leather like material.
"In the very low case,
on the floor of which apparently grew real grass, I saw a pair of shaggy,
long-horned bosk grazing"
PRIEST-KINGS
OF GOR Pg. 191
The bosk, without which the
Wagon Peoples could not live, is an oxlike creature. It is a huge, shambling
animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. It has a wide
head and tiny red eyes, a temper to match that of a sleen, and two long,
wicked horns that reach out from its head and suddenly curve forward to
terminate in fearful points. Some of these horns, on the larger animals,
measured from tip to tip, exceed the length of two spears. Not only does
the flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples
with food and drink, but its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they
dwell; its tanned and sewn skins cover their bodies; the leather of its
hump is used for their shields; its sinews forms their thread; its bones
and horns are split and tooled into implements of a hundred sorts, from
awls, punches and spoons to drinking flagons and weapon tips; its hoofs
are used for glues; its oils are used to grease their bodies against the
cold. Even the dung of the bask finds its uses on the treeless prairies,
being dried and used for fuel. The bask is said to be the Mother of the
Wagon Peoples, and they reverence it as such. The man who kills one foolishly
is strangled in thongs or suffocated in the hide of the animal he slew;
if, for any reason, the man should kill a bask cow with unborn young he
is staked out, alive, in the path of the herd, and the march of the Wagon
Peoples takes its way over him.
NOMADS
OF GOR Pg. 4-5
Centipides:�������
EXPLORERS OF GOR, Pg 313
�
Dock Eel:�
a black freshwater fish, 4' long & weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous;
they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports.
�
Fleer, Prairie:��
a yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize
bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird
to find food large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night.
�
Fruit Tindel:��
a bird which inhabits the rainforests of the Schendi area.
�
Gant Jungle:��
bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rainforests inland
of Schendi; Marsh:a long-legged marsh bird with a pipin cry; similar to
an Urth curlew.
�
Giani:�����
a large mammal of solitary habits that inhabits the rainforests inland
of Schendi. They are normally cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man.
�
Giant Tarsk:
cousin of� smaller tarsk, stands 10 hands high at the shoulder.
�
GimHorned:����
a small owl-like bird, c. 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the forests
of northern Gor.
�
Lang:���
an insectivorous bird that inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
There is also a colored variety of this bird what is called the yellow,
related to the horned gim, and is found in the same areas of Gor.
�
Gint:���
a tiny, 6" freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests
inland of Schendi. It has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins. Is amphibious,
havin both lungs & gills and is capable of walkin on its pectoral fins.
Often found in the company of tharlarion, feedin off the scraps of their
kills.
�
Gint, Giant:���
a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance,
but with a 4-spined dorsal fin. Also is amphibious and capable of walkin
on its pectoral fins.
�
Golden Beetle:����
an insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the caverns
below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is
the Priest-Kings themselves.
"The Golden Beetle was
not nearly as tall as a Priest-King, but it was probably considerably heavier.
It was about the size of a rhinoceros and the first thing I noticed after
the glowing eyes were two multiply hooked, tubular, hollow, pincerlike
extensions that met at the tips perhaps a yard beyond its body. They seemed
clearly some aberrant mutation of its jaws. Its antennae, unlike those
of Priest-Kings, were very short. They curved and were tipped with a fluff
of golden hair. Most strangely perhaps were several long, golden strands,
almost a mane, which extended from the creature's head over its domed,
golden black and fell almost to the floor behind it. The back itself seemed
divided into two thick casings which might once, ages before, have been
horny wings, but now the tissues had, at the points of touching together,
fused in such a way as to form what was for all practical purposes a thick,
immobile golden shell. The creature's head was even now withdrawn beneath
the shell but its eyes were clearly visible and of course the existence
of its jaws. I knew the thing before me could slay Priest-Kings."
PRIEST-KINGS
OF GOR, Pg 180
Gort, Hook-billed:��
a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys
on ground urts.
�
Grub Borer:��
an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
�
Grunt:��
a large, carnivorous, salt-water fish that inhabits Thassa; is often attracted
by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Urth.
�
Gur:���
a thin, white honey-like liquid secreted in the Nest by a large, grey domesticated
arthropod which feeds on Sim plants; when fermented in the social stomachs
of somnolent Priest-Kings, ritually fed to the Mother of the Nest on the
Feast of Tola.
�
Herlit:��
Gorean eagle, has wingspan of 6-8 feet, is carnivorous and has yellow feathers
tipped with black. Also has been called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes',
from its habit of strikin with the sun above and behind it; inhabits the
Barrens.
�
Hinti:��
small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites.
�
Hith:��
huge python-like snake; also called a Gorean python.
"After dark, various
serpents seek out the road for its warmth, its stones retaining the sun's
heat longer than the surrounding countryside. One such serpent was the
huge, many-banded Gorean python, the hith. One to be feared even more perhaps
was the tiny ost, a venomous, brilliantly orange reptile little more than
a foot in length, whose bite spelled an excruciating death within seconds."
OUTLAW
OF GOR, Pg. 26
Hurt:��
a kangaroo-like animal whose wool is used for cloth.
�
Jard:
small, yellow-winged scavenger bird of the rainforest inland of Schendi
area.
�
Jit monkey:�
simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi area.
�
Jungle Larl:���
Less dangerous to man, than the northern larl, inhabitant of the rainforest.
�
Kaiila:��
large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its
eyes have 3 lids; is vivaparous, has incredible stamina, and can be domesticated
for ridin in spite of its vicious temper; in the Tahari, its long hair
is used for rope.
"It is a silken, carnivorous,
lofty creature, graceful, long-necked, smooth-gaited. It is viviparous
and undoubtedly mammalian, though there is no suckling of the young. The
young are born vicious and by instinct, as soon as they can struggle to
their feet, they hunt. It is an instinct of the other, sensing the birth,
to deliver the young animal in the vicinity of game. I supposed, with the
domesticated kaiila, a bound verr or a prisoner might be cast to the newborn
animal. The kaiila, once it eats its fill, does not touch food for several
days. The kaiila is extremely agile, and can easily outmaneuver he slower,
more ponderous high tharlarion. It requires less food, of course, than
the tarn."
NOMADS
OF GOR, Pg. 13
Kailiauk:��
stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markins on haunches, havin 3
horns and stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder.
"Even past me there
thundered a lumbering herd of startled, short-bunked kailiauk, a stocky,
awkward ruminant of the plains, tawny, wild, heavy, their haunches marked
in red and brown bars, their wide heads bristling with a trident of horns;
they had not stood and formed their circle, she's and young within the
circle of tridents; they, too, had fled."
NOMADS
OF GOR, Pg. 2
Kur:���
a large (8-9') furred, mammal having 4 legs, which can stand upright or
on all fours; each paw has 6 multiply-jointed digits with retractable claws
and an opposin thumb, so that it can grip; it has 2 rows of teeth; they
are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, even to eatin
humans, capable of speech.
�
Larl:��
a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color, havin
a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion of Urth.
"A tawny leopardlike
beast indigenous to the Voltai and several of Gor?s ranges, standing an
incredible seven feet high at the shoulder and feared for its occasional
hunger-driven visitations to the civilized plains below."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, Pg. 149
�
Larl, White:
"I
was struck with wonder, though I was careful to keep beyond the range of
their chains, for I had never seen white larls before. They were gigantic
beasts, superb specimens, perhaps eight feet at the shoulder. Their upper
canine fangs, like daggers mounted in their jaws, must have been at least
a foot in length and extended well below their jaws in the manner of ancient
saber-toothed tigers. The four nostril slits of each animal were flared
and their great chests lifted and fell with the intensity of their excitement.
Their tails, long and tufted at the end, lashed back and forth."
PRIEST-KINGS
OF GOR, Pg. 22
Leem:���
a small arctic rodent, five to ten ounces in weight, hybernates in the
winter. The Red Hunters sell its furs.
�
Lelt:
small (5-7") blindfish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head
which are its sensory organs; has white with long fins, it swims slowly
and is the main food of the salt shark. It inhabits the brine pits such
as those at Klima in the Tah.
�
Lit
bird found in the rainforests of the Schendi area. There is also a crested
Lit that can be found in the same area.
�
Mamba
large, predatory river tharlarion that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests
inland of Schendi. They have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful
legs & a long snout & tail. They are similar to Urth crocodiles.
�
Marsh Shark��
Deadly fresh water hunter of the Gorean Marshes, similar in shape to the
shark of urth.
�
Mindar:�
short-winged, yellow & red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi;
with its sharp bill, it digs in the bark of flower trees for larvae and
bugs.
�
Mollusks:���
found on the shores of Thassa
�
Needle or Sting Flies:��
Originate in the delta, and similar Places. It's sting is extremely painful,
but it is usually not dangerous, unless inflicted in great numbers.
�
Ost:
tiny snake, about 12" long, bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely
painful death within seconds; the ost of the rainforests inland of Schendi
are red with black stripes.
�
Parsit fish:
a silvery fish having brown stripes
�
Quala:
small, dun or tan-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black
hair; plural: qualae
"As the tarn passed,
it scattered into a scammpering flock of tiny creatures, probably the small,
three-toed mammals called qualae, dun-colored and with a stiff brushy mane
of black hair."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, Pg. 142
River Shark:
a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin,
which inhabits the rivers of Gor.
�
River Tharlarion:����
Extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the
Cartius River to pull barges.
�
Rock Spider:������
EXPLORERS OF GOR, Pg. 313
�
Rock Tharlarion:���
A small reptile of the Tahari.
�
Salt shark:
a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish havin gills situated under
the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle- like tail, and a sail-like
dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari.
�
Scorpions:�������
EXPLORERS OF GOR, Pg. 313
�
Slee:��
a rodent which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi area.
�
Sleen:��
a ferocious feline, also known as the deadly huntin dog of Gor, it?s a
mix of a weasel and a Komodo drag, furry, with fangs that drip a deadly
poison.� Some 20 feet long, havin 6 legs and 2 rows of teeth; there
are four types: the prairie sleen, which is tawny; the forest sleen, which
is black or brown; the aquatic sea sleen; and the white snow sleen; can
be domesticated for herdin and trackin. They can track a trail days old
as if it were freshly made and killin the object of the hunt. Sleen are
pack animals and cared for only by their Masters so that they arena befriended
by the slave who may try to escape.
"I had hardly moved
another step when in a flash of lightning, I saw the sleen, this time a
fully grown animal, some nineteen or twenty feet long, charging toward
me, swiftly, noiselessly, its ears straight against its pointed head, its
fur slick with rain, its fangs bared. It?s wide nocturnal eyes bright with
the lust of the kill."
OUTLAW
OF GOR, Pg. 36-37
�
Sleen, Prairie:
"Farther
to one side I saw a pair of prairie sleen, smaller than the forest sleen
but quite as unpredictable and vicious, each about seven feet in length,
furred, six-legged, mammalian, moving in their undulating gait with their
viper's heads moving from side to side"
NOMADS
OF GOR, Pg. 2
Slime worm:����
a long, slow, blind worm that inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the
Sardar; scavenges the remains of what the Golden Beetles kills.
"We had not walked far
when we passed a long, wormlike animal, eyeless, with a small red mouth,
that inched its way along the corridor, hugging the angle between the wall
and the floor. "What do you call it?" I asked. "Oh," said one of the slaves.
"It is a Slime Worm." "What does it do?" I asked. Long ago it functioned
in the Nest," said one of the slaves, "as a sewerage device, but it has
not served that function in many thousands of years."
PRIEST-KINGS
OF GOR, Pg 105-106
Sorp:��
a shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster in both
looks and in that it manufactures pearls.
�
Swamp Spiders:���
man-sized acrachnids what inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar. They
can communicate in human speech through the mechanical translators they
wear around their abdomens; they spin Cur-lon Fiber, which is then used
in the textile mills of Ar.
"Approaching me, stepping
daintily for all its bulk, prancing over the strands, came one of the Swamp
Spiders of Gor. I fastened my eyes on the blue sky, wanting it to be the
last thing I looked upon. I shuddered as the beast paused near me, and
I felt the light stroke of its forelegs, felt the tactile investigation
of the sensory hairs of its appendages. I looked at it, and it peered down,
with its four pairs of pearly eyes."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, PG 80-83
Tabuk:��
a kind of antelope, similar to the goat or gazelle. They have a single
horn, are yellow in color and are quick. There are more than 20 types of
this animal found in the rainforests.� Their sweet meat is roasted.
"Gripped in the talons
of the tarn was the dead body of an antelope, one of the one-horned, yellow
antelopes called tabuks that frequent the bright Ka-la-na thickets of Gor."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, Pg. 146
Tarn:��
These enormous relatives of the urth Golden eagle have a wing span up to
50'. A crested hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden. Usually used in
battle and in racin they are bred in 2 types, as follows:
"The plumage of tarns
is various, and they are bred for their colours as well as their strength
and intelligence. Black tarns are used for night raids, white tarns in
winter campaigns, and multi-coloured, resplendent tarns are bred for warriors
who wish to ride proudly, regardless of the lack of camouflage. The most
common tarn, however, is thegreenish brown. Disregarding the disproportion
in size, the Earth bird, which the tarn most closely resembles is the hawk,
with the exception that it has a crest somewhat of the nature of a jay?s."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, Pg. 48-51
Tarsk:��
porcine animal akin to the Urth pig, havin a bristly mane that runs down
its spine to the base of the tail. There is also a large cousin of the
tarsk called a Giant Tarsk,
standin 10 hands high at the shoulder.
�
Termites:�����
EXPLORERS OF GOR, Pg. 313
�
Tharlarion:���
large, slow tharlarion are used as draft animals and are carnivorous similar
to the tyrannasaurus rex. They have very short, almost useless, front legs;
are agile and used as a mount for ridin.
"Scarcely had she broken
into the clearing, splashing through the shallow greenish waters near us,
than the fearsome head of a wild tharlarion poked through the reeds, its
round, shining eyes gleaming with excitement, its vast arc of a mouth swung
open. Almost too rapid to be visible, a long brown lash of a tongue darted
from its mouth and curled around the slender, helpless figure of the girl.
She screamed hysterically, trying to force the adhesive band from her waist.
It began to withdraw towards the mouth of the beast."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, Pg. 83-84
"In a minute the rider appeared
in view - a fine bearded warrior with a golden helmet and a tharlarion
lance. He drew the riding lizard to a halt a few paces from me. He rode
the species of tharlarion called high tharlarion, which ran on its two
back feet in bounding strides. Its cavernous mouth was lined with long,
gleaming teeth. Its two small ridiculously disproportionate forelegs dangled
absurdly in front of its body."
TARNSMAN
OF GOR, Pg. 115
Tibit:�
a small, thin-legged bird, similar to Urth?s sandpiper, which lives on
tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa.
�
Toos:��
a crab-like organism with overlappin platin; inhabits the Nest and scavenges
on discarded fungus spores.
