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nadu - (lit. 'kneel): The first and most often used of all of the Gorean slave positions, and one of the first ones a slave learns. The command gets its name, Nadu, from the Gorean word for 'kneel.' In this position the slave kneels, her ankles crossed, and sits upon her heels with her back and shoulders straight, her chest out, belly in, and her head up, though she averts her eyes to the floor. Her thighs are open, widely spread, her hands rest upon her thighs palms upward "Position!" I
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"Yes," I said, "and would be."
I walked about her, examining her, She kept her back very straight, and her head
up.
I was then again before her.
I noted that the palm of her hands, so soft, so vulnerable, had turned on her
thighs, so that they faced up. Among slave girls this is a common ways of
signaling need, helplessness, a desire to please Vagabonds of Gor, page
209
`Nadu!' he snapped. She swiftly turned, facing him, and dropped to her knees. She knelt back on her heels, her back straight, her hands on her thighs, her head up, her knees wide. It was the position of the pleasure slave. Explorers of Gor,page 77
"Kneel, back on your heels," said the trainer to the dark-haired woman.
"Straighten your back, suck in your gut, put your shoulders back, thrust out your breasts, spread your knees, widely, lift your chin, put your hands on your thighs. You are not going to be sold as a tower slave, Lady Tina. You are going to be sold as a pleasure slave." Kajira of Gor, page 141
The woman from Venna, with a movement of chains, rose from her belly to kneel beside his desk. She knelt in the position of the pleasure slave, back on her heels, back straight, head up, knees spread, palms of her hands on her thighs. Mercenaries of Gor, page 163
" 'Straighten your body, Slave," I told her. Frightened, Miss Blake-Allen straightened her back, and lifted her head. She knelt back on her heels, knees wide, and hands on her thighs. It was the position of the Pleasure Slave. I had taught her the position. It is one of the first things a good-looking woman, fallen slave, is taught on Gor." Tribesmen of Gor, page 53
"Then I approached him, and, with my left hand, handed him the supple tether. He replaced it in his pouch, and indicated that I should position myself before him and to his right. I knelt there, and smiled at him. He spoke harshly. Immediately I knelt in the position I had learned yesterday, which had been clearly and exactly taught to me, back on heels, back straight, hands on thighs, head up, knees widely opened. He then looked at me, satisfied." Slave Girl of Gor, page 34
"The knees of the pleasure slave, when she is in a kneeling positions, are to be kept open before the master, and, indeed, before all free men." Kajira of Gor, page 282
"Come now, my pretty slaves,' said Ginger, 'kneel straight. Back straight, heads up. Back on your heels there! Spread those pretty knees. Yes, that is the way men like it. Put your hands, palms down, on your thighs. Good. Good. Excellent!' The girls now knelt in the coffle as pleasure slaves." Savages of Gor, page 155
"Then to the dark haired girl, he said, sharply, 'Nadu!'
"She struggled to her knees and, as she could, her wrists braceleted behind her, assumed before him the lovely, elegant position of the pleasure slave." Explorers of Gor, page 166
Seeing my eyes upon her she then knelt on the surface of the couch, kneeling back on her heels, spreading her knees, straightening her back, lifting her head, and putting her hands on her thighs. It is a common kneeling position for a female slave. Savages of Gor, page 9-10
needle flies: Also call sting flies originally found in the delta, and similar places. Its sting is extremely painful, but it is usually not dangerous, unless inflicted in great numbers
"Most sting flies, or needle flies, as the men from the south call them, originate in the delta, and similar places, estuaries and such, as their eggs are laid on the stems of rence plants. As a result of the regularity of breeding and incubation times there tends, also, to be peak times for hatching. These peak times are also in part, it is thought, a function of a combination of natural factors, having to do with conditions in the delta, such as temperature and humidity, and , in particular, the relative stability of such conditions. Such hatching times, as might be supposed are carefully monitored by rencers. Once outside the delta the sting flies, which spend most of their adult lives a solitary insects, tend to disperse. Of the millions of sting flies hatched in the delta each summer, usually over a period of four or five days, a few return each fall, to begin the cycle again. . . here could now be no mistaking the steadily increasing volume of sound approaching from the west. It seemed to fill the delta. It is produced by the movement of the wings, the intense, almost unimaginably rapid beating of millions upon millions of small wings. . . The sting of the sting fly is painful, extremely so, but it is usually not, unless inflicted in great numbers, dangerous. Several stings, however, and even a few, depending on the individual, can produce nausea. Men have died from the stings of the flies but usually in such cases they have been inflicted in great numbers. A common reaction to the venom of the fly incidentally is a painful swelling in the area of the sting. A few such stings about the face and render a person unrecognizable. The swelling subsides, usually, in a few Ahn." Vagabonds of Gor, page 161 - 162
needle tree: an evergreen tree of the Thentis region, whose oil is used in perfumes and the wood is used in making of ships
"and the needle trees, the evergreens, for masts and spars, and cabin and deck planking." Raiders of Gor, page 141
Nest: the colony and home of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar; the ruler of the Nest is the Mother, from whose eggs the Priest-Kings are hatched: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 84
nest trust: the Priest-King equivalent of 'friendship': Priest-Kings of Gor, page 80
Ngao: The second of the great equatorial lakes, discovered by Shaba: Explorers of Gor, page 18
New Years, Gorean (known as Vernal Equinox and
the Waiting Hand): On the day of the Vernal equinox (March 21), many northern Gorean cities, including Ar,
celebrate the Gorean New Year. Typically upon this day a celebration takes place, doors
are painted green, and a city-wide festival is held, lasting for two full Gorean hands
(ten days). Every fourth year the New Year is celebrated on the extra day which occurs
between the Waiting Hand and the day of the equinox.
The peoples of Turia and certain other southern regions officially celebrate their own new
year on the day of the Summer Solstice (June 21st). A ten day period of revelry follows,
similar to the New Year celebrations in northern cities.
"On the first day of the Waiting Hand, the last five days of the old year, the
portals of Ar, including that of even the House of Cernus, had been painted white, and in
many of the low caste homes, sealed with pitch, not to be opened until the first day of
En'Kara. Almost all doors, including that of the House of Cernus, had nailed to them some
branches of the Brak Bush, the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect. It
is thought that the pitch and the branches of the Brak Bush discourage entry of bad luck
into the houses of the citizens. During the days of the Waiting Hand the streets are
almost deserted, and in the houses there is much fasting, and little conversation, and no
song." Assassin of Gor, page 211
"but on the Vernal Equinox, which marks the first day of the new year in most Gorean
cities, there is great rejoicing; the doorways are painted green, and there is song and
much feasting" Assassin of Gor, page 78
"in the annual Procession to the Sea, which takes place on the first of En'Kara, the Gorean New Year." Raiders of Gor, page 134
nose pieceing: a process sometimes done to slaves to enhance their beauty. This is sometimes done to Free Woman of the Wagon People as well
In his hand he held something which looked like a pair of pliers, except that the claws were extremely slender, and bent in such a way as to touch one another, at the tips scarcely more than a needle's width....I felt the back of the claws of the punch enter my nostrils, distending them. There was a tiny, sharp click. Tears burst into my eyes. I felt acute pain for an instant, and then a prolonged, burning, stinging sensation....I saw the leather worker approaching my face with a tiny, steel ring, partly opened, and a pair of pliers. As I was held he inserted the ring in my nose. It was painful. Then, with the pliers, he closed the ring, and turned it, so that its opening, where the closed edges met, was concealed within, at the side of the septum."
Captive of Gor, page 163 - 165
"the piercing of the ears is far more terrible...Nose rings are nothing. They are even pretty. In the south even the free women of the Wagon Peoples wear nose rings."
Captive of Gor, page 166
notched stick: Musical instrument, played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface:
Among them was a notched stick, played by sliding a polished tem-wood stick across its surface; Nomads of Gor, page 153
nu: a letter of the Gorean alphabet; corresponds to the Earth letter 'N'; apparently adapted from the Greek alphabet:
"The next most frequently occurring letters in Gorean," said Bosk, "are Tau, Al-Ka, Omnion and Nu. Following these in frequency of occurrence are Ar, Ina, Shu and Homan, and so on." Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
Over forty percent of the language consists of the first five letters I mentioned, Eta, Tau, Al-Ka, Omnion, and Nu. Slave Girl of Gor, page 384
nuts: No description but they are mentioned in the books
"…vulo stew with raisins, nuts, onions, and honey." Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
nykus: victory; from the Greek nike: Explorers of Gor, page 100
Nyoka: river that flows into Schendi harbor and then on to Thassa: Explorers of Gor, page 16