Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 22 | 303 | It did not make much View more quotes about sense">sense to me where women or children were concerned. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 22 | 300 | "I do not know," I said. |
| 22 | 301 | I could understand, to some extent, the stripping, the cutting and slashing, the mutilation, the cutting and uprooting of bloody trophies, where male adults, warriors, were concerned. |
| 22 | 302 | In a sense it was a celebration of relief, of life, of victory, of jubilation and triumph. |
| 22 | 303 | It did not make much sense to me where women or children were concerned. |
| 22 | 304 | Confirming my suspicions in this matter, it might be noted that many warriors will usually reserve such grisly attentions, with the exception of scalping, for adult, enemy males. |
| 22 | 305 | Too, such things are more common with younger warriors than mature warriors. |
| 22 | 306 | There are many putative explanations for these practices, having to do with such things as insulting the enemy, terrorizing others and even delaying or interfering with the deceased's entrance into, or activities within, the medicine world, but I suspect that the deepest, least rationalized explanations lie in the vicinity of the ventilation and expression of emotions such as hatred, relief and elation, of joy, gladness and triumph. |
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"I do not know," I said.
I could understand, to some extent, the stripping, the cutting and slashing, the mutilation, the cutting and uprooting of bloody trophies, where male adults, warriors, were concerned.
In a sense it was a celebration of relief, of life, of victory, of jubilation and triumph.
It did not make much sense to me where women or children were concerned.
Confirming my suspicions in this matter, it might be noted that many warriors will usually reserve such grisly attentions, with the exception of scalping, for adult, enemy males.
Too, such things are more common with younger warriors than mature warriors.
There are many putative explanations for these practices, having to do with such things as insulting the enemy, terrorizing others and even delaying or interfering with the deceased's entrance into, or activities within, the medicine world, but I suspect that the deepest, least rationalized explanations lie in the vicinity of the ventilation and expression of emotions such as hatred, relief and elation, of joy, gladness and triumph.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)