Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 55 | Lar-Torvis is a View more quotes about gorean">Gorean expression for the sun. |
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Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 20 | 52 | I knew the hatred of men is but a feeble thing compared to the hatred of women, and I wondered how much it would take to slake the thirst for vengeance of such a woman as Dorna the Proud. |
| 20 | 53 | What would have been enough to satisfy her? * * * * It was now the month of the vernal equinox on Gor, called En'Kara, or The First Kara. |
| 20 | 54 | The full expression is En'Kara-Lar-Torvis, which means, rather literally, The First Turning of the Central Fire. |
| 20 | 55 | Lar-Torvis is a Gorean expression for the sun. |
| 20 | 56 | More commonly, though never in the context of time, the sun is referred to as Tor-tu-Gor, or Light Upon the Home Stone. |
| 20 | 57 | The month of the autumnal equinox is called fully Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis, but usually simply Se'Kara, The Second Kara, or The Second Turning. |
| 20 | 58 | As might be expected there are related expressions for the months of the solstices, En'Var-Lar-Torvis and Se'Var-Lar-Torvis, or, again rather literally, The First Resting and the Second Resting of the Central Fire. |
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I knew the hatred of men is but a feeble thing compared to the hatred of women, and I wondered how much it would take to slake the thirst for vengeance of such a woman as Dorna the Proud.
What would have been enough to satisfy her? * * * * It was now the month of the vernal equinox on Gor, called En'Kara, or The First Kara.
The full expression is En'Kara-Lar-Torvis, which means, rather literally, The First Turning of the Central Fire.
Lar-Torvis is a Gorean expression for the sun.
More commonly, though never in the context of time, the sun is referred to as Tor-tu-Gor, or Light Upon the Home Stone.
The month of the autumnal equinox is called fully Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis, but usually simply Se'Kara, The Second Kara, or The Second Turning.
As might be expected there are related expressions for the months of the solstices, En'Var-Lar-Torvis and Se'Var-Lar-Torvis, or, again rather literally, The First Resting and the Second Resting of the Central Fire.
- (Outlaw of Gor)