Book 2. (1 results) Outlaw of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 20 | 57 | The month of the autumnal equinox is View more quotes about called">called fully Se'Kara-Lar-Torvis, but usually simply Se'Kara, The Second Kara, or The Second Turning. |
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Book 2. (7 results) Outlaw of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 20 | 59 | These, however, like the other expressions, usually occur in speech only as En'Var and Se'Var, or The First Resting and The Second Resting. |
| 20 | 60 | Chronology, incidentally, is the despair of scholars on Gor, for each city keeps track of time by virtue of its own Administrator Lists; for example, a year is referred to as the Second Year when so-and-so was Administrator of the city. |
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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.
These, however, like the other expressions, usually occur in speech only as En'Var and Se'Var, or The First Resting and The Second Resting.
Chronology, incidentally, is the despair of scholars on Gor, for each city keeps track of time by virtue of its own Administrator Lists; for example, a year is referred to as the Second Year when so-and-so was Administrator of the city.
- (Outlaw of Gor)