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"home-stone "

Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)

Chapter # Sentence # Quote
2 116 "Home Stone," he repeated.
2 117 "Simply that.
2 118 "In peasant villages on this world," he continued, "each hut was originally built around a flat stone which was placed in the center of the circular dwelling.
2 119 It was carved with the family sign and was called the Home Stone.
2 120 It was, so to speak, a symbol of sovereignty, or territory, and each peasant, in his own hut, was a sovereign".
2 121 "Later," said my father, "Home Stones were used for villages, and later still for cities.
2 122 The Home Stone of a village was always placed in the market; in a city, on the top of the highest tower.
"Home Stone," he repeated. "Simply that. "In peasant villages on this world," he continued, "each hut was originally built around a flat stone which was placed in the center of the circular dwelling. It was carved with the family sign and was called the Home Stone. It was, so to speak, a symbol of sovereignty, or territory, and each peasant, in his own hut, was a sovereign". "Later," said my father, "Home Stones were used for villages, and later still for cities. The Home Stone of a village was always placed in the market; in a city, on the top of the highest tower. - (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )