One can be punished terribly for breaking position without permission.
Prize of Gor - Page 61
I cannot have a page entitled Slave Positions without first addressing, and refuting, some widespread misconceptions.
When the topic of slave positions is discussed, I think of positions that a slave might be commanded to assume. Positions spoken of in the Books like Nadu, Bara, Sula and Lesha.
But what about this quote:
It seemed the Lady Bina would collapse, but Statius, a hand in her hair, held her upright..Could you logically say that "Be Held Upright" is a legitimate position?
Kur of Gor Book 28 Page 517
No, of course not. This would just be silly.
A slave cannot hold herself upright by holding her own hair.
On the other hand, perhaps I make up a slave position.
In other words . . . place your hands here and your legs there. Lower your head, raise your head, what ever the case might be . . .
I'll call this position "Obeisance to Fogaban".
Now, when I command you to "Obeisance to Fogaban", you will position your body in the manner I have described.
Yes, I have the right to train a slave to do this and call it what ever pleases me.
What I don't have a right to do, is then list 'Obeisance to Fogaban' among other slave positions from the Books.
Two points I make here:
1. A commanded slave position is some pose which the slave can assume on their own.
2. The commanded slave position must be authentic to be listed under the topic.
Which now brings us to some of the so called positions you've probably heard of.
Quite likely, the two most commonly misunderstood 'positions' are Karta and the Gorean Bow.
We'll first reason on this 'position' referred to as the Gorean Bow.
To begin with, the two words Gorean and Bow never appear together, anywhere within the scrolls. But, ok, I agree, that alone is not enough to disqualify it.
Well, what supporting evidence do some use?
Across multiple websites, this is the book text used to justify the Bow as a legitimate slave position.
her head then touched the furs, her body a cruel, helpless bow.
But now, read this sentence in context.
The belt dance was now moving to its climax and I turned to watch Phyllis Robertson.Well, what do you know . . . seems her dance partner was supporting the small of her back.
"Capture of Home Stone," I heard Cernus say to Caprus, who spread his hands helplessly, acknowledging defeat.
Under the torchlight Phyllis Robertson was now on her knees, the Warrior at her side, holding her behind the small of the back. Her head went farther back, as her hands moved on the arms of the Warrior, as though once to press him away, and then again to draw him closer, and her head then touched the furs, her body a cruel, helpless bow in his hands, and then, her head down, it seemed she struggled and her body straightened itself until she lay, save for her head and heels, on his hands clasped behind her back, her arms extended over her head to the fur behind her. At this point, with a clash of cymbals, both dancers remained immobile. Then, after this instant of silence under the torches, the music struck the final note, with a mighty and jarring clash of cymbals, and the Warrior had lowered her to the furs and her lips, arms about his neck, sought his with eagerness. Then, both dancers broke apart and the male stepped back, and Phyllis now stood, alone on the furs, sweating, breathing deeply, head down.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Pages 187 - 188
Not exactly a position one could command a slave to assume.
Here is another quote used as proof of the Gorean Bow:
He thrust her two wrists, before her body, into the ring he had cut from the Kur. He then tied them inside, and to, the ring. He then, from his belt, took a long length of binding fiber and, doubling it, looped it, securing it at its center to the ring, leaving two long ends. He then threw her, on her back, over the body, head down, of the fallen Kur. He took the two loose ends of the binding fiber and, taking them under the body of the fallen Kur, dragged her wrists, elbows bent, over and above her head; he then, bending her knees, tied one of the loose ends about her left ankle, and the other about her right. It was the Gorean love bow.Sure enough, this position of the body is specifically called the Gorean love bow.
Marauders of Gor Book 9 Page 261
But did the girl tie her own wrists and ankles?
No.
Did Tarl command the girl to assume the position of the Bow?
Not hardly.
Here are the first three cases where a girl's beauty is displayed by bending her backwards in a bow.
But notice, every time, she was placed in this position by someone else putting her there.
(All other references to being displayed in a bow are listed at the bottom - Here)
He bent her back, his hand in her hair, exposing the bow of her beauty to the men.In none of these cases was the slave commanded into the position of a bow.
Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 81
He dragged her to her feet by the hair and bent her backwards, displaying the bow of her beauty to the crowd.
Savages of Gor Book 17 Page 122
He then seized her by the hair with both hands and yanked her up on her knees and bent her backwards, until her head was at the grass, exhibiting the bow of her captured beauty for his fellows.
Savages of Gor Book 17 Page 219
In fact, this 'position' is so ridiculous that at least one site, which yet places it under the topic of Slave Positions, actually adds words to the affect of "this is not shown in the books but is still accepted."
No, it should not be accepted because the Gorean Bow is not a legitimate slave position.
Another online-isim 'position' is Karta.
The word Karta does not appear in the Books at all.
It is entirely made up and make believe.
Supposedly, Karta is a "position of extreme obeisance and requests by slaves may be made from this position."
In fact, Karta has become so popular that there is now an alternative to Karta called Suga.
If either one of these had, by any stretch of the imagination, a legitimate place among other slave positions, then why do some sites which list it, add "not found in the novels but accepted on this port"?
Perhaps some feel compelled to add Karta, Suga and the Bow to their websites in an attempt to be thorough.
Perhaps they feel they are helping by showing all the variations possible.
In reality this does much more harm because it adds to the glut of misinformation.
Perpetuating these misconceptions only leads others to believe them to be authentic.
Now, as much fun as I would have taking them, I have not included pictures of naked girls depicting the various positions from the Books.
Many, many other sites do this rather well and, if you ignore the misrepresentations I outlined above, these other sites will provide you with pictures.
Instead I show you what the Books really do say on the topic of slave positions.
Bara
Bonds of the Master's Will
Bracelets
Brand Display
Capture Position
Collar Position
Common Position of Obeisance
Examination Position
First Obeisance Position
Forty-Third Position of Joy
Gagged by Her Master's Will
Injection Position
Inspection Position
Kneeling Position
Kneeling to the Whip
Leading Position
Lesha
Nadu
Obeisance
Position
Position of the Pleasure Slave
Primary Slave Position
Second Obeisance Position
Slave-lips
Standard Binding Position
Stay
Submission
Sula
Tower
Whip Position
Bara | To The Top |
"Bara, Kajira!" he said.
She rolled quickly to her stomach, placing her wrists behind her, crossed, and crossing her ankles, ready to be bound.
Explorers of Gor - Page 77
"Bara," said Mincon to Tula. "Bara," said I to Feiqa. Both slaves went immediately to their bellies, their heads to the left, their wrists crossed behind their backs, their ankles also crossed. It is a common binding position.
Mercenaries of Gor - Page 145
"Bara!" he snapped.
I flung myself to my belly in the grass, putting my hands behind me, wrists crossed, and crossing my ankles, too.
Dancer of Gor - Page 415
"Bara!" he said.
She instantly responded to his command, as she had been trained to do. She was now on her belly, her wrists crossed behind her, her ankles, too, crossed.
Prize of Gor - Page 196
"Bara," he said.
She went to her stomach and crossed her wrists behind her back, and crossed her ankles.
Kur of Gor - Page 317
Hitherto she had been lying on her belly in the straw, her head turned to the side, in bara, her wrists crossed behind her, with her ankles crossed, as well. It is a common holding, and helplessness, position for a slave. In it, of course, she is positioned perfectly for a swift and secure binding.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 370
| Bonds of the Master's Will | To The Top |
She wore the "bonds of the master's will." Grunt had put her in them. She lay on her stomach. Her wrists were crossed behind her. Her ankles, too, were crossed. She was "bound." She could not rise to her feet. Yet there was not a rope or a strap on her body. She was "bound by the master's will." She could not move from this position unless, at the word of a free person, she was freed from it.
Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 248
"Your hands are now bound behind your back," he said.
"Yes, Master," I said. I must now keep my hands or wrists in contact with one another, and behind my back. I was now "bound by the master's will." I could not separate my hands or wrists from one another now without permission.
Dancer of Gor - Page 227
| Bracelets | To The Top |
"Bracelets," he snapped. She put her head in the air and placed her hands behind her back.
Hunters of Gor - Page 146
| Brand Display | To The Top |
"Mark?" said a man.
Swiftly she rose up on her knees and turned her left thigh to the interrogator, at the same time putting her hands behind the small of her back, as though they might be braceleted there. It is one of the positions of brand display.
Mirus smiled.
Ellen flushed.
I hate him, she thought.
But she remained in the position, a common one for brand display. Her wrists, behind her back, were nearly touching. The position accentuates the breasts and, given the position of the hands, is provocatively emblematic;
Prize of Gor - Page 416
| Capture Position | To The Top |
He thought she looked well on her back, in what is referred to as the "capture position." In this position, the captive locked in the arms of the captor, the captor can assess and enjoy the least nuance of expression in the captive's countenance. This position, too, is enjoyed by many masters with their slaves.
Kur of Gor - Page 85
| Collar Position | To The Top |
"Collar!" I snapped.
Instantly she faced me, holding her hands slightly behind her, and lifted her chin.
. . .
In this position the collar may be conveniently read.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 17
| Common Position of Obeisance | To The Top |
"Common position of obeisance," he said.
Immediately, kneeling, she put her head to the floor, the palms of her hands on the floor, beside her head. In this position the knees are closed. It is a position commonly assumed by a slave when a man enters a room. To be sure, this varies from city to city. In some cities all that is required is the common kneeling position, instantly assumed. In other cities, a complete bellying, instantly assumed, is required. Such things may differ, of course, from master to master.
Prize of Gor - Page 86
| Examination Position | To The Top |
"Have that one stand, to be examined," said a man.
"Cotina, stand, examination position!" snapped Targo.
Cotina stood, her legs widely spread, her head back, her hands clasped behind the back of her neck. It is hard for a woman to move from this position and she must be concerned with her balance. The subtle adjustments and tenseness required to maintain her balance keep her even more helplessly in place, and these adjustments and this tenseness will also be expressed in her posture, providing body-language cues bespeaking obedience and servitude. Too, obviously this posture bares her vulnerably, and her hands cannot interfere with the examination. The position of the arms, the hands clasped behind the back of the neck, or, sometimes, behind the back of the head, lifts the bosom, exhibiting it beautifully.
Prize of Gor - Page 247
"Assume the standard position for the examination of a standing slave," said Portus Canio.
Ellen, in her tunic, puzzled, stood then before him, her legs widely, painfully spread. The split hems of the tunic, slit at the sides, permitted this position. Ellen clasped her hands behind the back of her head, and held her head up and back, in this position looking rather at the height of the great portal, leading into the barn area, from the platform outside. In this position it is convenient to examine the slave. She cannot easily move without losing her balance. The position of her hands prevents her from interfering with the examination. The raised head, held back, makes it difficult for her to know, or guess, the position of the examiner's hands, where they are, and what they might do, for example, how and when she might be touched, caressed, or tested. Needless to say, this position is normally assumed when the slave is nude.
Prize of Gor - Pages 309 - 310
| First Obeisance Position | To The Top |
"First obeisance position," snapped Barzak. "Beg his forgiveness!"
Instantly Ellen went to the first obeisance position, head down, palms of her hands on the cement. "Please forgive me, Master," she begged, frightened.
"Kneel up, first position," said Barzak.
Ellen went to first position, with all its revelatory delights.
Prize of Gor - Page 255
In first obeisance position, often assumed by a slave in the presence of a free man, she kneels with her head to the ground, and the palms of her hands down on the ground on either side of her head.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 195
| Forty-Third Position of Joy | To The Top |
"What is the forty-third position of joy?" asked the man.
"I do not know, Master," she said.
"What is the sixth delight of the hair of a female slave?" he asked.
"I have no idea, Master," she said.
"What is the title of the eighteenth love song of Dina, the slave poetess?" he asked
"I do not know, Master," she said.
"Do you know anything?" he asked.
"Very little, Master," she said.
Prize of Gor - Page 213
| Gagged by Her Master's Will | To The Top |
There are many varieties of slave gags, and such. The simplest device for attaining this end is when she is "gagged by her master's will," which simply means that she is prohibited from speaking until given permission to do so.
Vagabonds of Gor - Page 321
| Injection Position | To The Top |
"Lie down there," said Tutina, "on the rug, before his desk, on your right side, with your knees drawn up."
Awkwardly, and with unsteadiness, and some pain, the older woman, tears in her eyes, humiliated, went to her hands and knees, and then to the position to which she had been directed.
"Hereafter," said Tutina, "when you hear the command 'Injection position', in whatever language, you will instantly, and unquestioningly, assume this position."
Prize of Gor - Page 41
| Inspection Position | To The Top |
In inspection position one such as she would normally be stripped, and standing with her feet spread, and her hands clasped either behind the back of her neck, or behind her head. In this way the breasts are lifted nicely, and, given the position of the hands, one has no interference to one's vision, and, similarly, one may, perhaps walking about her, test her for firmness, and for vitality, and such things.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 16
| Kneeling Position | To The Top |
The kneeling position is, of course, a suitable one for slaves. A slave will normally assume such a position on entering the presence of her master or a free person. She will probably remain in it until permitted to rise. It is a common position, too, for her to assume when she is in attendance of a master, for example, awaiting his notice or commands. Too, she will usually speak to her master from this position, unless, of course, she is lying down, as in making her reports to him, inquiring as to his will, answering questions, and so on. Some masters approve it, too, for purposes of general conversation.
Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 246
| Kneeling to the Whip | To The Top |
I crossed my wrists beneath me and touched my head to the floor, exposing the bow of my back. It is the submissive posture of a slave girl who is to be punished. It is called Kneeling to the Whip.
Captive of Gor - Page 200
"Kneel to the whip!" said Samos.
Piteously she knelt, a slave girl. Her wrists were crossed under her, as though bound, her head was to the floor, the bow of her back was exposed.
Marauders of Gor - Page 13
"Kneel to the whip," he said.
I obeyed. I put my head down, and, beneath my body, crossed my wrists, as though they were bound. My back was bowed, ready for whatever punishment he might see fit to administer to me.
Slave Girl of Gor - Page 436
"Kneel to the whip, Melpomene!" she ordered her. Melpomene then, sobbing, knelt, her legs close together, her wrists held crossed under her, as though bound, her head down, touching the floor, the bow of her back exposed, a slave girl awaiting punishment.
Fighting Slave of Gor - Page 284
| Leading Position | To The Top |
She wept, trying to hold the guard's wrist, where it was fastened so deeply, so cruelly, in her hair, she bent over, her head at his hip, hurried forth, into the room, in a common Gorean leading position.
Prize of Gor - Page 78
"I looked at the girl. I nodded to her to approach me. She did so. I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching, put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women are helpless in this position."
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 409
"I then snapped my fingers and held my right hand, open, at my hip. Swiftly the girl rose to her feet and, half crouching, put her head by my hand. I fastened the fingers of my hand deeply and firmly in her red hair. She winced, and kissed at my thigh. I then, the goblet of paga in my left hand, her hair in my right, dragged her beside me, her slender chains rustling, to the nearest alcove."
Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 59
Others passed, too, with slaves in custody, but differently, the slaves bent over, in leading position, their heads at the hips of free men, held there by the hair, these slaves' hands fastened, too, behind their backs.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 431
We then thrust them stumbling to the waiting Ashigaru who took the hair of each in a separate hand and, bending them over at the waist, conducted them both in a common leading position to some point of collection.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 461
| Lesha | To The Top |
"Lesha," snapped the second officer to the blond girl.
She spun from facing him, and lifted her chin, turning her head to the left, placing her wrists behind her, as though for snapping them into slave bracelets.
Explorers of Gor - Page 76
The guard was behind me. "Lesha!" he said, Immediately, responsive to this command, I flung my wrists behind me, separated by some two inches, and lifted my chin, my head turned to the left.
Dancer of Gor - Page 365
He approached the slave and indicated that she should stand. He then said, very sharply, "Lesha!"
Instantly the girl turned away from him, lifted her head, turned it to the left, and placed her small wrists, crossed, behind her back.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 400
| Nadu | To The Top |
"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
"Nadu!" he cried, loosening the whip coils on her throat. She swiftly knelt, back on her heels, back straight, head high, hands on her thighs, knees wide.
Explorers of Gor - Page 80
"Nadu!" said Tajima, sharply.
The girl struggled to nadu, kneeling back on her heels, her head up, her back straight, the palms of her hands down on her thighs. She did not make eye contact with any of the free men, but kept her gaze forward.
It is a beautiful position.
"Split your knees," said Tajima.
"No!" said Pertinax.
"Now!" said Tajima.
The girl spread her knees.
"Wider!" said Tajima. She was, after all, a collar-girl.
The former Miss Wentworth complied, quickly, docilely, with Tajima's command. She had learned obedience to men, slave obedience, in the stable, at the hands of the grooms.
"Please!" protested Pertinax.
"Stay as you are," cautioned Tajima.
The slave remained in the adjusted nadu, as directed. It was a common form of nadu, one almost invariably expected of a particular sort of slave, the pleasure slave.
Swordsmen of Gor - Pages 382 - 383
| Obeisance | To The Top |
"Obeisance!" snapped the guardsman.
Instantly Ellen, and her sister slaves, went to first obeisance position, head down to the cement.
Prize of Gor - Page 234
When we appeared before her cage, she put her head down to the blanket, the palms of her hands on the floor of the cage, beside her head, It is a lovely gesture of obeisance, and required by many masters of their women.
Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Page 340
I pointed to the sand before me.
She immediately, frightened, dropped to her knees and again put her head down to the sand, the palms of her hands, too, on the sand.
Vagabonds of Gor Book 24 Page 205
| Position | To The Top |
"Position," said another of the men.
Ellen, the beast having released her hair, went to position, kneeling, knees wide, back straight, head up, hands on thighs.
"A pleasure slave," said one of the men.
"Obviously," said another.
Ellen wondered if she should have kept her knees closely together, before Mirus, but she had naturally, instantaneously, not even thinking about it, assumed the wide-kneed position.
Prize of Gor - Pages 415 - 416
"Position," said the auctioneer to Ellen.
And then Ellen, tears running down her cheeks, knelt appropriately before the men, as what she was, a Gorean pleasure slave, back on heels, back straight, head up, hands down on thighs, knees widely spread.
Prize of Gor - Page 491
Her discomfiture amused the human, Peisistratus. "She is kajira?" he inquired of Cabot.
"Yes," said Cabot.
"Why is she not in position?" inquired Peisistratus.
. . .
He removed the switch from his belt.
She regarded the implement disbelievingly.
"Kneel," said Peisistratus to the girl, "now, instantly! Back on your heels. Spread your knees!"
"My knees!" she cried.
"Yes," he said, "widely. More widely! Straighten your back, place your hands, palms down, on your thighs, lift your head, look straight ahead!"
"Never!" she cried.
And then the switch fell savagely upon her, twice.
She screamed in misery.
. . .
"Up, slut, position, position!" said Peisistratus.
Wildly, frantically, sobbing, tears streaming from her eyes, in pain, the brunette knelt before Peisistratus, in position, as required.
"Keep your hands on your thighs!" snapped Peisistratus, for she had dared to move to cover herself.
She complied instantly.
Cabot was pleased to note this alacrity.
Too, he was pleased to see her in position.
She looked well in position, in the position of a Gorean female slave, indeed, rather, in the position of a Gorean female slave of a particular sort, the Gorean female pleasure slave.
Kur of Gor - Pages 119 - 120
| Position of the Pleasure Slave | To The Top |
"You may do obeisance, my dear," said Kliomenes.
The girl rose to her feet and went to Kliomenes. She knelt before him, on the dais, and put her head down. Gently, softly, she licked and kissed his feet. She then rose again to her feet, backed away, and then, on the tiles, again knelt. She put the palms of her hands on the tiles, and lowered her head to the tiles. Then she straightened up, her back straight, assuming the position of the pleasure slave, though keeping her head bowed, deferentially.
Rouge of Gor - Page 299
She knelt before him, in her collar, in the basic position of the Gorean pleasure slave, back on her heels, her back straight, her head up, the palms of her hands on her thighs, her knees spread, widely.
Prize of Gor - Page 116
"Spread your knees," he said, "kneel straight, back on your heels, head up, palms of your hands down on your thighs."
The slave began to tremble.
"Head up!" he said. "Do you wish to be put in a high collar, to keep your head up?"
"No, Master," she said, quickly.
Such collars are common with Kur pets. They are also used from time to time in slave training.
"Do you know in what position you have been placed?" he asked.
Certainly this was a rhetorical question, for she would have learned this position in the pleasure cylinder, and Cabot, himself, in the pleasure cylinder, near Lake Fear, and elsewhere, had put her in it often enough.
"The position of a Gorean pleasure slave," she said.
Kur of Gor - Pages 662 - 663
The position of the pleasure slave, of course, is also respectful, but it is also provocative, and inviting. It must leave no doubt in the observer's mind as to what sort of slave she is. The palms of her hands are usually down on her thighs, and her head up, but, if she is petitioning caresses, as is not uncommon, the palms are usually up, the backs of the hands on the thighs.
. . .
The palms, then, so offered to the master, with their exposed, sweet, sensitive cupping, the backs of the hands down on the thighs, as though bound to them, as though not permitted to leave them without permission, present a sign not difficult to read. Too, at the same time, the girl's head is usually lowered. This makes clear her humility and need, and how much she is at the mercy of the master, for the least touch.
Swordsmen of Gor - Pages 180 - 181
Variations, of course, occur. Sometimes, perhaps in markets, the girl will kneel with her wrists crossed behind her, as though bound, or will have her hands clasped behind the back of her head, or the back of her neck. This lifts the breasts, nicely.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 181
| Primary Slave Position | To The Top |
Cabot had then fed her by hand, she in primary slave position, and with her knees spread, as she was that sort of slave. He also, in hand-feeding her, had required that she keep her hands, palms down, firmly, on her thighs.
Kur of Gor - Page 400
| Second Obeisance Position | To The Top |
"Second obeisance position," he said.
Ellen went prone, before him, her hands at the sides of her head.
Prize of Gor - Page 191
"Return me to my master!" she cried, putting herself to her belly, pleading, in second obeisance position, before Targo.
Prize of Gor - Page 226
The usual second obeisance position has the slave go to her belly, her hands on either side of her head.
Swordsmen of Gor - Page 195
| Slave-lips | To The Top |
A girl who is commanded to make slave lips, or who receives the command, "Slave lips," must form her mouth for kissing. She then, commonly, is not permitted to break this lip position until either she kisses or is kissed. Needless to say, a girl cannot speak when her lips are in the unbroken, fully-pursed slave-lips position. The command which commonly follows the "Slave-lips" command is, "Please me."
Blood Brothers of Gor - Page 111
| Standard Binding Position | To The Top |
"Standard binding position," he said. I was prone. When a girl is prone, the standard binding position is to cross the wrists behind the back and to cross the ankles."
Slave Girl of Gor - Page 125
| Stay | To The Top |
"Stay, Feiqa."
"Yes, Master," she said.
She would now keep her place, kneeling, as she was, until a free person might permit her to move.
Mercenaries of Gor - Page 52
| Submission | To The Top |
She had risen and walked across the room, her feet bare on the stone floor, and dropped to her knees before me, lowering her head and lifting and extending her hands to me, the wrists crossed. The ritual significance of the gesture of submission was not lost on me; her wrists were offered to me, as if for binding.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 67
"Submit," I told them.
They knelt before me, back on their heels, head down, arms lifted and extended, wrists crossed as though for binding.
"I submit myself," said each, in turn.
They need not be bound. They need not be collared. They need not even have spoken. The posture of submission itself, assumed by them before me, constituted them my slaves. They were now mine.
Hunters of Gor Book 8 Page 182
Then suddenly one girl turned from the forest and fled to a crewman, kneeling before him, back on her heels, head down, arms extended, wrists crossed as though for binding. He gestured that she should rise and get into a longboat. She did so, his slave.
Hunters of Gor Book 8 Page 310
| Sula | To The Top |
"Sula, Kajira!" said the man.
She slid her legs from under her and lay on her back, her hands at her sides, palms up, her legs open.
Explorers of Gor - Page 77
Why had he not, at least, issued the "Sula!" command? That was one of several commands she had been trained to respond to instantly. Upon hearing this command, the slave immediately assumes a supine position, her hands at her sides, palms up, her legs open.
Prize of Gor - Page 124
Why had he not, at least, issued the 'Sula!' command? That was one of several commands she had been trained to respond to instantly. Upon hearing this command, the slave immediately assumes a supine position, her hands at her sides, palms up, her legs open.
Prize of Gor - Page 124
| Tower | To The Top |
"Your knees!" said the Lady Bina.
"Mistress?" said the slave.
"Should they not be spread?"
"She is in the presence of a free woman," said Cabot. "It is thus appropriate that she kneels in the Tower position."
Kur of Gor - Page 342
| Whip Position | To The Top |
In moments the slave, stripped, her wrists crossed and bound, and fastened over her head, to a stout, overhanging branch, that her beauty might be protected, that she might not be dashed against a post or tree trunk, was in whip position.
Kur of Gor - Page 477
| Bow | Continue Reading |
I then lifted her up, in effect kneeling her, and then bent her back, her head back to the dirt, that the warriors might assess the bow of her beauty.
Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Page 62
I then bent her back, one hand on a thigh, the other on the back of her collar, in a slave bow, for the inspection of the young fellows.
Renegades of Gor Book 23 Page 300
He then put his left hand on the side of the captive's waist and, with her wrists enfolded in his grasp, bent her backwards, to exhibit the bow of her delights.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 421
He then, angrily, took the Lady Constanzia by the hair and bent her backwards, exhibiting the bow of her beauty.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 467
Then she felt his massive hand in her hair, tight, and he pulled her up to an erect kneeling position.
. . .
She then felt her body, her hair in his grip, his left hand on her left knee, bent backward, until she was helpless before him; the 'slave bow,' as the expression is, of her vulnerable, owned beauty thusly exhibited for his attention, or assessment.
Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 141
The rope was then lifted and a length of it looped twice about the slave's neck and knotted there. In this fashion a single rope may be used for both binding and leashing. This is not all that unusual on Gor. One end secures the slave's wrists, the center collars her, and the remainder, the free end, serves as a leash or tether. It may also be used, of course, if one wishes to immobilize her, to fasten her ankles together. Her ankles may be simply bound or, if one wishes, tied closely to her wrists. That tie is sometimes spoken of, properly or not, as the 'slave bow.' It may be called that simply because the slave's wrists and ankles are bound together, and this bends her body, in a natural bow, or it may be called that because of a supposed analogy with exhibitory slave bows, in which, for example, on a slave block, a slave might be bent backward, or knelt, and her head drawn by the hair back to the floor, and so on. These exhibition bows are often utilized in showing the slave, as they accentuate the delights of her figure. There are a number of 'tethering slave bows,' of course, for example, for fastening a slave over a saddle, a wheel, a piece of furniture, or such. These diverse uses and meanings, of course, are not mutually exclusive, because a slave might well be displayed in a 'tethering slave bow.' Some conjecture that the original meaning of 'slave bow' has to do with exhibition. Accordingly, it is their speculation that the 'tethering slave bows' are derivative from that primary usage, that of exhibition. This would make sense because the 'tethering slave bows' certainly do exhibit the slave, as well as rendering her helpless. Others seem to feel that the basic meaning is that of a form of secure and revelatory binding, in which the slave is helplessly and delightfully displayed, and that the exhibitory usages of the expression are secondary, being founded upon, and derivative from, this more basic, original usage. On the other hand, as most suppose, and as seems most plausible to the slave, these usages may very well have been developed independently, both based on the obvious consequences on the slave's body of a certain form of handling or manner of binding. There seems to be some division among Goreans on this matter. And doubtless it is not of great importance. Please forgive this excursion into speculative etymology. Ellen finds such matters fascinating, perhaps in part because she has been so handled and so roped. What is perfectly clear and indisputable is that in Gorean 'slave bow', putting aside considerations of origin, derivation and chronology, and such, has the basic meaning of the forming of the slave's body into a bow, and two application meanings, one pertaining to a modality of exhibition and the other to a modality of binding. Abstract obscurity, as usual, vanishes in concrete context. As this phenomenon is common in many languages, it is not surprising that it should appear in Gorean, as well. A stripped free woman might, of course, be put in a 'slave bow,' without compromising the meaning of the expression. And the free woman might find this situation instructive, and anticipatory.
Prize of Gor Book 27 Pages 574 - 575
"Let me see her," said Lord Grendel.
Statius seized her by the hair and pulled her up, kneeling, so that Lord Grendel could see her face.
"Bend her backward," said Cabot.
This was done and the body of the Lady Bina was then placed in the position of the slave bow.
Kur of Gor Book 28 Page 516
