slave lays on her belly, face pressed to the floor and turned to the left. her ankles are crossed, and she places her wrists to the small of her back also crossed. she remains motionless as she waits to be bound.
"`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
BELLY:
slave drops immediately to the floor upon their belly, your forhead close to the floor but not touching, spread your legs wide, your toes upon the floor supporting your feet, arms at your side using your toes only, you will push your body to your Owner's feet, once at Owner's you turn your head and place left cheek upon His/Her feet, do not move or speak until permission is given.
"Now," I said, "for a third form of obeisance. You may 'belly' to me."
"I do not understand," she whispered.
"There are various forms of bellying," I said, "and bellying may be suitably and pleasingly combined with other forms of floor movements, approaching the Master on all fours, turning to your sides and back, writhing before him, and so on. We will take a very simple variation, suitable for an ignorant free female who has not yet even begun to discover the depths of her sexuality."
She looked up at me.
"On your belly," I said. She backed off a bit, and went to her belly. Her hair was before her face, as she now on her belly before me, looked up at me.
"Now inch forward," I said, 'remaining low on your belly, and when you reach my feet, once again, as before, lifting your head a little, tenderly and humbly, and beautifully, as though you were a slave, lick and kiss them. Good. Good. Now take my foot and place it gently on your head. Very good. Now place it again on the mat, and kiss it again. Good. You may now belly back a little, humbly. I have not yet given you permission to rise of course."
(See also "Obeisance") Mercenaries of Gor
BLANKET:
Once you the cloth or fur cover your head you must: immediately stop speaking and not speak again until released do not more or change from the position you are already in and you are to remain silently in this position until the covering is removed by a Free.
Between where the men sat and the coffle, a bit to the right, was the spread-out kailiauk robe under which Grunt had put Margaret, naked, her legs drawn up. She had been under the robe for hours. It would be hot under the robe, in the sun, and there would be insects in the grass. I grinned. I think she was learning her slavery. -- Savages of Gor
BLINDFOLDED OR GAGGED BY THE MASTER'S WILL
The slave must either keep her eyes closed upon command until commanded to open them or she must not speak, not even beg to speak until commanded to do so.
How much more merciful, I thought, if they would just hood the women. It is hard to be blindfolded by, gagged by, or bound by, the "Master's will." In being "blindfolded by the Master's will" one must keep one's eyes closed. I had, just shortly before, been so "blindfolded." In being "gagged by the Master's will," one may not speak, even to request permission to speak. In being "bound by the Master's will," one must keep one's limbs in the prescribed position, as though they were actually so bound, or so metal-clasped, or chained. There are several familiar versions of this. In one the slave crosses her wrists before her body and must retain the position until freed by "the Master's will." In another she kneels, her head down, and clasps her hands behind her back. If she is right-handed, she clasps her right wrist with her left hand. If she is left-handed, she clasps her left wrist with her right hand. Another common version of this sort of "binding" is to put the slave on her belly and have her cross her wrists and her ankles. It is thus as though she were bound hand and foot. She remains this way, as in all these cases, perhaps for hours, until she is freed "by the Master's will." A very unpleasant application of this technique is to put a slave in the sun and spread-eagle her "by the Master's will." One then smears her face, and body, and hair, with honey and leaves her there, her presence being soon noted by a large variety of unpleasant insects. This is, of course, a punishment. After such a bout with thousands of tiny, swarming, crawling visitors, sometimes almost obscuring her, the slave is much improved. The more merciful master, of course, literally stakes the slave out, binding her wrists and ankles widely apart, to the four stakes, before applying the honey. In either case, the girl will be much improved. Even the threat of this sort of punishment, it might be noted, is likely to be effective. And this saves a good deal of unpleasantness all around, and some honey, as well. To be sure, for the threat to be effective, the girl must understand quite clearly, and will understand quite clearly, that the threat is not an idle one. If she entertains any doubts on that score, the master will see to it that they are soon satisfied.-- Witness of Gor
BONDAGE KNOT:
a slave gathers her hair and pulls it to the right side of her face or over her right shoulder, she then ties a loose knot in the hair and remains silent at the Master's feet
A simple looped knot, tied by a slavegirl in her hair on the right side of her face or before her right shoulder; it is a silent plea to her Master that she be raped -- Tribesmen of Gor
BOUND BY MASTER'S WILL:
the slave must take what ever position the Free orders such as bara to be bound or kneeling with hands behind back as to be bound, ect. To break such position signifies being slain
"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
BRACELETS:
the slave stands or kneels thighs spread wide, back arched, and extends her arms behind her back, her wrist together ready to be bound, her head is high, her eyes lowered in submission.
"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. I took this position instantaneously."-Slave Girl of Gor
BRAND:
slave immediately reveals her brand to the Free person. Commonly, the left thigh will be moved and turned slight to allow viewing of the branding site.
as they are Free persons the could simply put the girl to her knees and issue the command "Brand," to which the girl must respond by revealing her slave mark. -- Witness of Gor
CAPTURE:
quickly drop to your belly before the Master, forehead to the floor, wrists crossed in the small of your back, ankles crossed, bend your knees so that your feet are in the air, remain motionless until ko~lared, bound or ordered otherwise by the Master/Mistress
"On your back," he said, "knees raised, heels on the floor." I then lay before him, in a standard, supine capture position" -- Kajira of Gor
CIRCUIT OF THE ROOM:
The kissing of inanimate articles, such as a master's sandals, or the tiles on which he has walked, is used in teaching a girl respect and reverence.
"You are now going to make as complete a circuit of the room as is practical," he said. "You will, where practical, kiss the walls at the corners, on each side of the corner, about five horts from the corner and about ten horts from the floor. Where you come to chests or furniture, you will treat them as extensions of the wall, kissing them at the corners, and so on. You will then return exactly to your present position."
"Yes, Master," I said.
"You may now leave," he said.
"Yes, Master," I said. "Thank you, Master." I then began my journey. The kissing of inanimate articles, such as a master's sandals, or the tiles on which he has walked, is used in teaching a girl respect and reverence. There was something of this involved in his command, the having to kiss the walls of his room, the furniture there, and such, but the form of the command was presumably motivated primarily by the consideration that compliance with it would guarantee a full and adequate negotiation of the room's interior perimeter. I was then, after a time, again where I had been before on all fours, some ten feet from his chair, facing him. The leash, dangling from my collar, was now trailing behind me, between my legs." -- Kajira of Gor
COLLAR:
the slave approaches the Free, lifts her chin and places her hands behind her so that her collar might be easily read by the Free person.
He then regarded the Lady Constanzia. He snapped his fingers and said, "Collar!". She rose uncertainly to her feet, and approached him. She had, of course, had my example from which to profit. She, to my surprise, however, stood closer to him than I would have expected, and more close to him than I had, originally. It seemed she was improving on my example. Was she then, in such matters, to be my teacher? She lifted her chin delicately. In response to the "collar command," the slave approaches the male, that he need not inconvenience himself by coming toward her. She then lifts her chin and places her hands behind her. It is thus that a girl renders herself vulnerable for the reading of her collar. In this case, of course, the Lady Constanzia's hands were already behind her, her small, lovely wrists closely linked together, well pinioned, in the steel of slave bracelets?. -- Witness of Gor
CRAWL:
lower to your knees, place your elbows upon the floor, your palms face down upon the floor, your forehead close to the floor, your rask sticking up in the air, from this position you will crawl to your Master, or where you have been ordered. If ordered to the Master, you will crawl to Him/Her so your forehead is an inch from Their feet
"I crawl to my Master on my belly," she said, "and beg for his touch." I smiled. I, a guest in the tent, now stood to her, of course, as her Master, such girls come with the price of the lodging.-- Beasts of Gor
DISPLAY:
A slave stands with her feet shoulder width apart, shoulders back, head high with her eyes cast downwards to the ground. Her chest is out, hands laced behind her neck.
"The auctioneer did not strike her with his whip. He merely took her arms and lifted them, so that the position chain, attached to each side of the sales collar, lay across her upper arms. Then he had her clasp her hands behind the back of her neck, so that the chain, on each side of the collar, was in the crook of her arms, and she was exposed in such a way that she could be properly exhibited." -- Explorers of Gor
FEEDING THE MASTER:
The girl holds the food between her teeth. One leg is extended behind her and the other folded beneath her, toes pointed. She can be braceleted or not.
"One thing of that sort I recall is a trick where the girl feeds the master a grape held between her teeth. She may or may not have her wrists braceleted behind her back for this particular feat. One leg is folded beneath her and the other is extended behind her, toes pointed, and then she lifts the grape delicately to your mouth. Elizabeth and I used to laugh heartily over this one, but I think it was effective, as I seldom got beyond the third grape"-- Assassin of Gor
GOREAN LOVE BOW:
slave kneels, thighs spread wide, and leans over backwards until her head touches the floor. She then pulls herself up, arching her back. This exposes a slave's heat and breasts for her Master's enjoyment. This position is painful to hold for more than a few moments.
"Behind him stood a blond slave girl, naked, her hair falling to her waist. I gathered she belonged to him. "We are victorious!" said the man to her, brandishing the ring. Over her iron collar she wore a heavy leather Kur collar, high, heavily sewn, with its large ring. 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." -- Marauders of Gor
GOREAN USAGE:
drop to your knees, keep your back straight, your head lowered to the floor fingers clasped behind your neck, spread your thighs wide, and raise your rask into the air
"He knelt me there. `Put your head down, to the floor,' he said. `Clasp your hands, firmly, behind the back of your neck.' `Yes, Master,' I moaned. He was then behind me. He put his hands, under my arms, on my breasts, sweetly and firmly. Then he moved his hands back, caressing my flanks. My head was down. My fingers were together, behind the back of my neck." -- Kajira of Gor
HAIR OR LEADING POSITION:
A slave remains in whatever position she is in but gathers her hair and offers it to her Master.
"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
HEEL:
go immediately to your Masters/Mistresses, remain 3 steps behind always make sure you leave enough room between yourself and your Master that if He needs to draw His weapon you are not in the way, and just to the left being ordered to stand to the right of the Master is usually a sighn that you are currently held in disfavor. follow every move He/She makes
"The Forkbeard turned about and, one arm about Pudding, the other about Gunnhild, started from the dock. Hilda followed him, to his left. 'She heels nicely,' said Ottar. The men and bond-maids laughed. The Forkbeard stopped. Hilda's face burned red with fury, but she kept her head high. Pet sleen are taught to heel; so, too, sometimes, are bond-maids; I was familiar with this sort of thing, of course; in the south it was quite common for slave girls; in various fashions in various cities, to heel their masters. Hilda, of course, was a free woman. For her to heel was an incredible humiliation. The Forkbeard started off again, and then again stopped. Again, Hilda followed him as before.
'She is heeling!' laughed Ottar." -- Marauders of Gor
"These things vary, I learned from city to city, and depend, also, on such matters as context and conditions. In a market, in the crowding and jostling for instance, a girl may follow so closely she pressed against the back of his left shoulder. Girls seldom follow behind and on the right. If she is thusly placed it is commonly a sign she is in disfavor. If more than one girl is involved, she who follows most closely on the left is generally taken to be in highest favor; girls compete for this position. In an open area, such a the fields in which we trekked, the girl is placed some five or ten feet behind, and on the left. If he must move suddenly she will not, thusly, constitute an impediment to his action. -- Slave Girl of Gor
Heel, disfavored:
Girls seldom follow behind and on the right. If she is thusly placed it is commonly a sign she is in disfavor. -- Slave Girl of Gor
Heel, most favored:
If more than one girl is involved, she who follows most closely on the left is generally taken to be in highest favor; girls compete for this position. -- Outlaw of Gor
HIGH-HARNESS:
A display position in which a kneeling, braceleted slave is leashed and commanded to hold her head very high, exposing her neck.
"Lift your head?,he said. "Higher! Higher!" She looked up at him, her head far back, the leash on her throat."You need not now keep your head in high-harness position,", he said to the girl. She moved her head?.-- Mercenaries of Gor
KARTA:
she kneels on the floor, her thighs spread wide to allow her to lay her chest upon the floor, she leans forward placing her breasts and forehead on the floor, reaching out with her arms fully extended, palms down, ankles may be crossed of uncrossed. show utmost respect. requests may be made from this position.
LEADING POSITION:
A slave approaches her Master's side and bends at the waist, gathering up her hair to present to her Master, so He may lead her by the hair.
Leading position," said Drusus Rencius. I put my head down to his waist and he fastened his left hand in my hair?.-- Kajira of Gor
"Leading position," he said. Sobbing, she rose to her feet, and put her head down, at what would be the height of a man's waist, her legs flexed. A guard walked over and fastened his hand in her hair" -- Rogue of Gor
LEASHA:
A slave kneels with her back to her Master, her thighs spread wide, her back arched. She crosses her wrists in the small of her back for bracelets if required. She then turns her head to the left, her eyes lowered in submission, her lips slightly parted and awaits His leash.
"Leasha," 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
High Lesha;
stand with your back to the Master feet at shoulder width apart move your hair from around your Kol~ar lift your chin and turn your head to the left cross your wrists at the small of your back hold still so the Master can attach the leash to your Kol~ar
NADU:
A slave kneels with her thighs spread wide, her back arched, her head held high and her eyes lowered submissively. She lays her hands palms-up on her thighs. In the position of the pleasure slave.
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
(hand signal);
"He suddenly snapped his fingers and, in the swift double gesture of the Gorean Master, pointed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simultaneously turning his hand, spreading the first and index fingers, pointing downwards. I fled to him and knelt before him, my knees in the dirt, in the position of the pleasure slave, my head down, trembling." -- Captive of Gor
NESTLE:
Slave to be nestled obediently in the crook of the left arm for right handed masters and right arm for left handed masters. The master is normally laying down and the slave 'nestles' into him upon command.
"You there," I said, "crawl to my arms."
"Yes, Master," she said.
"Nestle" I told her.
"Yes, Master," she said. She nestled obediently in the crook of my left arm. -- Explorers of Gor
OBEISANCE:
bending the head, body or knee as a since of reverence, submission, or shame.
The preformance of obeisance, is indeed a display of utter submission, there are discriptions as to how to display this position.
The first "obeisance position," in most cities, is a familiar one, kneeling with the head to the floor, the palms of the hands down on the floor. The second "obeisance position" is "bellying," in which the slave prostrates herself, prone, before the master. The first being a more 'static' prostrate position that is, in many Cities, expected to be instantly performed by slaves, when their master enters a room they are in
Swiftly we assumed a common form of slave obeisance, kneeling, the palms of our hands on the ground, our heads to the ground. Many masters, though it tends to be rather associated usually with given cities, require this position of their girls, usually when they first enter his presence or find themselves, as in a room which he has entered, in his presence. -- Dancer of Gor
The second most commonly described form of 'obeisance' is often referred to as 'bellying' and as the term indicates, has the slave on her belly, head to the floor. It may be done directly at the man's feet, or used prior to the command to 'crawl', in which case the slave will 'belly' from wherever she is, and crawl on her belly, until she reaches the indicated spot, usually at the master's feet.
"Stop," he said. "To your belly." Then I was on my belly, on the tiles, my hands at the sides of my head, prone, before his curule chair. -- Kajira of Gor
"There are many ways to perform obeisance. "I said.
"I am a free woman," she said, " I know none of them."
"I shall instruct you briefly in three," I said. " First kneel before me , back on your heels, yes, with your knees wide, wider, your hands on your thighs, your back straight, your breasts out, good, your belly in, good, and now lower your head in deference, in submission."
"Now that," I said, " may not be exactly a form of obeisance, for authorities do not all agree, but for our purposes we shall count it as one. It is, at any rate, a beautiful position, and it is, certainly, a common position of slave submission."
"Now" I said, " and this is clearly a form of obeisance, bend forward and put your head to the mat, the palms of your hands on the mat. Good. Now lift your head little and come forward, substantially keeping the position. Forward a little more."
"But then my face will be at your feet," she said, "My lips will be over them!"
"Yes," I said, "Good, now, put your head down and lick and kiss my feet."
"I am a free Woman!" she said.
"You are a woman," I said," now softly lingeringly, and lovingly, Good."
"I am not a slave," she said. "All women are slaves, "I said " Imagine what this would be like if you were truly a collared slave."
She gasped.
"Now" I said, "for a third form of obeisance. You may belly to me."
"I do not understand," she whispered.
"There are various forms of bellying, " I said, and bellying may be suitably and pleasingly combined with other forms of floor movements, approaching the Master on all fours, turning to your sides and back, writhing before him, and so on. We will take a very simple variation, suitable for an ignorant free female who has not yet even begun to discover the depths of her sexuality."
She looked up at me.
"On your belly," I said. She backed off a bit , and went to her belly. her hair was before her face, as she now on her belly before me looked up at me.
"Now inch forward," I said, " remaining low on your belly, and when you reach my feet, once again, as before, lifting your head a little, tenderly and humbly, and beautifully, as though you were a slave, lick and kiss them. Good. Good.
Now take my foot and place it gently on your head. Very good. Now place it again on the Mat, and kiss it again. Good. You may now belly back a little, humbly. I have not yet given you permission to rise of course." -- Mercenaries of Gor
PROSTRATE:
The slave kneels and touches her forehead to the floor. stretches her arms out before her with palms face down and fingers spread.
'I knelt before the guest, putting the palms of my hands on the floor and my head to the tiles.' -- Kajira of Gor
RUN AS A SLAVE:
When this command is given, the slave runs toward her objective, taking short rapid steps, with her legs almost straight, her feet hardly leaving the floor. as she moves, her back is straight, her head is turned to the left, and her arms are at her sides, with her palms facing outward at a 45 degree angle to her body. upon reaching her objective she drops gracefully to her knees and typically assumes the nadu position.
"I was amused, for she had run as a slave girl is sometimes taught to run, with rapid short steps, her legs almost straight, her feet scarcely leaving the ground, back straight, head turned to the left, arms at her ides, palms out a forty-five degree angle, more of a dancer's motion that a true run. -- Assassin of Gor
SANDALS:
This is a command for the to place sandals on her Master. They get the sandals and kiss them, then places the sandals on his feet, thonging them tightly and kissing each knot as she completes it. After tying both sandals, she puts her head to his feet in a gesture of submission.
"Sandals!" I suddenly snapped. A Gorean command need not be repeated. Peggy, startled, wild-eyed, rose to her knees and seized my sandals. I stood up, bending over in the low alcove. I pulled on my tunic. She thrust the sandals to her lips, kissing them. "Master?" she asked. She placed the sandals on my feet, thonging them tightly. I buckled my belt, with its dependent pouch. I slung the sword belt, with its attached scabbard, with its sheathed steel, over my left shoulder. "Master?" asked Peggy. (. . .) She finished tying the sandals. As she knotted each she kissed the knot, and then, when finished with both, put her head to my feet in a graceful gesture of submission. Tying his sandals, and often thusly, is a small, homely service often performed by the slave girl for her master. -- Rogue of Gor
There is also mention of the command to remove the sandals:
"Take off my sandals," I said.
"Yes, Master," she said. She looked up. "Never until I was a slave," she said, "did I feel so helpless, alive and vulnerable."
I said nothing.
"I must untie your sandals," she said. "I must crawl to you, if you wish. I must do anything you want. I am happy."
"Attend to your work," I told her.
"Yes, Master," she said. Then she had removed the sandals. She kissed them, and looked up at me -- Explorers of Gor
SHE-SLEEN Also known as "assuming the modality of the she-quadruped.":
In this position, the slave falls to their hands and knees, head down on the floor, forearms resting flush to the ground, thighs spread wide, with hindquarters upthrust for the viewing or the Freeperson's pleasure. "Serving in the modality of the she-quadruped" is an instruction whereby the slave performs their regular duties upon hands and knees, without the benefit of the use of their hands. In this mode the slave may not rise to their feet and may use only their mouth and teeth to grasp and manipulate objects.
A naked slave in sleen collar, was ordered forth on her hands and knees. A sleen leash was attached to her collar and she was marched, as a she-sleen, crawling, abused , to the rape-rack in which I had been earlier confined. -- Slave Girls of Gor
SLAVE LIPS:
The slave turns her head up to the Master, her lips pursed in a sensual kissing position. The slave remains motionless, her lips thusly puckered, and may not move until she is granted the kiss of a Master.
"Similarly, I was not required to respond to certain sorts of commands, for example, to make 'slave lips' pursing my lips for kissing, or to writhe slowly before my viewers." -- Kajira of Gor
STAKE:
"Amina and Rimice," he said, "I have been using as rent slaves." "I see", I said. "Stake position," said Ephialtes to the two women. Immediately they both lay down, with a sound of chain. It is not unusual to forbid a rent slave, during her use times, when chained at a stake,to rise even to her knees" -- Vagabonds of Gor
STAND AS A SLAVE
Standing straight, head high, belly in, one hip turned toward the Free
"Stand as a slave," he said. I stood beautifully, back straight, head high, belly sucked in, hip turned. No woman can stand more beautifully than as a gorean slave girl. "Excellent," said Ladletender, smacking his lips" -- Slave Girl of Gor
SUBMISSION:
The slave kneels back on heels, arms extended, wrists crossed and head between the arms.
"Assume the posture of female submission," I told her. She did so, kneeling back on her heels, her arms extended, wrists crossed, her head between them, down. She was weeping?.-- Tribesmen of Gor
SULA:
a slavegirl will lie on her back, her hands at her sides, palms up, and with her legs spread wide.
"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
TABLE:
quickly drop to your hands and knees, keep your head down (some prefer level with your back), eyes are cast to the floor, your back is straight, and level with the floor, keep very still, so as not to disturb your Master or spill his drink.
TOWER:
A slave kneels with her knees modestly together, back straight, eyes lowered. Her palms rest down upon her thighs.
"The position of the tower slave, in most cities, is very similar to that of the pleasure slave. The major difference is that the tower slave kneels with her knees in a closed position, whereas the pleasure slave, in a symbolic recognition of the fuller nature of her bondage, and its most significant aspects, kneels with them in open position." -- Blood Brothers of Gor
WHIPPING POSITION:
slave kneels before the Free, then leaning forward touches her head to the floor, pulling her hair off to the left side, leaving the whole of her back open and expsosed to the kiss of the whip she tucks her arms into her belly crossing her wrists.
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. I shook, visibly, at his feet. I whimpered. I waited for him to call a guard, to bring the lash. - Slave Girl of Gor
