Gorean Punishments
| Whipping | Deprivation of Use |
Denial of Clothing |
| Removal of Name |
Shearing of Hair |
Punishment Quotes |
A-Frame captives can be hung from large wooden frames...somewhat shaped like an "A." High on the beach, I saw two pairs of sloping beams. They were high, large and heavy structures. The feet of the beams were planted widely, deeply, in the sand; at the top, where they sloped together, they had been joined and pegged. They were rather like the English letter "A," though lacking the crossbar. Within each "A," her wrists bound by wrapped and taut leather to heavy rings set in the sloping sides, there hung a girl, her full weight on her wrists. Each wore the brief skins of the forest panthers. They were panther girls, captured. Their heads were down, their blond hair falling forward. Their ankles had been tied rather widely apart, each fastened by leather to iron rings further down the beams. It was an exchange point. It is thus that outlaws, to passing ships, display their wares...."Hunters of Gor,"..pg. 18
Bastinado this punishment is not described in too much detail, however on earth it would translate into a beating with a stick or cudgel....the usually is to the soles of the feet.
Beheading this is an ancient form of execution, seen as an option when the offender is of the same Home Stone. It consists of stripping, beating and beheading the offender...it is considered a merciful death.
Belting this explains itself for the most part. A belt is used to strike the offending slave. she can be hit anywhere; usually the lashing occurs on her ass, legs, and back. The degree of punishment is up to He who holds the belt. Some say the Master belt gets its name because it is used sometimes in the disciplining of bond-maids. This seems to be a doubtful origin of the name. It is true, however, questions of the origin of the name aside, that bond-maids, stripped, are often taught obediance under its lash...."Marauders of Gor,"..pg. 51
Chained on the Boards a very old form of execution that involves the person being chained in collar and shackles on parallel upright boards-much like the punishment of hanging from an iron collar. The victim can take some time to die...possibly even a few days. These structures are most common in harbour cities near the wharves.
Couching a Free Man may chain His troublesome FC to the slave ring on His couch for the night without mats or blankets..He may also use this to punish a slave. This harsh treatment, incidentally, when she is thought to deserve it, may even be inflicted on a free companion, in spite of the fact that she is free and usually much loved. According to the Gorean way of looking at things a taste of the slave ring is thought to be occasionally beneficial to all women, even the exalted free woman. Thus when she has been irritable or otherwise troublesome even a Free Companion may find herself at the foot of the couch looking forward to a pleasant night on the stones, stripped, with neither mat nor blanket, chained to the slave ring precisely as though she were a lowly slave girl. It is the Gorean way of reminding her, should she need to be reminded, that she, too, is a woman, and thus to be dominated, to be subject to men. Should she be tempted to forget this basic fact of Gorean life the slave ring set in the bottom of each Gorean couch is there to refresh her memory. Gor is a mans world..."Priest Kings of Gor,"..pg. 67 I would allow Vika to share the great stone couch, it's sleeping pelts, and silken sheets. This was unusual, however, for normally the Gorean Slave Girl sleeps at the foot of her Masters couch, often on a straw mat with only a thin, cotton-like blanket, woven from the soft fibers of the Rep plant, to protect her from the cold. If she has not pleased her Master of late, she may be, of course, as a disciplinary measure, simply chained nude to the slave ring in the bottom of the couch, sans both the blanket and the mat. The stones of the floor are hard and the Gorean nights cold and it is a rare girl who, when unchained in the morning, does not seek more dutifully to serve her master..."Priest Kings of Gor,"..pg. 67
Dung Sack this is used as a punishment when slaves are forced to spend a night in the sack-which may or may not be holding any type of dung.
Exile a Man being exiled for whatever reason is publicly refused bread and salt, ordered to leave the city by sundown under penalty of death. The exiled One may not come within ten pasangs of the city from that day forward.
Frame of Humiliation a wooden frame to which the condemned person is tied to. It is then set adrift in the Vosk River so that he may die of exposure or dehydration; or he may be eaten by tharlarion or other carnivorous reptiles.
Garbage Death a way of killing where a slave is bound naked and thrown to canal urts; as in Port Kar.
Hung in an Iron Collar an ancient form of execution where the offenders are chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, sometimes taking two to three days to die.
Hung from Poles the captive is hung from poles set into the ground...usually nude. The hands are tied to a top pole, the feet to the poles on the side-similar to the use of an A-Frame for punishment or display of capture. The girls had set two poles in the sand, and lashed a high crossbar to them. The man's wrists, widely apart, were, by leather binding fiber, fastened to this bar. He was nude. He hung about a foot from the ground. His legs had been widely spread and tied to the side poles..."Hunters of Gor,"..pg. 27
Impalement the impaled person on the pole lance or spear is lifted with the dying body raised for all to view. When one who is a slave strikes a free person the penalty is not infrequently death by impalement, preceded by lengthy torture.."Assassins of Gor,"..pg. 74
Penalty Brand small brands, often 1/4 inch-marking the person as a traitor, liar, thief, etc.
Put to the Oar a bond-maid on a ship of Torvaldsland if found displeasing can be strapped and tied to an oar with her hands behind her body. she is tilted so her head will face the blade of the oar. the rowing will then continue as if she wasn't there..she is forced to gasp for air when the oar lifts from the water. this is somewhat dangerous due to sea sleen and sharks. girls work hard to please the Men as they don't want to be punished like this or used for bait in the same manner. 'I will not eat the gruel of bond-maids,' said Aelgifu 'You will eat it' said the Forkbeard, 'or you will be stripped and put to the oar.' She looked at him in horror. 'That will not violate you my pretty' said the Forkbeard. In this punishment the girl, clothed or unclothed, is bound tightly to an oar, hands behind her, her head down, toward the blade. When the oar lifts from the water she gasps for breath, only in another moment to be submerged again. A recalcitrant girl may be kept on the oar for hours. There is also, however some danger in this, for sea sleen and the white sharks of the north occasionally attempt to tear such a girl from the oar. When food is low, it is not unknown for the men of Torvaldsland to use a bond-maid, if one is available on the ship, for bait in such a manner. The least pleasing girl is always used. This practice, of course encourages bond-maids the vie vigorously to please their masters. An Ahn on the oar is usually more than sufficient to make the coldest and proudest of females an obedient, eager-to-please bond-maid..."Marauders of Gor,"..pg. 66
Sale often, if an Owner finds a slave to displeasing in any way, They will just rid Themselves of the offending slave at a sale. "Where you ever happy with a master," I asked acidly. "Oh yes," said Ute. Her eyes shone. I looked at her disgustedly. "What happened," I asked. She looked down. "I tried to bend him to my will," she said. "He sold me."..."Captive of Gor,"..pg. 83
Slave Box a small square iron box, usually three feet by three feet-with a door having a viewing area. slaves may be locked into the boxes as punishment.
Staking a death from exposure used in Klima for those attempting to escape. the person is staked to the salt crusts...spread-eagled, until the heat of the Tahari sun kills them.
Sleen Death when a Master is done with a slave, or displeased with a slave He may stake her out-tying her ankles far apart to seperate posts. the slave, blindfolded, is cut open on the thigh. blood drawn and smeared over the body to attract the animal to the slave.
Tarn Death a person is attached to four different tarns by each of thier limbs..they are then flown into the air where the tarns seperate and the body is torn apart.
Torn Apart by Thalarion an execution that involves ropes being tied to the offender's wrists and ankles. these bindings are attached to two different tharlarion which are then drawn in opposite directions, tearing the body apart.
Trampled by Thalarion the offender will be bound..placed before a thalarion, and left there till maimed or trampled to death.
Whipping usually a slave is stripped and secured to a tall post set in the ground...there are a variety of whips used. this can be used to punish a number of offenses, or used to teach a slave of the whip and make her move as a slave should. a slave can be whipped anywhere, anytime, anyplace because her Master wishes it so.
"What are you going to do with me and my men?" I demanded. "Bring a whip," said Verna. Mira leaped to her feet. "Curiosity," she said. "Is not becoming in a Kajirus.".."Hunters of Gor,"..pg. 137
"What is to be done with us?" demanded Verna. "Curiosity," said Marlenus, "is not becoming in a Kajira. You might be beaten for it."..."Hunters of Gor,"..pg. 142
Then He said to the bond-maids, "Take her to the whipping post." The bond-maids, laughing, dragged Hilda to the post, stout, of peeled wood, which stood outside the Hall. Ottar, then, with a scrap of binding fiber, crossed and rudely bound, before her body, the wrists of the daughter of Thorgard of Scagnar; he then, reaching up, fastened her wrists to the heavy iron ring over her head. Her breasts were against the post; she could not place her heels on the ground...."Marauders of Gor,"..pg. 126
'Does Phyllis remember the lash?' asked Flaminius. The girl's eyes widened with fear. 'Yes,' she said..."Assassins of Gor,"..pg. 131
"I went to Targo, trembling, and knelt at his feet... 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,"..pg. 200