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Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)

In Torvaldsland, the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the jard feeder". - (Kur of Gor, Chapter 36, Sentence #43)
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36 43 In View more quotes about torvaldsland">Torvaldsland, the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the jard feeder".

Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)

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36 40 In such a case he who throws the spear has lost his weapon and the intended target remains unencumbered.
36 41 "The arrow is swifter," said Cabot.
36 42 "It is not for nothing the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the bird of death.
36 43 In Torvaldsland, the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the jard feeder".
36 44 This reference seems obscure, but the jard is a Gorean bird, a small, black, flocking bird, a scavenger.
36 45 Its gatherings, sometimes before battles, or in the vicinity of lengthy, desperate marches, are often regarded with uneasiness, and some see it as a bird of ill omen.
36 46 A saying in the Gorean north, seemingly related, is to speak of a defeated force as having been given over to the feasting of jards.
In such a case he who throws the spear has lost his weapon and the intended target remains unencumbered. "The arrow is swifter," said Cabot. "It is not for nothing the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the bird of death. In Torvaldsland, the arrow is sometimes spoken of as the jard feeder". This reference seems obscure, but the jard is a Gorean bird, a small, black, flocking bird, a scavenger. Its gatherings, sometimes before battles, or in the vicinity of lengthy, desperate marches, are often regarded with uneasiness, and some see it as a bird of ill omen. A saying in the Gorean north, seemingly related, is to speak of a defeated force as having been given over to the feasting of jards. - (Kur of Gor)