Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 490 | Common games are lots, dice and stone guessing. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 14 | 487 | A favorite joke, for example, is to tell a young man that his kaiila offer to the parents of his prospective woman has been refused, thus plunging him into despair, until, with roars of laughter, he is informed that it has been accepted. |
| 14 | 488 | This type of thing, incidentally, does not count, culturally, as a violation of truth telling, a practice which the red savages take with great seriousness. |
| 14 | 489 | Gambling, too, is of great interest to the savages. |
| 14 | 490 | Common games are lots, dice and stone guessing. |
| 14 | 491 | Betting, too, may take place in connection with such things as the fall of arrows, and the appearance and movements of animals, particularly birds. |
| 14 | 492 | Kaiila races, perhaps needless to say, are very popular. |
| 14 | 493 | An entire village is likely to turn out to watch such a race. |
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A favorite joke, for example, is to tell a young man that his kaiila offer to the parents of his prospective woman has been refused, thus plunging him into despair, until, with roars of laughter, he is informed that it has been accepted.
This type of thing, incidentally, does not count, culturally, as a violation of truth telling, a practice which the red savages take with great seriousness.
Gambling, too, is of great interest to the savages.
Common games are lots, dice and stone guessing.
Betting, too, may take place in connection with such things as the fall of arrows, and the appearance and movements of animals, particularly birds.
Kaiila races, perhaps needless to say, are very popular.
An entire village is likely to turn out to watch such a race.
- (Savages of Gor, Chapter 14)