Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 39 | One is trained to take the cast spear obliquely on the shield, that it may carom away. |
| 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. |
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One is trained to take the cast spear obliquely on the shield, that it may carom away.
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.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter )