Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 51 | Many of the columns carved, with painted surfaces, on the walls, reminded me of rune stones. |
| 16 | 52 | These stones, incidentally, are normally quite colorful, and can often be seen at great distances. |
| 16 | 53 | Each year their paint is freshened, commonly on the vigil of the vernal equinox, which, in the north, as commonly in the south, marks the new year. |
| 16 | 54 | Religious rune stones are repainted by rune-priests on the vigil of the fest-season of Odin, which, on Gor, takes place in the fall. |
| 16 | 55 | If the stones were not tended, either by farmers on whose lands they lie, or by villagers in whose locales they lie, or by rune-priests, in a few years, the paint would be gone, leaving only the plain stone. |
| 16 | 56 | The most famous rune stone in the north is that on Einar's Skerry, which marks the northland's southern border. |
| 16 | 57 | "Can you not read these runes?" I asked Ivar, again. |
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Many of the columns carved, with painted surfaces, on the walls, reminded me of rune stones.
These stones, incidentally, are normally quite colorful, and can often be seen at great distances.
Each year their paint is freshened, commonly on the vigil of the vernal equinox, which, in the north, as commonly in the south, marks the new year.
Religious rune stones are repainted by rune-priests on the vigil of the fest-season of Odin, which, on Gor, takes place in the fall.
If the stones were not tended, either by farmers on whose lands they lie, or by villagers in whose locales they lie, or by rune-priests, in a few years, the paint would be gone, leaving only the plain stone.
The most famous rune stone in the north is that on Einar's Skerry, which marks the northland's southern border.
"Can you not read these runes?" I asked Ivar, again.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter )