Book 3. (7 results) Priest-Kings of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2 | What in the passageways I had taken to be the scent of priest-kings had actually been the residue of odor-signals which priest-kings, like certain social insects of our world, use in communicating with one another. |
| 10 | 3 | The slightly acrid odor I had noticed tends to be a common property of all such signals, much as there is a common property to the sound of a human voice, whether it be that of an Englishman, a Bushman, a Chinese or a Gorean, which sets it apart from, say, the growling of animals, the hiss of snakes, the cry of birds. |
| 10 | 4 | The priest-kings have eyes, which are compound and many-faceted, but they do not much rely on these organs. |
| 10 | 5 | They are, for them, something like our ears and nose, used as secondary sensors to be relied upon when the most pertinent information in the environment is not relayed by vision, or, in the case of the priest-kings, by scent. |
| 10 | 6 | Accordingly the two golden-haired, jointed appendages protruding from their globelike heads, above the rounded, disklike eyes, are their primary sensory organs. |
| 10 | 7 | I gather that these appendages are sensitive not only to odors but, due to a modification of some of the golden hairs, may also transform sound vibrations into something meaningful in their experience. |
| 10 | 8 | Thus, if one wishes, one may speak of them not only as smelling but hearing through these appendages. |
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What in the passageways I had taken to be the scent of priest-kings had actually been the residue of odor-signals which priest-kings, like certain social insects of our world, use in communicating with one another.
The slightly acrid odor I had noticed tends to be a common property of all such signals, much as there is a common property to the sound of a human voice, whether it be that of an Englishman, a Bushman, a Chinese or a Gorean, which sets it apart from, say, the growling of animals, the hiss of snakes, the cry of birds.
The priest-kings have eyes, which are compound and many-faceted, but they do not much rely on these organs.
They are, for them, something like our ears and nose, used as secondary sensors to be relied upon when the most pertinent information in the environment is not relayed by vision, or, in the case of the priest-kings, by scent.
Accordingly the two golden-haired, jointed appendages protruding from their globelike heads, above the rounded, disklike eyes, are their primary sensory organs.
I gather that these appendages are sensitive not only to odors but, due to a modification of some of the golden hairs, may also transform sound vibrations into something meaningful in their experience.
Thus, if one wishes, one may speak of them not only as smelling but hearing through these appendages.
- (Priest-Kings of Gor, Chapter )