Common Positions and Commands for Kajirae

[A new slave girl respond­ing to being put in kaji­ra positions]
I would lat­er become extreme­ly famil­iar with such posi­tions, but they were, at the time, quite new to me, and some­what fright­en­ing. What most fright­ened me about them was the way they made me feel. It was not mere­ly that, in them, I found pro­foundly stirred. In them, help­lessly, vul­ner­a­bly, I also sensed a per­sonal right­ness. I knew that in some sense I belonged in them. This was in con­tra­dic­tion to my entire upbring­ing, back­ground, edu­ca­tion and con­di­tion­ing. Could such things have been wrong?
– Witness of Gor, Page 23 

Through­out the Gor nov­els, one sees kaji­rae com­mand­ed to assume a wide vari­ety of posi­tions for the con­ve­nience and plea­sure of the mas­ter. While these posi­tions are invari­ably both use­ful, and beau­ti­ful, not all of them are like­ly to be of use in real­i­ty. Moreover, through­out the Gor nov­els, not only are some of the posi­tions referred to by the dif­fer­ent names (e.g. ‘nadu’ and ‘Position!’ mean the same thing), but many of the posi­tions are men­tioned to have vari­a­tions depend­ing on where the posi­tion was taught and the master’s pref­er­ence, and at least one valid posi­tion is not named at all (Abject Obeisance) but is com­mand­ed nonethe­less. To add to the con­fu­sion, there are a num­ber of com­mands which are not spe­cif­ic posi­tions at all, but rather, com­mands to an action which might vary great­ly depend­ing on the posi­tion the girl is in (e.g. ‘nes­tle’, ‘lesha’, or ‘bracelets’; com­mands which might be giv­en while prone, sit­ting, or standing).

It’s worth not­ing that these posi­tions and com­mands are not exclu­sive. There are men­tions in the Gor nov­els of dif­fer­ent train­ing hous­es that teach dif­fer­ent posi­tions, or sub­tle vari­a­tions on these com­mon posi­tions, and that var­i­ous mas­ters might pur­chase girls from the spe­cif­ic train­ing house which teach­es the exact posi­tions and vari­a­tions which he finds most pleas­ing. While we’re cov­er­ing the most com­mon posi­tions and com­mands for a slave, both in the books and on-line, that should not be tak­en to mean that these are the only posi­tions and com­mands which are appro­pri­ate, or ‘allowed’ to be used for a kaji­ra. Let each own­er decide what pleas­es him most.

What will fol­low will be a com­pre­hen­sive list­ing of every posi­tion men­tioned in the Gor nov­els, while break­ing out the com­mands which are not dis­tinct posi­tions that a girl is com­mand­ed into on her own, and dis­tin­guish­ing the role­play posi­tion one might encounter in on-line venues. 

A Position is defined as a spe­cif­ic sta­t­ic pose which a kaji­ra may be com­mand­ed to assume. 

A Command is defined as an action which a girl might be direct­ed to per­form, and it might come from any position.

This results in a group of 20 dis­tinct posi­tions from the Gor nov­els and 17 com­mands. Accordingly, these are the fol­low­ing types of ‘posi­tions’ which will be covered;

• Gorean nov­el posi­tions – Explicit and spe­cif­ic posi­tions in the Gor nov­els that a kaji­ra can be com­mand­ed to 
• Gorean nov­el com­mands – Commands which des­ig­nate modes, actions, vari­able per­for­mance, or in which the mas­ter binds the girl to a behav­ior. They do not stip­u­late a spe­cif­ic, sta­t­ic position.
• Roleplaying inven­tions – Positions cre­at­ed to facil­i­tate on-line roleplay 

Gorean Novel Positions

There are 21 dis­tinct, dis­crete, sta­t­ic posi­tions men­tioned in the Gor nov­els, some under mul­ti­ple names. They have been col­lat­ed here in an attempt to elim­i­nate (or at least illu­mi­nate) confusion.

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All Fours, She-Sleen , or She- Tarsk

This posi­tion is known by many names, but the intent is clear; the kaji­ra is reduced to the phys­i­cal behav­ior of a low­er form of ani­mal by being placed in a four-legged posi­tion. The kaji­ra goes down to all fours, hands and knees on the ground, and may not rise from her knees. This is basic posi­tion used in the Discipline of the She-Quadruped.

In this dis­ci­pline the female is for­bid­den human speech. She is also for­bid­den human pos­ture, in the sense that she is not allowed to rise to her feet. Her loco­mo­tion, unless com­mand­ed to roll, or put under sim­i­lar com­mands, suit­able for a pet, will be on all fours. Her food will be thrown to her, or put in pans on the ground. In either case, she must feed with­out the use of her hands. She may also, of course, be fed by hand, but, again, will not be per­mit­ted to touch the food with her hands. She may be taught tricks. Sometimes these are taught as func­tions of arbi­trary sounds, so that she must learn them as any ani­mal might, with­out the ben­e­fit of an ear­li­er under­stand­ing of the word used. If she is slow to learn, of course, she is pun­ished, as would be any oth­er ani­mal. When used, too, it will com­mon­ly be in the modal­i­ty of the she-quadru­pled. This dis­ci­pline is often used as a pun­ish­ment, but it may fig­ure in the train­ing of a new girl. It helps her to under­stand what she now is, an ani­mal total­ly sub­ject to her master. 
Mercenaries of Gor, Pages 215–216

“Girl,” I said to her. She, addressed, scram­bled to her knees. She kept her head down. She whim­pered. “She does not speak,” said Boabissia. “She is per­haps under the dis­ci­pline of the she-quadruped,” I said. The girl whim­pered, look­ing at us, nod­ding her head affir­ma­tive­ly. Then she put down her head, again. 
Mercenaries of Gor, Page 215

“Now on all fours, arms straight, head up!” I said. Immediately she assumed this position. 

“Please do not put me in the slav­ery of the she-quadruped, Master,” she begged. 

“I will put you there, and keep you there, if it pleas­es me,” I told her. 

“Yes, Master,” she said.

Guardsman of Gor, Page 298

Melina, now a naked slave in sleen col­lar, was ordered forth on her hands and knees. A sleen leash was attached to her col­lar and she was marched, as a she- sleen , crawl­ing, abused, to the rape-rack. 
Slave Girl of Gor. Page 238

“In what slav­ery, or slaver­ies, will mas­ter place me?” she asked. I looked at her posi­tion. “Perhaps in these slav­ery of the she-quadruped,” I said. “Master may do so, if he wish­es,” she said, “if it pleas­es him, or amus­es him.” 
Guardsman of Gor, Page 225

A slave is some­times put to all fours, that she may move thus­ly, accom­pa­ny­ing mas­ters. In this pos­ture she can­not sud­den­ly run, or dart away. In the sit­u­a­tion described the pos­ture was doubt­less imposed as a secu­ri­ty mea­sure, on an unknown slave, mys­te­ri­ous­ly arrived from the dark­ness. In oth­er sit­u­a­tions the pos­ture may be imposed upon her as a dis­ci­pline, to posi­tion her for ani­mal usage, to remind her that she is a slave, and so on. 

Mariners of Gor, Page 63

“To all fours,” he said to her.

“Yes, Master,” she said.

This posi­tion can be ignit­ing to a female slave, being so posi­tioned by a mas­ter. At the least, they are well remind­ed, so posi­tioned beside a man, that they are slaves.

Mariners of Gor, Page 554

“Assume the posi­tion of the she-tarsk ‚” I said. 

She went to all fours.

Rebels of Gor, Page 144 

“Here,” said Tajima to the slave, point­ing to the floor of the hut, at his feet, “here, before me, go to all fours, and keep your head down.”

Rebels of Gor, Page 304 

Tajima took the ropes and said to the slave, “I shall toss these ropes to the side of the hut. You will fetch them on all fours, lift them in your teeth, and then return before me, on all fours. You will then lift them in your mouth to me, and, when I accept them, you will kneel, and await my pleasure.”

Rebels of Gor, Page 308 

“On all fours,” I said to her. “Crawl to the sleep­ing mat.”

She was then on the mat on all fours.

Rebels of Gor, Page 487

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Bara or ‘Standard Binding Position’

The kaji­ra goes prone on her bel­ly, face flat on the floor and turned to her left, her wrists and ankles crossed behind her. This is the ‘Binding Position’, where the kaji­ra is ready to be bound.

“Standard bind­ing posi­tion,” he said.

I was prone. When a girl is prone, the stan­dard bind­ing posi­tion is to cross the wrists behind the back and to cross the ankles. I took this posi­tion instan­ta­neous­ly.” That I did this did not cause him any plea­sure. No one in the room thought any­thing of it. I was sim­ply a prone slave girl who had been com­mand­ed to stan­dard bind­ing posi­tion. No one in the room, includ­ing myself; would have expect­ed me to do oth­er than com­ply. Lack of com­pli­ance by a slave girl to a com­mand in the Gorean world is unthink­able. She obeys.

Slave Girl of Gor, Page 125

“Bara,” said Mincon to Tula. 

“Bara,” said I to Feiqua .

Both slaves went imme­di­ate­ly to their bel­lies, their heads to the left, their wrists crossed behind their backs, their ankles also crossed. It is a com­mon bind­ing position. 

Mercenaries of Gor, Page 145 

“Bara, Kajira! ” he said. 

She rolled quick­ly to her stom­ach, plac­ing her wrists behind her, crossed, and cross­ing her ankles, ready to be bound.
Explorers of Gor, Page 77 

“Bara!” he snapped.

I flung myself to my bel­ly in the grass, putting my hands behind me, wrists crossed, and cross­ing my ankles, too. I lay there in con­fu­sion, in obe­di­ence. He went to pick up the bind­ing fiber which had been removed from my ankles by Tupita , from my wrists, a bit before, by him­self. I had been spared! He returned to crouch over me. Tightly then were my wrists and ankles tied. He knew well how to tie women. 

“Oh!” I said, my ankles were pulled up and fas­tened to my wrists. He then pulled me to my knees and I knelt help­less­ly, close­ly and per­fect­ly bound, before him.

Dancer of Gor, Page 415

“Bara!” he said.

She instant­ly respond­ed to his com­mand, as she had been trained to do. She was now on her bel­ly, her wrists crossed behind her, her ankles, too, crossed.

Prize of Gor, Page 196

“Bara,” he said.

She went to her stom­ach and crossed her wrists behind her back, and crossed her ankles.

Kur of Gor, Page 317

Hitherto she had been lying on her bel­ly in the straw, her head turned to the side, in bara , her wrists crossed behind her, with her ankles crossed, as well. It is a com­mon hold­ing, and help­less­ness, posi­tion for a slave. In it, of course, she is posi­tioned per­fect­ly for a swift and secure binding. 

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 370 

When the mer­chan­dise had been secured, each item had been placed in the bara posi­tion, though they did not know the name for the posi­tion as yet, each on her stom­ach, head fac­ing to the left, her wrists crossed behind her and her ankles crossed, as well. 

Smugglers of Gor, Page 3 

“Bara!” she snapped.

Instantly we turned about in the neck rope, with its three knot­ted dou­ble loops, and went to our stom­achs, our heads to the left, our wrists crossed behind us, and our ankles, as well. It is not advis­able to hes­i­tate in respond­ing to a com­mand. The bara posi­tion was, I sup­pose the first slave posi­tion in which I had been placed. Of course I did not at that time under­stand it, or know its name. 

One is quite help­less in the bara posi­tion. One is on one’s stom­ach and one’s hands are behind one, so one can­not use them to rise, and one’s body is extend­ed, with one’s ankles crossed. One can­not eas­i­ly rise from that posi­tion. Too, psy­cho­log­i­cal­ly, one feels one­self sub­mit­ted, and at the mer­cy of others. 

Smugglers of Gor, Page 296 

“Bara!” I snapped.

Instantly she assumed the bara posi­tion, prone, her ankles crossed, her wrists crossed behind her body, her head turned to the left, her cheek on the mat. 

So sim­ply a slave may be posi­tioned, to be bound hand and foot.

Rebels of Gor, Pages 487–488

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Belly

The kaji­ra goes prone on her bel­ly, hands by her head, legs part­ed. If com­mand­ed to crawl from this posi­tion, she must keep her bel­ly in con­tact with the ground.

“To your bel­ly,” he said. 

She went to her bel­ly, her hands at the sides of her head. 

Kajira of Gor, P age 399 

“And if they should snap their fin­gers and point to the floor?” I asked. 

“Then I would swift­ly lie before them, and as a slave,” she said.

Rogue of Gor, P age 102 

“Stop,” he said. “To your belly.”

Then I was on my bel­ly, on the tiles, my hands at the sides of my head, prone, before his curule chair. 

Kajira of Gor, Page 427 

‘Belly,’ I said to Feiqua .

Immediately Feiqua , trem­bling, went to her bel­ly on the stained, soot­ed stones near the fire.

Mercenaries of Gor, Page 19

“On your bel­lies, all of you, fac­ing away, hands at your sides, palms up,” I said.

The slaves, well trained to obey free per­sons, instant­ly, and unques­tion­ing­ly, com­plied, with the excep­tion of Saru , who strug­gled to her feet and held out her hands to Pertinax.

“Gregory!” she sobbed. “Gregory!”

“Must a com­mand be repeat­ed?” said Pertinax . The rep­e­ti­tion of a com­mand is com­mon­ly a cause for dis­ci­pline, unless there is a seri­ous rea­son to sup­pose that the com­mand has not been heard, or has not been under­stood. In this case, it seemed clear the com­mand would have been both heard and under­stood. Failure on the part of a female slave not to respond instant­ly and unques­tion­ing­ly to a com­mand can mean the whip for her. 

“Oh, of course, Gregory,” she said, smil­ing, and quick­ly assumed the pre­scribed position.

Rebels of Gor, Page 407

“On your bel­ly”, I said. 

She backed off a bit , and went to her bel­ly. Her hair was before her face, as she now on her bel­ly before me looked up at me. 

“Now inch for­ward”, I said, “remain­ing low on your bel­ly, and when you reach my feet, once again, as before, lift­ing your head a lit­tle, ten­der­ly and humbly, and beau­ti­ful­ly, as though you were a slave , lick and kiss them. Good. Good. Now take my foot and place it gen­tly on your head. Very good. Now place it again on the Mat, and kiss it again. Good. You may now bel­ly back a lit­tle, humbly. I have not yet giv­en you per­mis­sion to rise of course.” 

Mercenaries of Gor, Page 411

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Brand Display, Mark, or Thigh

Despite a vari­ety of names, this com­mand is clear­ly about the kaji­ra dis­play­ing her brand to the mas­ter. The kaji­ra kneels and grace­ful­ly extends her brand­ed leg, bar­ing it to her hip so that her brand is well dis­played to the mas­ter. Some con­sid­er this to be a com­mand, rather than a posi­tion, since it can be per­formed in a kneel, prone, on all fours, or stand­ing, but we do have defin­i­tive quotes show­ing it to be a spe­cif­ic position.

“Mark?” said a man.

Swiftly she rose up on her knees and turned her left thigh to the inter­roga­tor, at the same time putting her hands behind the small of her back, as though they might be bracelet­ed there. It is one of the posi­tions of brand display. 

Mirus smiled.

Ellen flushed.

I hate him, she thought.

But she remained in the posi­tion, a com­mon one for brand dis­play. Her wrists, behind her back, were near­ly touch­ing. The posi­tion accen­tu­ates the breasts and, giv­en the posi­tion of the hands, is provoca­tive­ly emblematic;

Prize of Gor, Page 416

I did not give her the “thigh” or “brand” com­mand, but I had lit­tle doubt she was now marked. In response to such a com­mand those such as she must kneel on the right knee and extend the left leg grace­ful­ly, bared to the hip. The most com­mon mark­ing site on such as she is high on the left thigh, under the hip.

Mariners of Gor, Page 55

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Capture

The kaji­ra lays prone on her back, her knees raised with feet flat on the floor, her arms along­side her body.

“On your back,” he said, “knees raised, heels on the floor.” 

I then lay before him, in a stan­dard, supine cap­ture position.

Kajira of Gor, Page 422

He thought she looked well on her back, in what is referred to as the “cap­ture posi­tion.” In this posi­tion, the cap­tive locked in the arms of the cap­tor, the cap­tor can assess and enjoy the least nuance of expres­sion in the cap­tive’s coun­te­nance. This posi­tion, too, is enjoyed by many mas­ters with their slaves. 

Kur of Gor, Page 85

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Hair or Leading Position

Sometimes called the ‘Leading Position, the kaji­ra moves to the mas­ter and bends for­ward, draw­ing her hair togeth­er and to one side as she turns her head, then cross­es her wrists behind her and awaits. This can be prepara­to­ry to the mas­ter tak­ing the girl by the hair and lead­ing her, or a hair­cut, or to sim­ply clar­i­fy a kajira’s place to her.

“Leading posi­tion,” said Drusus Rencius .

I put my head down to his waist and he fas­tened his left hand in my hair.

Kajira of Gor, Page 134

The slave was pulled to her feet. She was rough­ly turned about. The hand of Tanalion’s man was then in her hair, fas­ten­ing itself deeply there­in. It was like the closed talon of a bird of prey. She, bound, held, was help­less. She cried out soft­ly, so held, star­tled, in pain. Then, bent over, her wrists con­fined in the cru­el, encir­cling bind­ing fiber, that which I had ear­li­er put well on her, hold­ing them so mer­ci­less­ly, so help­less­ly, behind her back, her head at his hip, stum­bling, weep­ing, she was con­duc ted swift­ly from our presence.

Mercenaries of Gor, Page 437

Her mas­ter seized her from the cir­cle then and hur­ried her from the light, her head down, held by the hair, at his left hip. This is a com­mon lead­ing posi­tion for female slaves being con­duct­ed short dis­tances. As the mas­ter holds her hair in the left hand, it leaves his right hand, com­mon­ly the sword hand, free.
Magicians of Gor, Page 46

I then trans­ferred the paga to my left hand. I then snapped my fin­gers and held my right hand, open, at my hip. Swiftly the girl rose to her feet and, half crouch­ing, put her head by my hand. I fas­tened the fin­gers of my hand deeply and firm­ly in her red hair. She winced, and kissed at my thigh. I then, the gob­let of paga in my left hand, her hair in my right, dragged her beside me, her slen­der chains rustling, to the near­est alcove.

Rogue of Gor, Page 59

In a moment I had left the build­ing, pulling the cap­tive behind me, her head down at my waist, in lead­ing position.

Mercenaries of Gor, Pages 399–400

“A slave approach­es her Master’s side and bends at the waist, gath­er­ing up her hair to present to her Master, so he may lead her by the hair. ” Her mas­ter seized her from the cir­cle then and hur­ried her from the light, her head down, held by the hair, at his left hip. This is a com­mon lead­ing posi­tion for female slaves being con­duct­ed short dis­tances. As the mas­ter holds her hair in the left hand, it leaves his right hand, com­mon­ly the sword hand, free. 

Magicians of Gor, Page 46

She wept, try­ing to hold the guard’s wrist, where it was fas­tened so deeply, so cru­el­ly, in her hair, she bent over, her head at his hip, hur­ried forth, into the room, in a com­mon Gorean lead­ing position.

Prize of Gor, Page 78

“I looked at the girl. I nod­ded to her to approach me. She did so. I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiff­ened, and looked at me, angri­ly. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her train­ing in Gorean cus­toms had been thor­ough. But she nev­er thought that such a ges­ture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouch­ing, put her head down, deeply. I fas­tened my hand in her hair. She winced. Women are help­less in this position.”

Beasts of Gor, Page 409

“I then snapped my fin­gers and held my right hand, open, at my hip. Swiftly the girl rose to her feet and, half crouch­ing, put her head by my hand. I fas­tened the fin­gers of my hand deeply and firm­ly in her red hair. She winced, and kissed at my thigh. I then, the gob­let of paga in my left hand, her hair in my right, dragged her beside me, her slen­der chains rustling, to the near­est alcove.” 

Rogue of Gor, Page 59

Others passed, too, with slaves in cus­tody, but dif­fer­ent­ly, the slaves bent over, in lead­ing posi­tion, their heads at the hips of free men, held there by the hair, these slaves’ hands fas­tened, too, behind their backs.

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 431

We then thrust them stum­bling to the wait­ing Ashigaru who took the hair of each in a sep­a­rate hand and, bend­ing them over at the waist, con­duct­ed them both in a com­mon lead­ing posi­tion to some point of collection. 

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 461

When I was fin­ished I took her by the hair and pulled her from beneath the table, and held her, bent over, in com­mon slave-lead­ing posi­tion, at my left hip, and left the table.

Mariners of Gor, Page 199

Others were put in painful lead­ing posi­tion, one in each hand, their heads held at the hip of their keep­er of the moment.

Mariners of Gor, Page 329

Then she, unsteady, and rub­bing her wrists, was tak­en by the hair, by the pro­pri­etor’s man, was bent over, at the waist, and, in stan­dard lead­ing posi­tion, was con­duct­ed to the back of the tav­ern, and drawn through a thick cur­tain of lay­ered, dan­gling, col­ored beads.

Mariners of Gor, Pages 472–473

He twist­ed her rude­ly, abrupt­ly, about, and down­ward, and she was then at his feet, he crouch­ing over her, his hand in her hair. He then straight­ened up angri­ly, and, she cry­ing out in pain, jerked her to her feet, and held her beside him, bent over at the waist, her head tight against his hip her head down, fac­ing the floor, she then in lead­ing posi­tion. In a moment, she had been con­duct­ed to the side of the fel­low in blue. Her small hands were on the wrists of the fel­low who held her. She was whim­per­ing. As she was held, she could only look down, into the straw. She held her head still, extreme­ly still, to avoid more agony, for the guard’s hand was tight in her hair.

Smugglers of Gor, Page 60

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High Harness

The kaji­ra lifts her head, extend­ing her neck as high as pos­si­ble, bar­ing for inspec­tion, col­lar­ing, or leashing.

“Split your knees,” he said. “More wide­ly.”

…

“Lift your head,” he said. “Higher. Higher!”

She looked up at him, her head far back, the leash on her throat. 

…

“You need not now keep your head in high-har­ness posi­tion,” he said to the girl.

She moved her head.

Mercenaries of Gor, Pages 308–310

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Injection

The kaji­ra lays on her side, prepar­ing her­self for med­ical injec­tions, typ­i­cal­ly in the exposed arm or haunch.

“Lie down there,” said Tutina , “on the rug, before his desk, on your right side, with your knees drawn up.” 

Awkwardly, and with unsteadi­ness, and some pain, the old­er woman, tears in her eyes, humil­i­at­ed, went to her hands and knees, and then to the posi­tion to which she had been directed.

“Hereafter,” said Tutina , “when you hear the com­mand ‘Injection posi­tion’, in what­ev­er lan­guage, you will instant­ly, and unques­tion­ing­ly, assume this position.” 

Prize of Gor, Page 41

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Kneel to the Coffle

The kaji­ra kneels, lift­ing her left wrist to be cuffed and chained. Typically this is used with a group of kaji­rae, in which case, they will kneel in a line, one close behind the other.

“Kneel to be cof­fle,” said one of the men. 

The girls knelt, close­ly, one behind the oth­er, there were six wrist rings on the chain he car­ried. He placed the girl who had been whipped by Lady Sabina first in the cof­fle line. 

“Left wrist cof­fle,” he said. 

They lift­ed their left wrists, fright­ened. Interestingly, the man snap­ping the wrist rings on the girls’ left wrists did not put the first girl in the first ring, but the sec­ond. When the four maids were cof­fled there was, thus, an emp­ty wrist ring both at the head and rear of the line. 

“Stand, Slaves,” said the man. “Lower chain.” 

The girls stood. Then, ordered, the low­ered their wrists. They were then in line, stand­ing, cof­fled .
Slave Gor of Gor, P age 127 

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Kneel to the Whip

The kaji­ra faces away from the mas­ter and kneels, then bends for­ward with her arms beneath her along the out­side of her breasts, wrists crossed, ful­ly expos­ing her back. The basic posi­tion is kneel­ing with thighs closed, how­ev­er, the mas­ter may com­mand the thighs to be spread, as well.

She crawled to the point, trem­bling, where I had indicated. 

‘Kneel to the whip’, I ordered her. 

She knelt there, trem­bling, her head down to the grass, her wrists crossed beneath her, as though bound. I struck her thrice.

Blood Brothers of Gor, Page 137

“Kneel to the whip!” I cried. Terrified the girl scram­bled to her knees and knelt down, mak­ing her­self small, her head to the furs. Her wrists were crossed under her, as though bound. She trembled.

Rogue of Gor, Page 21

‘Kneel to the whip, Melpomene!’ she ordered. 

Melpomene then, sob­bing, knelt, her legs close togeth­er, her wrists held crossed under her, as though bound, her head down, touch­ing the floor, the bow of her back exposed, a slave girl await­ing punishment.

Fighting Slave of Gor, Page 284

‘Kneel to the whip’, said Samos. 

Piteously she knelt, a slave girl. Her wrists were crossed under her, as though bound, her head was to the floor, the bow of her back was exposed. She shud­dered. I had lit­tle doubt but that this slave knew well, and much feared, the dis­ci­plin­ing kiss of the Gorean slave lash. 

Marauders of Gor, Page 13

I went to Targo, trem­bling, and knelt at his feet … I crossed my wrists beneath me and touched my head to the floor, expos­ing the bow of my back. It is the sub­mis­sive pos­ture of a slave girl who is to be pun­ished. It is called Kneeling to the Whip.
Captive of Gor, Page 200

Elizabeth, trem­bling, low­ered her head to the floor and crossed her wrists beneath her, kneel­ing, as it is said, to the whip.

Assassin of Gor, Page 46

Terrified, she, as the expres­sion is, knelt to the whip, assum­ing the posi­tion of the slave girl who is to be pun­ished, her wrists crossed beneath her as though bound and her head touch­ing the floor, leav­ing the bow of her back exposed.

Priest Kings of Gor, Pages 201–202

I crossed my wrists beneath me and touched my head to the floor, expos­ing the bow of my back. It is the sub­mis­sive pos­ture of a slave girl who is to be pun­ished. It is called Kneeling to the Whip. 

Captive of Gor, Page 200

“Kneel to the whip,” he said.

I obeyed. I put my head down, and, beneath my body, crossed my wrists, as though they were bound. My back was bowed, ready for what­ev­er pun­ish­ment he might see fit to admin­is­ter to me. 

Slave Girl of Gor, Page 436

Return to the Positions and Commands chart

Nadu, Position, the Position of the Pleasure Slave, or the Primary Slave Position

The kaji­ra kneels with wide-spread thighs, back straight, chest high and up-thrust, her butt on her heels, her head held straight with low­ered eyes. In the basic posi­tion, her hands rest on her thighs with the palms down. Variations include palms fac­ing up, to indi­cate desire and vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty to the mas­ter, as well as wrists crossed in the front or the back, or arms up with hands clasped behind her neck in a Display mode. 

“Nadu!” he snapped. 

She swift­ly turned, fac­ing him, and dropped to her knees. She knelt back on her heels, her back straight, her hands on her thighs, her head up, her knees wide. It was the p osi­tion of the plea­sure slave.
Explorers of Gor, P age 77

She knelt in the posi­tion of the Pleasure Slave but her hands on her thighs had uncon­scious­ly, plead­ing­ly, turned their palms to me, and she no longer knelt quite back on her heels. It was as though she begged to be allowed to lift and open her arms and rise and come to my arms. But as I looked upon her stern­ly she turned her palms again to her thighs, knelt back on her heels and dropped her head, hold­ing her eyes as if by force of will fixed on the plas­tic beneath my sandals.

Priest Kings of Gor, Pages 234–235

He sud­den­ly snapped his fin­gers and, in the swift dou­ble ges­ture of the Gorean Master, point­ed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simul­ta­ne­ous­ly turn­ing his hand, spread­ing the first and index fin­gers, point­ing down­wards. I fled to him and knelt before him, my knees in the dirt, in the posi­tion of the plea­sure slave, my head down, trembling.
Captive of Gor, P age 143 

She knelt back on her heels, her back straight, her head up, her hands on her thighs. She knelt in the posi­tion of the house slave. I looked at her stern­ly. Swiftly, she spread her knees. She knelt now in the posi­tion of the plea­sure slave, the slave of inter­est to men.
Fighting Slave of Gor, P age 346 

The posi­tion of the Pleasure Slave, inci­den­tal­ly, dif­fers from the posi­tion of both the free woman and the Tower Slave. The hands of a Pleasure Slave nor­mal­ly rest on her thighs but, in some cities, for exam­ple, Thentis , I believe, they are crossed behind her. More sig­nif­i­cant­ly, for the free wom­an’s hands may also rest on her thighs, there is a dif­fer­ence in the place­ment of the knees. In all these kneel­ing posi­tions, inci­den­tal­ly, even that of the Pleasure Slave, the Gorean woman car­ries her­self well; her back is straight and her chin is high. She tends to be vital and beau­ti­ful to look upon.” 

Priest-Kings of Gor, Page 46

“Position!, ” I snapped. 

Swiftly she knelt again, as she had been com­mand­ed earlier. 

“You obey with the alacrity of a slave girl,” I observed. 

“If I do not,” she said, “I could be pun­ished as one, could I not?” 

“Yes,” I said, “and would be.” 

I walked about her, exam­in­ing her, She kept her back very straight, and her head up. I was then again before her. I not­ed that the palms of her hands, so soft, so vul­ner­a­ble, had turned on her thighs, so that they faced up. Among slave girls this is a com­mon ways of sig­nal­ing need, hel pless­ness, a desire to please. 

Vagabonds of Gor, Page 209

“Come now, my pret­ty slaves”; said Ginger, “kneel straight, back straight, heads up. Back on your heel there! Spread those pret­ty knees. Yes, that is the way men like it. Put your hands, palms down, on your thighs, Good. Good. Excellent! ”

The girls now knelt in the cof­fle as plea­sure slaves.

Savages of Gor, Page 155

The posi­tion of plea­sure slave, inci­den­tal­ly, dif­fers from the posi­tion of both the free woman and the Tower slave. The hands of the Pleasure Slave nor­mal­ly rest on her thighs but, in some cities, for exam­ple, Thentis , they are crossed behind her. More sig­nif­i­cant­ly, for the free wom­an’s hands may also rest on her thighs, there is a dif­fer­ence in the place­ment of the knees. In all these kneel­ing posi­tions, inci­den­tal­ly, even that of the Pleasure Slave, the Gorean woman car­ried her­self well, her back is straight and her chin is high. She tends to be vital and beau­ti­ful to look upon. 

Priest-Kings of Gor, Page 46

“Position!”, we heard. 

Immediately, every girl on every plat­form assumed posi­tion. I looked about, as I could. Every girl that I saw, had assumed, as I had, the open- kneed posi­tion. It was required of them, as I gath­ered, as it was required of me. They were all attrac­tive. I won­dered, what sort of slaves we were, that we must kneel in this fash­ion.

Dancer of Gor, Page 119

It is cus­tom­ary in the kneel­ing posi­tion to remain a few feet back from the male. The kneel­ing posi­tion, itself, express­es the servi­tude of the slave, and her sub­mis­sion. The dis­tance serves three major pur­pos­es. It sym­bol­izes, in the dis­tance, as well as in the dif­fer­en­tial height, the social infe­ri­or­i­ty of the slave to the mas­ter. It puts the slave in a posi­tion, where all of her, for the Master’s delight, can be seen. A kneel­ing woman is incred­i­bly beau­ti­ful. It also puts enough space between the slave and the free male so that the releas­ing of his rapac­i­ty is then like­ly to require a deci­sion, and is less like­ly to be sim­ply, reflex­ive­ly, trig­gered. This is regard­ed as being par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant when the slave is in the pres­ence of a male who is not her Master. The kneel­ing posi­tion, thus, inter­est­ing­ly, can occa­sion­al­ly pro­vide a mea­sure of secu­ri­ty, if not a ten­u­ous one, for the slave, tend­ing to reduce, to some extent, the fre­quen­cy in which, in a cul­ture with such inter­per­son­al prox­im­i­ties, she might be sub­ject­ed to unau­tho­rized rape. This same tiny mea­sure of pro­tec­tion, of course, puts her in much greater dan­ger from her real Master, for he, observ­ing her, see­ing her kneel­ing beau­ti­ful­ly before him, can also delay in his con­sid­er­a­tions as to her suit­able exploitations.

Dancer of Gor, Page 156

“Kneel, back on your heels,” said the train­er to the dark-haired woman, “ Straighten your back, suck in your gut, put your shoul­ders back, thrust out your breasts, spread your knees, wide­ly, lift your chin, put your hands on your thighs. You are not going to be sold as a tow­er slave, Lady Tina. You are going to be sold as a plea­sure slave.” 

Kajira of Gor, Page 141

“Nadu!” he cried, loos­en­ing the whip coils on her throat. She swift­ly knelt, back on her heels, back straight, head high, hands on her thighs, knees wide.

Explorers of Gor, Page 80

“Nadu!” said Tajima, sharply.

The girl strug­gled to nadu, kneel­ing back on her heels, her head up, her back straight, the palms of her hands down on her thighs. She did not make eye con­tact with any of the free men, but kept her gaze forward.

It is a beau­ti­ful position.

“Split your knees,” said Tajima.

“No!” said Pertinax .

“Now!” said Tajima.

The girl spread her knees.

“Wider!” said Tajima. She was, after all, a collar-girl.

The for­mer Miss Wentworth com­plied, quick­ly, docile­ly, with Tajima’s com­mand. She had learned obe­di­ence to men, slave obe­di­ence, in the sta­ble, at the hands of the grooms.

“Please!” protest­ed Pertinax .

“Stay as you are,” cau­tioned Tajima.

The slave remained in the adjust­ed nadu, as direct­ed. It was a com­mon form of nadu, one almost invari­ably expect­ed of a par­tic­u­lar sort of slave, the plea­sure slave.

Swordsmen of Gor, Pages 382–383

“Nadu,” whis­pered the tav­ern­er , and the girl went to posi­tion, back on heels, knees wide, back straight, the palms of her hands down on her thighs. She kept her head down. Commonly, in nadu, the head is up, the gaze straight ahead, that the beau­ty of her fea­tures be dis­played, and that she be in a posi­tion to bet­ter detect the slight­est nuances of her mas­ter, either in tone or expres­sion, but nei­ther the tav­ern­er nor the stranger exact­ed this small adjustment.

Mariners of Gor, Page 10

“You may do obei­sance, my dear,” said Kliomenes .

The girl rose to her feet and went to Kliomenes . She knelt before him, on the dais, and put her head down. Gently, soft­ly, she licked and kissed his feet. She then rose again to her feet, backed away, and then, on the tiles, again knelt. She put the palms of her hands on the tiles, and low­ered her head to the tiles. Then she straight­ened up, her back straight, assum­ing the posi­tion of the plea­sure slave, though keep­ing her head bowed, deferentially. 

Rogue of Gor, Page 299

She knelt before him, in her col­lar, in the basic posi­tion of the Gorean plea­sure slave, back on her heels, her back straight, her head up, the palms of her hands on her thighs, her knees spread, widely.

Prize of Gor, Page 116

“Spread your knees,” he said, “kneel straight, back on your heels, head up, palms of your hands down on your thighs.”

The slave began to tremble.

“Head up!” he said. “Do you wish to be put in a high col­lar, to keep your head up?”

“No, Master,” she said, quickly.

Such col­lars are com­mon with Kur pets. They are also used from time to time in slave training.

“Do you know in what posi­tion you have been placed?” he asked.

Certainly this was a rhetor­i­cal ques­tion, for she would have learned this posi­tion in the plea­sure cylin­der, and Cabot, him­self, in the plea­sure cylin­der, near Lake Fear, and else­where, had put her in it often enough.

“The posi­tion of a Gorean plea­sure slave,” she said. 

Kur of Gor, Pages 662–663

The posi­tion of the plea­sure slave, of course, is also respect­ful, but it is also provoca­tive, and invit­ing. It must leave no doubt in the observer’s mind as to what sort of slave she is. The palms of her hands are usu­al­ly down on her thighs, and her head up, but, if she is peti­tion­ing caress­es, as is not uncom­mon, the palms are usu­al­ly up, the backs of the hands on the thighs.

…

The palms, then, so offered to the mas­ter, with their exposed, sweet, sen­si­tive cup­ping, the backs of the hands down on the thighs, as though bound to them, as though not per­mit­ted to leave them with­out per­mis­sion, present a sign not dif­fi­cult to read. Too, at the same time, the girl’s head is usu­al­ly low­ered. This makes clear her humil­i­ty and need, and how much she is at the mer­cy of the mas­ter, for the least touch.

Swordsmen of Gor, Pages 180–181

Variations, of course, occur. Sometimes, per­haps in mar­kets, the girl will kneel with her wrists crossed behind her, as though bound, or will have her hands clasped behind the back of her head, or the back of her neck. This lifts the breasts, nicely.

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 181 

In the posi­tion of the plea­sure slave the woman kneels as an obvi­ous plea­sure slave. There is no doubt as to what she is for. Masters may, of course, instruct their slave as to how to kneel before them. Most com­mon­ly she kneels back on her heels, her head up her back straight, and the palms of her hands down on her thighs. In the posi­tion of the com­mon slave, or the tow­er slave, on the con­ti­nent, the knees are held close­ly togeth­er; in the posi­tion of the plea­sure slave, they are sep­a­rat­ed, spread vul­ner­a­bly. This accen­tu­ates the soft­ness of her thighs. As men­tioned, there is to be no doubt as to what she is for. Whereas most com­mon­ly the head is raised, that the mas­ter may observe the beau­ty of her fea­tures and read her tini­est expres­sion, and note how beau­ti­ful­ly her throat is encir­cled with his col­lar, some mas­ters pre­fer the slave’s head to be low­ered, sub­mis­sive­ly. Indeed, some mas­ters do not per­mit a slave to look into their eyes, unless com­mand­ed to do so. Some mas­ters, too, pre­fer for the hands to be held behind the back, as though bound, the head either up, or low­ered, submissively.

Rebels of Gor, Pages 409–410

Cabot had then fed her by hand, she in pri­ma­ry slave posi­tion, and with her knees spread, as she was that sort of slave. He also, in hand-feed­ing her, had required that she keep her hands, palms down, firm­ly, on her thighs. 
Kur of Gor, Page 400

“Position,” said anoth­er of the men.

Ellen, the beast hav­ing released her hair, went to posi­tion, kneel­ing, knees wide, back straight, head up, hands on thighs. 

“A plea­sure slave,” said one of the men.

“Obviously,” said another.

Ellen won­dered if she should have kept her knees close­ly togeth­er, before Mirus , but she had nat­u­ral­ly, instan­ta­neous­ly, not even think­ing about it, assumed the wide-kneed position. 

Prize of Gor, Pages 415 — 416

“Position,” said the auc­tion­eer to Ellen.

And then Ellen, tears run­ning down her cheeks, knelt appro­pri­ate­ly before the men, as what she was, a Gorean plea­sure slave, back on heels, back straight, head up, hands down on thighs, knees wide­ly spread.

Prize of Gor, Page 491

Her dis­com­fi­ture amused the human, Peisistratus. “She is kaji­ra?” he inquired of Cabot.

“Yes,” said Cabot.

“Why is she not in posi­tion?” inquired Peisistratus.

…

He removed the switch from his belt.

She regard­ed the imple­ment disbelievingly.

“Kneel,” said Peisistratus to the girl, “now, instant­ly! Back on your heels. Spread your knees!” 

“My knees!” she cried.

“Yes,” he said, “wide­ly. More wide­ly! Straighten your back, place your hands, palms down, on your thighs, lift your head, look straight ahead!” 

“Never!” she cried.

And then the switch fell sav­age­ly upon her, twice.

She screamed in misery.

…

“Up, slut, posi­tion, posi­tion!” said Peisistratus.

Wildly, fran­ti­cal­ly, sob­bing, tears stream­ing from her eyes, in pain, the brunette knelt before Peisistratus, in posi­tion, as required.

“Keep your hands on your thighs!” snapped Peisistratus, for she had dared to move to cov­er herself.

She com­plied instantly.

Cabot was pleased to note this alacrity.

Too, he was pleased to see her in position.

She looked well in posi­tion, in the posi­tion of a Gorean female slave, indeed, rather, in the posi­tion of a Gorean female slave of a par­tic­u­lar sort, the Gorean female plea­sure slave.

Kur of Gor, Pages 119–120

“Enough,” I said. “Position.”

She knelt then before me, as before, back on her heels, head up, back straight, the palms of her hands down on her thighs. 

Mariners of Gor, Page 154

Suddenly one fel­low said, sharply, “Position!” Instantly, reflex­ive­ly, Iole and Alcinoë, fright­ened, knelt, back on their heels, knees spread, back straight, head up, look­ing ahead, nei­ther to the left or right, the palms of their hands down, firm­ly, on their thighs.

Mariners of Gor, Page 299

“Position!” I said.

“Master!” protest­ed several.

“Need a com­mand be repeat­ed?” I asked.

With cries of mis­ery, and sobs, the slaves, or most, went to position.

“Hold the lamp,” I said to Alcinoë .

She took the lamp.

“Please, no,” wept slave after slave.

I drew away blan­kets, which had not fall­en about the slaves.

“Backs straight,” I said. “Lift your heads. Peer straight ahead. Shake the hair behind your shoulders.”

I looked about, from one slave to another.

It was pleas­ant to do so.

“Shoulders back,” I said. “Suck in your bel­ly. Palms of your hands down on your thighs, firm­ly. Feel them there.” 

“Please, Master,” sobbed a girl. “We are high slaves!”

“Many of us were once of high caste!” said another.

“Split your knees,” I said.

“Master!” wept a girl.

“Wider,” I said.

Mariners of Gor, Pages 337–338

She was before me, in posi­tion, kneel­ing back on her heels, her back straight, her head up, look­ing ahead, the palms of her hands down on her thighs, her knees spread, this mak­ing clear the nature of her bondage.

Mariners of Gor, Page 565 

“Position,” I said. She went to posi­tion, kneel­ing back on her heels, her back straight her bel­ly in, her shoul­ders back, her head up the palms of her hands down on her thighs. One does not break “posi­tion” with­out permission. 

Smugglers of Gor, Page 50 

“Position,” called a fel­low him­self descend­ing from the ship splash­ing, and wad­ing to shore. So, cold, wet, and shiv­er­ing, mis­er­able, we went to “posi­tion,” kneel­ing back on our heels, our backs straight, our heads up look­ing ahead, our knees spread, as the slaves we were, the palms of our hands down on our thighs. “Ai!” I cried, in mis­ery, lashed at the side of the neck by a switch. He had come up behind me, from hav­ing brought a small bar­rel to shore. “Are you not to be in posi­tion, your eyes for­ward?” he inquired. “Yes, Master!” I said. “Forgive me, Master!” I had twist­ed about, just a lit­tle from time to time, to watch the men. “Ha!” he said. “And you two, your eyes are now for­ward!” “Yes, Master!” they said. Then they cried out, “Forgive me, Master!” I heard their cries, to my right, as the switch struck twice. I was not the only one, it seemed, who had been curi­ous. The side of my neck stung. I had been remind­ed that a lapse from posi­tion, how­ev­er slight is not acceptable. 

Smugglers of Gor, Page 91 

“Position!” he snapped. Instantly, reflex­ive­ly, I went to posi­tion, kneel­ing back on my heels, back straight, head up hands palm down on thighs, look­ing for­ward, not meet­ing his eyes, knees spread. 

Smugglers of Gor, Page 127

Second Obeisance – The kaji­ra goes prone to her bel­ly, plac­ing her hands on either side of her head, palms down. 

“Second obei­sance posi­tion,” he said.

Ellen went prone, before him, her hands at the sides of her head.

Prize of Gor, Page 191

“Return me to my mas­ter!” she cried, putting her­self to her bel­ly, plead­ing, in sec­ond obei­sance posi­tion, before Targo.

Prize of Gor, Page 226

The usu­al sec­ond obei­sance posi­tion has the slave go to her bel­ly, her hands on either side of her head.

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 195

“Now,” I said, “to sec­ond obei­sance position.”

“Please,” she protest­ed, her head to the deck. 

“Must a com­mand be repeat­ed?” I inquired.

“No!” she said.

The rep­e­ti­tion of a com­mand is often a cause for dis­ci­pline, and she was well aware of what that might involve.

She was now on her bel­ly before me, her hands at the sides of her head.

Mariners of Gor, Page 153

It was also not­ed that now, before Pani war­riors, they did not kneel, but pros­trat­ed them­selves, putting them­selves instant­ly, trem­bling, to sec­ond obei­sance posi­tion, prone, hands to the sides of their head, eyes to the ground. 

Mariners of Gor, Page 421

Third Obeisance or Abject Obeisance — The kaji­ra goes to her bel­ly before the mas­ter and crawls for­ward, arms out­stretched until on either side of his foot, remain­ing there as she con­tin­ues for­ward until she can kiss and lick his feet, then lifts his foot to place it on her head. When the mas­ter lifts pres­sure, she returns his foot to the ground and again, kiss­es and licks it, before turn­ing her head to rest her cheek on his foot, or, if giv­en per­mis­sion to do so, she may with­draw on her bel­ly and return to nadu. 

This final form of Obeisance is not so-named in the Gor nov­els, where it is only referred to as an ‘Obeisance’. However, it is explic­it­ly described, and since it goes fur­ther than the First or Second Obeisances, I have des­ig­nat­ed it as the Third Obeisance, or ‘Abject Obeisance’, to dis­tin­guish from the first two types.

“You may do obei­sance, my dear,” said Kliomenes .

The girl rose to her feet and went to Kliomenes . She knelt before him, on the dais, and put her head down. Gently, soft­ly, she licked and kissed his feet. She then rose again to her feet, backed away, and then, on the tiles, again knelt. She put the palms of her hands upon the tiles, and low­ered her head to the tiles. Then she straight­ened up, her back straight, assum­ing the posi­tion of a plea­sure slave, though keep­ing her head bowed, deferentially. 

Rogue of Gor, Page 229

“There are many ways to per­form obei­sance, ” I said.

“I am a free woman,” she said, “I know none of them.”

“I shall instruct you briefly in three,” I said. 

“First kneel before me, back on your heels, yes, with your knees wide, wider, your hands on your thighs, your back straight, your breasts out, good, your bel­ly in, good, and now low­er your head in def­er­ence, in submission.” 

“Now that,” I said, “may not be exact­ly a form of obei­sance, for author­i­ties do not all agree, but for our pur­pos­es we shall count it as one. It is, at any rate, a beau­ti­ful posi­tion, and it is, cer­tain­ly, a com­mon posi­tion of slave submission.” 

“Now” I said, “and this is clear­ly a form of obei­sance ; bend for­ward and put your head to the mat, the palms of your hands on the mat. Good. Now lift your head lit­tle and come for­ward, sub­stan­tial­ly keep­ing the posi­tion. Forward a lit­tle more.” 

“But then my face will be at your feet,” she said,” My lips will be over them!” 

“Yes,” I said, “Good, now, put your head down and lick and kiss my feet.” 

“I am a free Woman!” s he said.

“You are a woman,” I said, “now soft­ly lin­ger­ing­ly, and lov­ing­ly, Good.” 

“I am not a slave,” she said.

“All women are slaves,” I said,” Imagine what this would be like if you were tru­ly a col­lared slave.” 

She gasped.

“Now” I said, “for a third form of obei­sance. You may bel­ly to me.” 

“I do not under­stand,” she whispered. 

“There are var­i­ous forms of bel­ly­ing, ” I said, “and bel­ly­ing may be suit­ably and pleas­ing­ly com­bined with oth­er forms of floor move­ments, approach­ing the m aster on all fours, turn­ing to your sides and back, writhing before him, and so on. We will take a very sim­ple vari­a­tion, suit­able for an igno­rant free female who has not yet even begun to dis­cov­er the depths of her sexuality.” 

She looked up at me. 

“On your bel­ly,” I said. 

She backed off a bit , and went to her bel­ly, her hair was before her face, as she now on her bel­ly before me look­ing up at me. 

“Now inch for­ward,” I said, ” remain­ing low on your bel­ly, and when you reach my feet, once again, as before, lift­ing your head a lit­tle, ten­der­ly and humbly, and beau­ti­ful­ly, as though you were a slave , lick and kiss them. Good. Good. Now take my foot and place it gen­tly on your head. Very good. Now place it again on the mat, and kiss it again. Good. You may now bel­ly back a lit­tle, humbly. I have not yet giv­en you per­mis­sion to rise of course.”

Mercenaries of Gor, Pages 409–410

She low­ered her­self to her bel­ly and , hold­ing my ankles gen­tly with her hands, cov­ered my feet with kiss­es. Her lips, and her tongue, were warm and wet. 

Savages of Gor, Page 13

My head was down, my hair over his feet. I was naked, fright­ened. I had been sum­moned into his pres­ence, and had per­formed obei­sance at the end of the long car­pet, lead­ing to the dais. I had, then, when per­mit­ted, approached the dais, head down, on all fours. I had climbed, on all fours, up the broad, car­pet­ed steps of the dais, and now lay, on my bel­ly, half on its sur­face, the low­er half of my body, my right knee flexed, across the final two steps before its height. 

“You lick and kiss well,” he said. 

“Thank you, Master”, I said. 

“Like the oth­er females of Earth”, he said.

“Yes, Master”, I said. I gath­ered I was not the first Earth female who had come this way. 

“You may con­tin­ue”, he said. 

“Thank you, Master”, I said. 

“It is not unpleas­ant”, he said. 

“A slave is grate­ful if her Master is not dis­pleased with her”, I said. 

“You are very pret­ty”, he said. 

“Thank you, Master”, I said. 

“You wear a col­lar,” he said. 

“Yes Master”, I said. 

“Whose col­lar is it?”, he asked. 

“Yours Master”, I said. 

“And whose is that?”, he asked. “The col­lar of my mas­ter, Hendow, of Brundisium , mas­ter of the tav­ern of Hendow , on Dock Street, in Brundisium,” I said. There was a slave whip across his knees.

Dancer of Gor, Page 139

The danc­ing of the female before the male, that she be found pleas­ing and he be pleased, is one of the most pro­found lessons in all human biol­o­gy. Others are when she kneels before him, when she kiss­es his feet, when she per­forms obei­sance, when she knows her­self sub­ject, tru­ly to his whip .

Dancer of Gor, Page 193

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Stand, or ‘Stand as a Gorean Slave Girl’

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Standing Examination, Inspection Position, or Display

The kaji­ra stands with legs wide apart, head tilt­ed up and her hands clasped behind her neck, elbows out to the side. This posi­tion is used to exam­ine the kaji­ra in a fash­ion which pre­cludes her from obscur­ing any por­tion of her body.

The auc­tion­eer did not strike her with his whip. He mere­ly took her arms and lift­ed them, so that the posi­tion chain, attached to each side of the sales col­lar lay across her her upper arms. Then he had her clasp her hands behind the back of her neck, so that the chain, on each side of the col­lar, was in the crook of her arms, and she was exposed in such a way that she could be prop­er­ly exhibited.

Explorers of Gor, Page 36

“Have that one stand, to be exam­ined,” said a man.

“Cotina , stand, exam­i­na­tion posi­tion!” snapped Targo. 

Cotina stood, her legs wide­ly spread, her head back, her hands clasped behind the back of her neck. It is hard for a woman to move from this posi­tion and she must be con­cerned with her bal­ance. The sub­tle adjust­ments and tense­ness required to main­tain her bal­ance keep her even more help­less­ly in place, and these adjust­ments and this tense­ness will also be expressed in her pos­ture, pro­vid­ing body-lan­guage cues bespeak­ing obe­di­ence and servi­tude. Too, obvi­ous­ly this pos­ture bares her vul­ner­a­bly, and her hands can­not inter­fere with the exam­i­na­tion. The posi­tion of the arms, the hands clasped behind the back of the neck, or, some­times, behind the back of the head, lifts the bosom, exhibit­ing it beautifully.

Prize of Gor, Page 247

“Assume the stan­dard posi­tion for the exam­i­na­tion of a stand­ing slave,” said Portus Canio .

Ellen, in her tunic, puz­zled, stood then before him, her legs wide­ly, painful­ly spread. The split hems of the tunic, slit at the sides, per­mit­ted this posi­tion. Ellen clasped her hands behind the back of her head, and held her head up and back, in this posi­tion look­ing rather at the height of the great por­tal, lead­ing into the barn area, from the plat­form out­side. In this posi­tion it is con­ve­nient to exam­ine the slave. She can­not eas­i­ly move with­out los­ing her bal­ance. The posi­tion of her hands pre­vents her from inter­fer­ing with the exam­i­na­tion. The raised head, held back, makes it dif­fi­cult for her to know, or guess, the posi­tion of the exam­in­er’s hands, where they are, and what they might do, for exam­ple, how and when she might be touched, caressed, or test­ed. Needless to say, this posi­tion is nor­mal­ly assumed when the slave is nude.

Prize of Gor, Pages 309 — 310

Several of the slaves were stand­ing, in exam­i­na­tion posi­tion, legs wide­ly spread, hands behind the back of their neck, or head.

Mariners of Gor, Page 333 

The hands of the women, as direct­ed, were clasped behind the back of their neck. This immo­bi­lizes the hands and lifts the breasts nice­ly. In this way one’s view is less obstruct­ed. Too, this stance makes it less like­ly that the woman, yield­ing to a fool­ish lapse, will try to shield her body with her hands. A com­mon exam­i­na­tion posi­tion in mar­kets is to have the woman stand upright with her legs wide­ly spread, the hands clasped behind the back of the neck or behind the back of the head.

The spread­ing of the legs makes it hard­er for her to move and eas­i­er for her to be caressed, some­times unex­pect­ed­ly. Some asses­sors will put the woman to the floor and she will find her­self strug­gling, star­tled, per­haps only half com­pre­hend­ing­ly, to respond to a rapid­ly issued series of com­mands. She is being put through slave paces. This is a device for dis­play­ing her body in a diver­si­ty of aspects. And the paces might occa­sion­al­ly be halt­ed, that a giv­en pose might be the bet­ter assessed.

Rebels of Gor, Page 187 

What of the girl ordered to assume “exam­i­na­tion posi­tion,” stand­ing, legs wide­ly spread, hands held behind the back of her head or neck?

Rebels of Gor, Page 328

In inspec­tion posi­tion one such as she would nor­mal­ly be stripped, and stand­ing with her feet spread, and her hands clasped either behind the back of her neck, or behind her head. In this way the breasts are lift­ed nice­ly, and, giv­en the posi­tion of the hands, one has no inter­fer­ence to one’s vision, and, sim­i­lar­ly, one may, per­haps walk­ing about her, test her for firm­ness, and for vital­i­ty, and such things.

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 16

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Submission or Collaring

The woman kneels in nadu before the mas­ter, rais­ing her arms with crossed wrists up and to him, her head lowered.

In a for­mal Submission rit­u­al, the woman then speaks the words, “I sub­mit myself to you”. The mas­ter may then choose to accept her sub­mis­sion and keep her, or reject it. If he choos­es to accept her sub­mis­sion, he states, “I accept your sub­mis­sion.” This is con­sid­ered, in the Gor nov­els, to be a legal­ly bind­ing act of the woman enter­ing into slav­ery, and own­er­ship by the mas­ter. For this rea­son, it is also some­times called, the Collaring Position.

She had risen and walked across the room, her feet bare on the stone floor, and dropped to her knees before me, low­er­ing her head and lift­ing and extend­ing her hands to me, the wrists crossed. The rit­u­al sig­nif­i­cance of the ges­ture of sub­mis­sion was not lost on me; her wrists were offered to me, as if for binding. 

Tarnsman of Gor, Page 67

Then, to my aston­ish­ment, the daugh­ter of the Ubar Marlenus , daugh­ter of the Ubar of Ar, knelt before me, a sim­ple war­rior of Ko-ro-ba , and low­ered her head, lift­ing and extend­ing her arms, the wrists crossed. It was that same sim­ple cer­e­mo­ny that Sana had per­formed before me in the cham­ber of my father, back at Ko-ro-ba — the sub­mis­sion of the cap­tive female. 

Without rais­ing her eyes from the ground, the daugh­ter of the Ubar said in a clear, dis­tinct voice: “I sub­mit myself.” Later I wished that I had had bind­ing fiber to lash her so inno­cent­ly prof­fered wrists. I was speech­less for a moment, but then, remem­ber­ing that harsh Gorean cus­tom required me either to accept the sub­mis­sion or slay the cap­tive, I took her wrists in my hands and said, “I accept your submission.”

I then lift­ed her gen­tly to her feet.
Tarnsman of Gor, Pages 93–94

“Submit!” he boomed at the large, blond girl and, ter­ri­fied, almost leap­ing, she low­ered her head, thrust­ing for­ward her hands, wrists crossed.

Raiders of Gor, Page 93

She came and stood before me, and then dropped to her knees, rest­ing back on her heels. She low­ered her head and extend­ed her arms, wrists crossed, the sub­mis­sion of the Gorean female. 

Raiders of Gor, Page 92

“Assume the pos­ture of female sub­mis­sion,” I told her. 

She did so, kneel­ing back on her heels, her arms extend­ed, wrists crossed, her head between them, down. She was weeping. 

Tribesmen of Gor, Page 35

He twist­ed her hair more. She winced, her back bent painfully. 

“Do you wish me to sub­mit to you now?” she begged. 

“Do so,” said he. 

She fell to her knees before him, and lift­ed her head to regard him. “I will be your slave,” she said. Then, she knelt back on her heels, low­ered her head, and lift­ed and extend­ed her arms, wrists crossed, as though for bind­ing. She was very beau­ti­ful. “I am your slave,” she said, “- Master.”

Hunters of Gor, Page 16

“Submit,” I told them. 

They knelt before me, back on their heels, head down, arms lift­ed and extend­ed, wrists crossed as though for binding. 

“I sub­mit myself,” said each, in turn. 

They need not be bound. They need not be col­lared. They need not even have spo­ken. The pos­ture of sub­mis­sion itself, assumed by them before me, con­sti­tut­ed them my slaves. They were now mine. 

Hunters of Gor, Page 182

Then sud­den­ly one girl turned from the for­est and fled to a crew­man, kneel­ing before him, back on her heels, head down, arms extend­ed, wrists crossed as though for bind­ing. He ges­tured that she should rise and get into a long­boat. She did so, his slave. 

Hunters of Gor, Page 310

“She is yours,” he said. He took his strap off her throat, and unbound her hands. 

“Submit,” I told her. She knelt before me, back on her heels, arms extend­ed, head down, between her arms, wrists crossed, as though for binding.

Explorers of Gor, Page 74

“Submit, ” he said. 

She looked at me, wild­ly, piteous­ly. I aid­ed her. I showed her how to kneel back on her heels, her arms extend­ed to him, wrists crossed, her head down, between her arms.

 “ Say, ‘I sub­mit’ ‚” I said. 

“I sub­mit,’ she said. 

He bound her wrists tight­ly before her body.
Slave Girl of Gor, Page 401

“Submit,” he said. 

I could not dis­obey him. I fell to my knees before him, rest­ing on my heels, extend­ing my arms to him, wrists crossed, as though for bind­ing, my head low­ered, between my arms.

Captive of Gor, Page 283

“Collar!” I snapped.

Instantly she faced me, hold­ing her hands slight­ly behind her, and lift­ed her chin.

…

In this posi­tion the col­lar may be con­ve­nient­ly read.

Swordsmen of Gor, Page 17

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Sula

The kaji­ra lays prone on her back, legs straight and spread wide, with her arms flat along her sides, her palms fac­ing up.

“Sula, Kajira!” said the man. 

She slid her legs from under her and lay on her back, her hands at her sides, palms up, legs open.
Explorers of Gor, P age 77 

Why had he not, at least, issued the “Sula!” com­mand? That was one of sev­er­al com­mands she had been trained to respond to instant­ly. Upon hear­ing this com­mand, the slave imme­di­ate­ly assumes a supine posi­tion, her hands at her sides, palms up, her legs open. 

Prize of Gor, Page 124

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Tower

The woman kneels with her thighs pressed com­fort­ably togeth­er, butt on her heels, with straight back and hands placed upon her thighs, her head straight.

She had not pre­pared her­self a por­tion but, after I had been served, had knelt silent­ly to one side, back on her heels in the posi­tion of a Tower Slave, a slave to whom large­ly domes­tic duties would be allot­ted in the Gorean apart­ment cylinders.

Priest-Kings of Gor, Page 45

The posi­tion of the Tower Slave, in which Vika knelt, dif­fers from that of a free woman only in the posi­tion of the wrists which are held before her and, when not occu­pied, crossed as though for binding…The posi­tion of the Pleasure Slave, inci­den­tal­ly, dif­fers from the posi­tion of both the free woman and the Tower Slave. The hands of a Pleasure Slave nor­mal­ly rest on her thighs but, in some cities, for exam­ple, Thentis, I believe, they are crossed behind her. More sig­nif­i­cant­ly, for the free wom­an’s hands may also rest on her thighs, there is a dif­fer­ence in the place­ment of the knees. In all these kneel­ing posi­tions, inci­den­tal­ly, even that of the Pleasure Slave, the Gorean woman car­ries her­self well; her back is straight and her chin is high. She tends to be vital and beau­ti­ful to look upon.

Priest Kings of Gor, Pages 46–47

Ulrick had told me that cer­tain kinds of slaves, house slaves, ‘tow­er slaves,’ and such, what­ev­er they were, might kneel with their knees together. 

Dancer of Gor, Page 85

“Oh,” she said. 

The posi­tion of the tow­er slave, in most cities, is very sim­i­lar to that of the plea­sure slave. The major dif­fer­ence is that the tow­er slave, whose duties are com­mon­ly, pri­mar­i­ly, domes­tic, kneels with her knees in a closed posi­tion, where­as the plea­sure slave, in a sym­bol­ic recog­ni­tion of the fuller nature of her bondage, and its most sig­nif­i­cant aspects, kneels with them in open posi­tion. The tow­er slave, of course, like any oth­er slave, is ful­ly at the dis­pos­al of the mas­ter, in any and every way. The dis­tinc­tion between the tow­er slave and the plea­sure slave, though hon­ored in some mar­kets, some spe­cial­iz­ing in girls sold pri­mar­i­ly for house­keep­ing pur­pos­es and oth­ers in girls sold pri­mar­i­ly for the plea­sures of men, is not real­ly a hard and fast dis­tinc­tion; it is not absolute; indeed, it can even be tran­si­to­ry. A girl who is ordered to open her knees, or who finds them kicked apart, for exam­ple, real­izes that she has now become a plea­sure slave. Similarly a girl in one con­text may func­tion as one kind of slave and in anoth­er con­text, as anoth­er sort. Serving sup­per to a young man and his moth­er, for exam­ple, the girl may appear mere­ly effi­cient and def­er­en­tial. She kneels near­by, her knees closed. After the moth­er departs, how­ev­er, she may kneel dif­fer­ent­ly before the young man, with her knees open, his.

Blood Brothers of Gor, Page 107

The Gorean male at ease, usu­al­ly sits cross-legged and the female kneels, rest­ing back on her heels. The posi­tion of the Tower slave … dif­fers from that of a free woman only in the posi­tion of the wrists which are held before her and, when not occu­pied, crossed as thought for bind­ing. A free wom­an’s wrists are nev­er so placed.

Priest-Kings of Gor, Page 46

She kept her knees tight­ly togeth­er before the free woman. Had she knelt before a man she would prob­a­bly have had to keep them open, even if they were bru­tal­ly kicked apart, a les­son to her, to be more sen­si­tive as to before whom she knelt.

Magicians of Gor, Page 18

“Your knees!” said the Lady Bina.

“Mistress?” said the slave.

“Should they not be spread?”

“She is in the pres­ence of a free woman,” said Cabot. “It is thus appro­pri­ate that she kneels in the Tower position.”

Kur of Gor, Page 342 

They had appar­ent­ly all been warned, for, though each was a plea­sure slave, they knelt in the mod­est, charm­ing posi­tion of what, on the con­ti­nent, would be referred to as the posi­tion of the tow­er slave, their knees close­ly togeth­er. I did not doubt but what this was because a free woman was to be present, Sumomo . Their backs were straight and the palms of their hands were down, on their thighs. 

Rebels of Gor, Page 197

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Usage

The kaji­ra kneels in nadu, then bends for­ward, plac­ing her cheek to the ground, before plac­ing her clasped hands behind her neck, and lift­ing her butt as high as she can while keep­ing her knees on the  ground.

He knelt me there. 

“Put your head down, to the floor,” he said. “Clasp your hands, firm­ly, behind the back of your neck.” 

“Yes, Master,” I moaned. 

He was then behind me. He put his hands, under my arms, on my breasts, sweet­ly and firm­ly. Then he moved his hands back, caress­ing my flanks. My head was down. My fin­gers were togeth­er, behind the back of my neck. I was in his col­lar. It was steel, I could not remove it. I belonged to him. My body hurt, from his whip, that of my mas­ter. My head hurt, from my hair, where I had been con­duct­ed, uncer­e­mo­ni­ous­ly, to this location. 

“Please, Master,” I sobbed. “Not like this! Not you, please!” 

“The slave is pret­ty,” he remarked. 

“Oh!” I cried. “Oh!”

“You have a love­ly ass,” he said. 

“Ohhh !” I said. 

“You may thank me,” he said.
Kajira of Gor page 434

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Whipping Position

The kaji­ra turns away from the mas­ter, lift­ing her crossed wrists over her head to make them con­ve­nient for bind­ing to a tree branch or rafter, or some oth­er high­ly locat­ed bind­ing point, so that she may be whipped.

In moments the slave, stripped, her wrists crossed and bound, and fas­tened over her head, to a stout, over­hang­ing branch, that her beau­ty might be pro­tect­ed, that she might not be dashed against a post or tree trunk, was in whip position.

Kur of Gor, Page 477

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Gorean Novel Commands

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Blanket

The kaji­ra is cov­ered with a blan­ket, or any oth­er suit­able piece of cloth, such as a cloak. Under this con­di­tion, she is may not make a sound, move, or rise up from her position.

I then threw the sec­ond blan­ket, the top blan­ket over her, cov­er­ing her com­plete­ly. When a blan­ket, or cloak, or cov­er­ing of any sort, is thrown over a slave like this she may not speak or rise. She must remain as she is, silent, until the mas­ter, or some free man, lifts the cov­er­ing away.

Explorers of Gor, Page 94

Bound By Masters Will 

The kaji­ra is com­mand­ed to a posi­tion, and must hold it, as if bound tight­ly to that posi­tion. This is also known as the ‘Will Bond’.

“She wore the ‘bonds of the mas­ter’s will.’ Grunt had put her in them. She could not rise to her feet. Yet there was not a rope or strap on her body. She was ‘bound by the mas­ter’s will.’ She could not move from this posi­tion unless, at the word of a free per­son, she was freed from it. To break the posi­tion oth­er­wise is to be instant­ly slain.”

Blood Brothers of Gor, Page 248

“Your hands are now bound behind your back,” he said.

“Yes, Master,” I said. I must now keep my hands or wrists in con­tact with one anoth­er, and behind my back. I was now “bound by the mas­ter’s will.” I could not sep­a­rate my hands or wrists from one anoth­er now with­out permission.

Dancer of Gor, Page 227

Karta

This is anoth­er form of the First Obeisance, or Prostration, only it is used in some role­play areas as a greet­ing, or upon entrance to a role­play venue. The slave kneels on the floor as in nadu, then leans for­ward to press her fore­head to the floor, arms ful­ly extend­ed before her as though she were reach­ing out, palms down, and begs to enter or greet.

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Suga

This is anoth­er ver­sion of the First Obeisance, or a minor vari­a­tion on ‘Karta’. The slave kneels with wide-spread thighs, leans for­ward with breasts and cheek to the floor, extends her arms with crossed wrists towards the master. 

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Sula-Ki

This trans­lates as “Alternate Sula”, the slave lays prone on her back, her hands at her sides with palms up, wide-spread thighs and feet flat on the ground, the slave lifts her hips to show her need.

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Table

The slave kneels, then drops to all fours, at such an angle as to ensure her back is lev­el. Her head is kept straight, thighs wide, she remains motion­less as she is used as a table, or ottoman for the master’s feet.