Brand areas on the body

"Yes, left thigh,' said Samos to one of the guards. I liked the left-thigh branded girl. A right-handed master may caress
it while he holds her in his left arm."
Beasts of Gor, pg.25

"Left thigh or right thigh?" he asked. "Left thigh," said Ulafi. Slave girls are commonly branded on the left thigh.
Sometimes they are branded on the right thigh, or lower left abdomen."
Explorers of Gor, pg.71

"I also checked certain less common brand sites, such as the lower left abdomen, the interior of the left forearm,
and the high instep area of the left foot."
Players of Gor, pg.19"

"I had seized her, half lifted her, and turned her from side to side, examining her slim, attractive thighs for the tiny
brand which would confirm the matter. The most common brand sites, that on the left thigh, the favorite, and that
on the right thigh, lacked slave marks. This determination, given the nature of her garmenture, could be instantly
made. I then put her on her feet. "Oh!" she said. She was not branded on the lower left abdomen. That is perhaps
the third most favored brand site. I then checked several other brand sites, such as the inside of the forearms, the
left side of the neck, behind and below the left ear, the backs of her legs, and her buttocks. I even examined the
insteps of her left and right feet. Her body was not branded."
Renegades of Gor, pg.124

Type of brands

"I have five brands," said the metal worker, "the common Kajira brand, the Dina, the Palm, the mark of Treve,
the mark of Port Kar."
Explorers of Gor, pg. 70


"Eta smiled. She pointed to her brand. "Kan-lara," she said. She pointed to my brand. "Kan-lara Dina," she said.
I repeated these words.."
Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 80


Dina:
"I had seen the design at the tip of the iron. It was a small flower, stylized; it was circular, about an inch and a half
in diameter; it was not unlike a small rose; it was incredibly lovely and delicate."
Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 52


Her brand, however, was not precisely the same as mine. It was more slender, more vertical, more like a stem
with floral, cursive loops, about an inch and a half in height, and a half inch in width; it was, I would later learn, the
initial letter in cursive script of the Gorean expression 'Kajira'; my own brand was the "dina"; the dina is a small,
lovely, multiply petaled flower, short-stemmed, and blooming in a turf of green leaves, usually on the slopes of hills,
in the northern temperate zones of Gor; in its budding, though in few other ways, it resembles a rose; it is an exotic,
alien flower; it is also spoken of, in the north, where it grows most frequently, as the slave flower; it was burned into
my flesh. In the south, below the Gorean equator, there the flower is much more rare, it is prized more highly."
Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 61


Kef:
The brand Eta wore was not the "Dina"; it was, as I would later learn, the initial letter in cursive script of the
Gorean expression 'Kajira'; it, too, however, was, in its delicacy and floral nature, an incredibly beautiful and
feminine brand; I recalled that I had thought that the brand I had heated might be too feminine to mark a man's
properties, such as a saddle or shield, but that it would be perfect to mark something feminine in nature; now I
realized that It marked me; both the brand that I wore and that which Eta wore were incredibly feminine; our
femininity, whether we wished it or not, had been deeply, and incontrovertibly, stamped on us. It was natural,
given the fact that the dina is the "slave flower," that eventually slavers, warriors and merchants, those with an
interest in the buying and selling of womaen, should develop a brand based on the flower. Beyond this, there
exists on Gor a variety of brands for women, though the Kajira brand, which Eta wore, is by far the most common."
Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 62


The design also, according to some, is supposed to have symbolic significance. The straight line is supposed to
represent the staff of discipline and the two fronds the beauty of a woman. The significance of the whole, then,
would be beauty subject to the staff of discipline."
Fighting Slave of Gor, pg. 86


"It will be the common Kajira mark," he said, "indicating that you are beautiful, but only another slave girl." "Thank you,
Master," she said. I thought the cursive Kef, sometimes referred to as the staff and fronds, beauty subject to discipline,
would look well upon her thigh."
Savages of Gor, pg. 75


Northern Brand:
The brand used by Forkbeard is not uncommon in the north, though there is less uniformity in Torvaldsland on these
matters than in the south, where the merchant caste, with its recommendations for standardization, is more powerful.
All over Gor, of course, the slave girl is a familiar commodity. The brand used by the Forkbeard, found rather frequently
in the north, consisted of a half circle, with, at its right tip, adjoining it, a steep, diagonal line. The half circle is about
an inch and a quarter in height. The brand is, like many, symbolic. In the north, the bond-maid is sometimes referred
to as a women whose belly lies beneath the sword."
Marauders of Gor, pg. 87


Penalty:
"If a girl is already branded," I said, causally, but frightened, "she would not be again branded, would she?"
"Commonly not," said Ena. "Though sometimes, for some reason, the mark of Treve is pressed into her flesh."
She looked at me. "Sometimes too," she said, "a girl may be branded as punishment, and to warn others against her."
I looked at her, puzzled. "Penalty brands," she said. "They are tiny, but clearly visible. There are various such brands.
There is one for lying, and another for stealing." Captive of Gor, pg. 276



Tahari:
"I had little doubt that it would be the Tahari brand which, white hot, would be pressed into the thigh of the new slave,
marking her thenceforth as merchandise. The contact surface of the iron would be formed into the Taharic character
'Kef,' which, in Taharic, is the initial letter of the expression 'Kajira,' the most common expression in Gorean for a
female slave."
Tribesman of Gor, pg. 148


Treve:
"'I have never seen a brand of Treve,' I said.
'It is rare,' said Ena, proudly.
'May I see your brand?' I asked. I was curious.
'Of course," said Ena, and she stood up and, extending her left leg, drew her long, lovely white garment to her hip,
revealing her limb.
I gasped.
"Incised deeply, precisely, in that slim, lovely, now-bared thigh was a startling mark, beautiful, insolent,
dramatically marking that beautiful thigh as that which it now could only be, that of a female slave.
'It is beautiful,' I whispered.
Eta pulled away the clasp at the left shoulder of her garment, dropping it to her ankles.
She was incredibly beautiful.
"Can you read?" she asked.
"No," I said.
She regarded the brand. 'It is the first letter, in cursive script,' she said, 'of the name of the city of Treve.
"It is a beautiful mark," I said."
Captive of Gor, pg. 277


Rask of Treve lifted the last iron from the fire. It was much larger, the letter at its termination some one and a
half inches high. It, too, was white hot. I knew the brand. I had seen it on Ena's thigh. It was the mark of Treve.
Rask of Treve decided that my flesh should bear that mark.
Captive of Gor, pg. 310


Priest King and Kurii:
Incidentally, there are many brands on Gor. Two that almost never occur on Gor, by the way, are those of the moons
and collar, and of the chain and claw. The first of these commonly occurs in certain of the Gorean enclaves on Earth,
which serve as headquarters for agents of the Priest-Kings; the second tends to occur in the lairs of Kurii agents on
Earth; the first brand consists of a locked collar and, ascending diagonally above it, extending to the right, three quarter
moons; this brand indicates the girl is subject to Gorean discipline; the chain-and-claw brand signifies, of course, slavery
and subjection with the compass of the Kur yoke."
Explorers of Gor, pg. 12



Wagon Peoples Brands:

Kassar:
The standard of the Kassars is that of a scarlet, three-weighted bola, which hangs from a lance; the symbolic
representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines, is used to mark their bosk and slaves."
Nomads of Gor, pg. 106


Kataii:
...the standard of the Kataii is a yellow bow, bound across a black lance; their brand is also that of a bow, facing to
the left""
Nomads of Gor, pg. 106


Paravaci:
...the Paravaci standard is a large banner of jewels beaded on golden wires, forming the head and horns of a bosk its
value is incalculable; the Paravaci brand is a symbolic representation of a bosk head, a semicircle resting on an
inverted isoceles triangle."
Nomads of Gor, pg. 106


Tuchuk:
I supposed that on the morrow Kamchak would call for the Tuchuk Iron Master, to brand what he called his little
barbarian; the brand of the Tuchuk slave, incidentally, s not the same as that generally used in the cities. which for girls,
is the first letter of the expression Kajira in cursive script. but the sign of the four bask horns that of the Tuchuk standard;
the brand of the four bosk horns, set in such a manner as to somewhat resemble the letter "H." is only about an inch high;
the common Gorean brand, on the other hand, is usually an inch and a half to two inches high; the brand of the four bosk
horns, of course, is also used to mark the bosk of the Tuchuks, but there, of course, it is much larger, forming roughly a
six-inch square; following the branding, I supposed that Kamchak would have one of the tiny nose rings affixed; all
Tuchuk females, slave or free, wear such rings; after
these things there would only remain, of course, an engraved Turian collar and the clothing of Elizabeth
Cardwell Kajir."
Nomads of Gor, pg. 162



Nonslave Brands

Acceptance Brand:
The street was lined by throngs of Tuchuks and slaves. Among them, too, were soothsayers and haruspexes,
and singers and musicians, and, here and there, small peddlers and merchants, of various cities, for such are
occasionally permitted by the Tuchuks, who crave their wares, to approach the wagons. Each of these, I was later
to learn, wore on his forearm a tiny brand, in the form of spreading bosk horns, which guaranteed his passage, at
certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon Peoples. The difficulty, of course is in first obtaining the brand. If,
in the case of a singer, the song is rejected, or in the case of a merchant, his merchandise is rejected, he is slain
out of hand. This acceptance brand, of course, carries with it a certain stain of ignominy, suggesting that those who
approach the wagons do as slaves"
Nomads of Gor, pg. 34


Caste of Thieves:
"On his right cheek, over the cheekbone was the Thief brand of the Caste of Thieves of Port Kar, who use the small
brand to identify their members."
Assassin of Gor, pg. 96


"The thief's scar in Port Kar is a tiny, three-pronged brand, burned into the face over the right cheek-bone. It marks the
members of the caste of thieves in Port Kar. That is the only city in which, as far as I know, there is a recognized caste
for thieves. They tend to be quite proud of their calling, it being handed down often from father to son."
Mercenaries of Gor, pg. 239

...:...

 It begins swiftly, almost before you can feel it. I felt the iron touch me almost instantaneously, crackling, flash
through me outer skin and then, firmly, to my horror, enter and lodge itself fixedly in my though. It was literally
in my body, inflexibly, burning. The pain then began to register on my consciousness. I began screaming."
Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 57


Laws of Branding
The brand was on Gor legal, institutional status; that which it marks it makes an object; its victim has no rights,
or appeal, within the law. Yet the most profound consequences of the brand seem to be less social than intensely
individual, personal and psychological; the brand, almost instantaneously, transforms the deepest consciousness
of a girl."
Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 60


'Some fellows do not brand their slaves,' I said. 'That is stupid!' she said. 'It is also contrary to the laws of most cities,'
I said, 'and to merchant law, as well.' Most female slaves on Gor, indeed, the vast majority, almost all, needless to say,
are branded. Aside from questions of legality, compliance with the law, and such, I think it will be clear upon a moment's
reflection that various practical considerations also commend slave branding to the attention of the owner, in particular,
the identification of the article as property, this tending to secure it, protecting against its loss, facilitating its recover, and
so on. The main legal purpose of the brand, incidentally, is doubtless this identification of slaves. To be sure, most
Goreans feel the brand also serves psychological and aesthetic purposes, for example, helping the girl to understand
that she is now a slave and enhancing her beauty.'
Vagabonds of Gor, pg. 188


"I wondered if the woman knew that she was, in all likelihood, to be soon branded. In most Gorean cities it is illegal to
offer an unbranded woman in a public sale. This is presumably in deference to the delicacy and sensibilities of free
women."
Savages of Gor, pg. 101


"But her left thigh worn no brand. Her right thigh, too, as I soon noted, did not wear the slave mark, nor did her lower
left abdomen. These are the three standard marking places, following the recommendations of Merchant Law, for the
marking of Kajirae, with the left thigh being, in practice, the overwhelmingly favored brand site."
Fighting Slave of Gor, pg. 312



Symbolism of Branding


"Its symbolism, I think, is much richer than this. For example, in the slave brand, the 'Kef', though clearly a Kef and in
cursive script, is more floral, in the extended, upturned, frondlike curls, than would be the common cursive Kef. This tends
to make the mark very feminine. It is at this point that the symbolism of the brand becomes more clear. The two frondlike
curls indicate femininity and beauty, the staff, in its uncompromising severity, indicates that the femininity is subject to
discipline; the upturned curves on the frondlike curls indicate total openness and vulnerability. It is a very simple, lovely
brand, simple, as befits a slave, lovely, as befits a woman."
Explorer of Gor, pg. 12


'All over Gor, of course the slave girl is a familiar commodity, The brand used by the Forkbeard, found rather frequently
in the north, consisted of a half circle, with, at it's right tip, adjoining it, a steep diagonal line. The half circle is about an inch
and a quarter in height. The brand is, like many, symbolic. In the north, the bond-maid is sometimes referred to as a woman
whose belly lies beneath the sword.'
Marauders of Gor, pg. 87


'The slave cannot free herself. She can be freed only by an owner. The condition of slavery does not require the collar, or
the brand, or an anklet, bracelet or ring, or any such overt sign of bondage. Such things, as symbolic as they are, as
profoundly meaningful as they are, and as useful as they are for marking properties, identifying masters, and such, are
not necessary to slavery. They are, in effect, though their affixing can legally effect imbondment, ultimately, in themselves,
tokens of bondage, and are not to be confused with the reality itself. The uncollared slave is not then a free woman but only
a slave who is not then in a collar. Similarly a slave is still a slave even if her brand could be made to magically disappear
or, if she has been made a slave in some other way, if she has not yet been branded. Indeed, some masters, somewhat
foolishly, I think, dally in the branding of their slaves. Indeed, some, perhaps the most foolish, do not brand them at all.
Such girls, however, when they come into the keeping of new masters, usually discover that oversight is promptly
remedied.'
Renegades of Gor, pg. 273



Theory/Relationship of Branding


"In theory, if not in practice, when the girl finds herself branded like an animal, finds her fair skin marked by the irons
of a master, she cannot fail, somehow, in the deepest levels of her thought, to regard herself as something which is
owned, as mere property, as something belonging to the brute who has put the burning iron to her thigh.
Most simply the brand is supposed to convince the girl that she is fully owned; it is supposed to make her feel owned.
When the iron is pulled away and she knows the pain and degradation and smells the odor of her burned flesh, she is
supposed to tell herself, understanding its full and terrible import, I AM HIS. Actually I suppose the effect of the brand
depends greatly on the girl. In many girls I would suppose the brand has little effect besides contributing to their shame,
their misery and humiliation. With other girls it might well increase their intractability, their hostility. On ther other hand,
I have known of several cases in which a proud, insolent woman, even one of great intelligence, who resisted a master
to the very touch of the iron, once branded became instantly a passionate and obedient pleasure slave."
Outlaw of Gor, pg.189

..:the branding of judy:..

I tended the brazier. It glowed in the darkness.
Two Men came and stood over me. I looked up,startled. They pulled
me up by the arms and took me to the white-barked tree. They threw
me on my back, my head down, on the tree. I looked at them, wildly.
My hands were tied together before my body and then pulled up and over
my head. They were fastened, behind my head, out of my vision, to the
tree. My body was stretched out,one leg on each side of the trunk.


"What are you doing?" I cried


I felt my body being tightly roped to the tree. I squirmed. my head down,
my legs up. "Stop!" I cried. Ropes were placed on my neck and belly,
and on each leg, above the knees and at the ankles, and lashed tightly.
"Stop!" I begged. "Please stop!" I could barely move. The Men
stepped back; I was fastened to the tree. "Let me go!" I cried. "Please!" I
whimpered. "What are you going to do?" I asked. They looked at me. I was
helpless. "What are you going to do?" I whimpered.


"Oh, no!" I cried."No, no, no, no!"


My captor had gone to the brazier and, with the leather glove, and another, too,
with two hands, withdrawn the white-hot iron. I felt the heat of it, even feet away.
"No!" I screamed. "No!" Two men, large men, strong, held my left thigh immobile.


I looked into the eyes of my captor. "Please no!" I wept. "Please no!"


Then, head down, helpless, held, I was branded a Gorean slave girl.


slave girl of Gor, pg.57

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