Signals and Gestures

Did she not yet know that any slave must do anything, and everything, at the merest suggestion of a master, at his merest word, even at his slightest gesture, or glance?
That is something that most girls learn quite quickly.
Players of Gor    Book 20    Page 378

"One commands and uses a slave totally. That is what they are for.
They must serve completely.
They must deliver, at so little as a word or gesture, immediately and unquestioningly, whatever the master desires."
Mercenaries of Gor    Book 21    Page 403

I noted that the palm of her hands, so soft, so vulnerable, had turned on her thighs, so that they faced up. Among slave girls this is a common way of signaling need, helplessness, a desire to please.
Vagabonds of Gor    Book 24    Page 209

Listed here are relevant references from the Books for various Signals and Gestures.
It is not meant to be anything other than the facts of the matter.
Arrive at your own conclusions.

I wish you well,
Fogaban

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Signals

Coffle Control
Come
Dance
Heel
Kneel
Leading Position
Leash Control
Lift Head
Stand
Strip and Prostrate
Rise

Gestures

Belly
Crawl
Come / Approach
Dance
Dismiss
Heel
Kiss Boots
Kneel
Lay
Leading
Lean Back
Lie Across Saddle
Proceed Me
Reposition
Stand / Rise
Stand Still
Silence
Strip

Clap Hands

Announce Presence
Dance
Dismiss
Hurry
Kneel
React
Stop Dancing
Summon
Wake Up

Motions

Approach
Dismiss
Follow
Lie Down
Move
Proceed
Rise

Coffle Control

"Attend me, Coffle," said he, "for bondage march." He held his hand, the visible signal of preparation, poised over his thigh.
We tensed.
But, strangely, though of Earth, I did not object to a world in which men, like larls, were healthy. I wanted them that way, rich and glorious in their power. I sensed, perhaps, my complementarity to them. Only in a world where there were true men could there be true women.
I felt the steel on my wrist, with its chain.
He struck his right thigh with his open hand, suddenly, sharply. We moved out, slave girls, on the left foot, that the pace of the march be uniform. We were owned.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 133

Come

I snapped my fingers. She, even though frightened, must come to my arms.
Guardsman of Gor     Book 16     Page 297

I snapped my fingers, and beckoned that she might approach me. She rose to her feet and approached me, backwards, as I had taught her.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 246

I snapped my fingers and Ina hurried to me. As I had kept the palm of my hand up, she did not kneel. She stood happily before me.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 327

I snapped my fingers.
She hurried angrily to stand before me.
Magicians of Gor     Book 25     Page 219

"If he found me of slave interest," she said, "why was it that he never snapped his fingers, summoning me to his table, why did he not bind me, and thrust me before him to an alcove?"
Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 574

Dance

I snapped my fingers and her legs turned under her, and she was kneeling, head back, dark hair on the tiles. Her hands moved, delicate, lovely. Slowly, if permitted, she would rise to an erect kneeling position; her hands, as she lifted herself, extended toward us. Four times said I "No," each time my command forcing her head back, her body bent, to the floor, and each time, again, to the music, she lifted her body. The fifth time I let her rise to an erect kneeling position. The last portion of her body to rise was her beautiful head. The collar was at her throat. Her dark eyes, smoldering, vulnerable, reproachful, regarded me. Still did she move to the music, which had not yet released her.
With a gesture I permitted her to rise to her feet. "Dance your body, Slave," I told her, "to the guests of Samos."
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 29

At a signal from Ibn Saran, Alyena drew the veil about her body, and around it, and, with one small hand, threw it aside. She stood boldly before him, arms lifted, head to the side, right leg flexed. The veil, floating, wafted away, a dozen feet from her, and gently, ever so gently, settled to the tiles. Then, to the new melodic line, she danced.
Tribesmen of Gor Book 10 Page 106

Heel

I extended my hand. I would snap my fingers. When I snapped my fingers she would rise to her feet and follow me, heeling me, like the sleek domestic beast she was, to her master's lodge. One of the first things a girl is taught to do is to heel.
Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Page 108

Kneel

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     Book 7     Page 143

"'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,    Page 102

I snapped my fingers, and the girl, to the side, rose from her knees and lightly hurried to the table, beside which she again knelt, head down.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 127

I snapped my fingers.
"Yes, Master," she said. She approached the sound, and knelt before me.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 200

Quickly I snapped my fingers, sharply. She knelt immediately on the furs, among the chains. She knew well where she knelt. She knelt back on her heels, spreading her knees.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 204

I snapped my fingers. Immediately she knelt before me, bound, among the chains.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 214

I snapped my fingers, and indicated to her that she should resume the position of the pleasure slave which she did, immediately and beautifully.
Guardsman of Gor     Book 16     Page 189

I snapped my fingers.
"There," I said, pointing, indicating a place before me, "kneel there, facing away from me."
Swiftly she crawled to the place, obeying.
Magicians of Gor     Book 25     Page 57

I snapped my fingers. She knelt. I snapped my fingers again. She stood.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 215

Leading Position

"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."
Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 59

"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 Book 12 Page 409

Leash Control

On the front of the hood strap, before the throat, there was a ring, for the attachment of a leash snap. Ellen had not realized this before. But now she felt a leash catch snap about the ring. She then felt two tugs, the signal, she knew from her training, that she was to be led, imminently, that she must be ready, at the next tug, to follow docilely, an obedient domestic animal, on her tether.
Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 286

Claudia had never seen a woman subjected to leash control before.
"That was stupid," said the fellow. "Now, shall we begin again?" He took his foot off the leash. He shook the leash once, to alert the prisoner that a leash signal was imminent. Then he drew on the leash twice. "Stand," he said. "Follow."
Renegades of Gor Book 23 Page 256

Lift Head

I snapped my fingers and the girl kneeling before the dais lifted her head.
Guardsman of Gor Book 16 Page 177

Rise

Philebus unlocked even the holding collars on the neck chains of the girls at the post, that they, too, might participate in the serving. Swiftly, as soon as they were freed, they leaped up to do so. He glanced once at Temione, who moved, frightened, but he did not signal to her to rise. Clearly she was with me.
Vagabonds of Gor Book 24 Page 26

Stand

Then, after a few Ehn, she toweled my body dry and then knelt before me, head down.
I snapped my fingers, and she stood.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 202

I snapped my fingers. She knelt. I snapped my fingers again. She stood.
Rouge of Gor     Book 15     Page 215

I snapped my fingers.
The girl, immediately, stood.
Blood Brothers of Gor     Book 18     Page 110

I snapped my fingers. "On your feet," I told her.
Guardsman of Gor     Book 16     Page 87

Strip and Prostrate

Did she not know that at a mere snapping of fingers she must tear away her tunic and prostrate herself?
Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 268

Belly

Two gestures then did he make, in quick succession, the first indicating the left shoulder where, had I been tunicked in that fashion, there would have been a disrobing loop, and the second indicating, fingers spread, palms down, the floor. Instantly I drew the tunic over my head, stripping myself before him, and turned about, and put myself to my belly, legs and arms spread widely, spread-eagled.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 144

Crawl

I gestured that she should return the whip, and then, briefly, placed four fingers, downward, on the arm of the curule chair. The whip would be returned, then, in the manner of the naked slave.
Guardsman of Gor Book 16 Page 178

Come / Approach

Cernus gestured for the kitchen slave to approach, and she did so immediately.
Assassin of Gor     Book 5     Page 184

I gestured that she should approach me, and she did so.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 445

I gestured that she should approach, and serve Pertinax.
She did so.
Swordsmen of Gor     Book 29     Page 408

Dance

Yet if the fingers were snapped, or the hands clapped, or the gesture made, lifting the palms upward, she knew she must dance, dance as any slave, and as a slave must dance, for men.
Prize of Gor Book 27 Page 396

Dismiss

I then dismissed her with a gesture of my head and she rose lightly to her feet and left, to serve another.
Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 191

I then gestured her up with a casual motion of my finger and away, that she should hurry to the kitchen.
Renegades of Gor Book 23 Page 71

Heel

He had left me alone, kneeling, while he had scouted the camp. Shortly thereafter he had returned, and gestured for me to rise and follow him.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 46

Kiss Boots

At his gesture, she, frightened, pressed her lips to his boots, and then looked up at him, waiting to be commanded.
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 221

Kneel

Outside Cernus gestured for the kitchen slave not to leave. Immediately the kitchen slave knelt in the hallway, not speaking.
Assassin of Gor     Book 5     Page 183

He suddenly snapped his fingers and, in the swift double gesture of a Gorean master, pointed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simultaneously turning his hand, spreading his 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     Book 7     Page 143

With his head Rask of Treve gestured me to one side, and I went and knelt to one side, as I had before.
Captive of Gor     Book 7     Page 302

I gestured her to her knees, head down. She obeyed. Her hair fell to the map floor.
Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 34

I had gestured her to her knees.
Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 73

At a languid gesture from Ibn Saran, Alyena lifted herself from the scarlet tiles, gracefully turning from her side to her knees, and then, head back, hair to the floor, slowly, inch by melodic protesting inch, arms before her body, lifted herself to a kneeling position, erect, the last bit of her to rise being her head, with a swirl of her blond, loose hair.
Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 104

At a gesture from my master I knelt. I did so in the manner in which I had been taught, back on my heels, back straight, hands on thighs, head high, chin up. I did not neglect a further detail. I spread my knees, widely. It was the position, of course, as I would later learn, of the Gorean pleasure slave.
Slave Girl of Gor     Book 11     Page 77

I pointed to the sand before me.
She immediately, frightened, dropped to her knees and again put her head down to the sand, the palms of her hands, too, on the sand.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 205

I spread the first two fingers of my right hand and gestured downward, toward a place nearby in the sand. Immediately she knelt there, her knees widely spread. There are many signals by means of which such behaviors can be commanded. In this particular signal, one of several which, from city to city, might have similar import, the downward movement of the hand indicates that the girl is to kneel, the place where she is to kneel is indicated in effect by pointing, and the spreading of the fingers indicates how she is to kneel, in this case, in effect, in the position of the pleasure slave, the knees spread.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 328

The fellow who had asked for the brand display then made a tiny gesture and Ellen, instantly, returned to first position.
Prize of Gor     Book 27     Page 417

Lay

I gestured to the mat with the whip. Immediately she lay upon it.
Mercenaries of Gor Book 21 Page 369

Leading

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 Book 12 Page 409

Lean Back

He gestured to the grass, permissively.
I sat back, on the grass, leaning back, on the palms of my hands. In this fashion one's hands are rather behind one, and rather held in place, by one's own weight. This position is one we are taught. In it, as is clear to us, we are more vulnerable.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 61

Lie Across Saddle

He gestured that she should lie on her back across the saddle in front of him, crossing her wrists and legs. She, terrified, did so immediately. He then secured her.
Captive of Gor Book 7 Page 229

Proceed Me

He gestured that she should precede him.
Swordsmen of Gor Book 29 Page 414

Reposition

At a gesture from me she removed her hands from the sides of the garment and placed them on her thighs.
Savages of Gor Book 17 Page 169

Stand / Rise

At a gesture from me she rose timidly to her feet. She wiped her eyes and looked at me. "May your girl ask a question, Master?" she asked.
Priest-Kings of Gor     Book 3     Page 202

He gestured for the woman to rise and she did so and stood before him, head lowered.
Nomads of Gor     Book 4     Page 160

Flaminius gestured that the two girls should try to rise and walk a bit about the room.
Assassin of Gor     Book 5     Page 153

At a gesture from Clitus, Ula, too, leaped to her feet.
Raiders of Gor     Book 6     Page 116

With a gesture I permitted her to rise to her feet. "Dance your body, Slave," I told her, "to the guests of Samos."
Tribesmen of Gor     Book 10     Page 29

He gestured me to my feet and I stood again, straight, frightened, he regarding me.
Slave Girl of Gor     Book 11     Page 40

He gestured me to my feet. I sprang up. I stood straight before him, proud in the pleasure I had given him.
Slave Girl of Gor     Book 11     Page 74

The Lady Gina turned her right hand, back down, to the floor, and lifted it slightly. Both girls, obedient to the gesture; rose together to their feet.
Fighting Slave of Gor     Book 14     Page 65

"Take me there!" she demanded.
Instantly, appropriately, he lashed her head to the side with the back of his right hand.
She was struck to the ground with the force of the blow and at a snapping of his fingers, and his gesture, she struggled again to her knees before us, her mouth bloody. Her eyes were wide. It was perhaps the first time she had been cuffed.
Magicians of Gor     Book 25     Pages 192 - 193

Stand Still

He turned about, and, with a gesture, cautioned me to immobility and silence.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 41

Silence

"If I may not speak," she said, "by your least gesture or movement of irritation, warn me to silence. I have no wish to displease you in the slightest."
I indicated, with a movement of my fingers, that she should discard the pleasure silk. She did so, dropping it behind her.
Guardsman of Gor     Book 16     Page 177

I cautioned her to silence, holding my finger across my lips. This is a very natural gesture. I do not know if the gesture, considered as a Gorean gesture, had an independent development, or if, specifically, somewhere in the remote past, it had an Earth origin. There are many Gorean gestures, of course, some of which are very similar to Earth gestures and some of which are not. Another way of warning an individual to silence, incidentally, is to touch the fingers twice, lightly, to the lips. The origin of that gesture, as far as I know, is uniquely Gorean.
Players of Gor     Book 20     Page 179

"May I speak?" I asked. I then realized that no gag was needed to silence me. It could be done to me as simply and effectively by the will, or mere whim, of men such as these. By such men I could be silenced by a mere word, or a gesture or glance.
Dancer of Gor     Book 22     Page 48

He smiled and put his finger to his lips, a gesture that warned me that I was not to speak, a gesture with which I was familiar, from my own cultural background. I did not know if it were native to him as well.
He smiled and put his finger to his lips, a gesture that warned me that I was not to speak, a gesture with which I was familiar, from my own cultural background. I did not know if it were native to him as well.
Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 25

"She has a general permission to speak," I said. Such a permission, of course, at a word or gesture, may be revoked.
Swordsmen of Gor     Book 29     Page 38

What a difference between the unquestioned prerogatives of the free woman who may speak if and when, and as, she pleases, and the helplessness of the slave who may be silenced with a word or gesture, and may not speak without permission.
Mariners of Gor     Book 30     Page 371

Strip

He gestured that I should remove my garments, and I did so, even to, reading his eyes, the red Koora on my head. He then gestured that I should crawl to him and kneel back on my heels, facing away from him. I did so. I felt my wrists, with binding fiber, tied behind my back.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 333

Two gestures then did he make, in quick succession, the first indicating the left shoulder where, had I been tunicked in that fashion, there would have been a disrobing loop, and the second indicating, fingers spread, palms down, the floor. Instantly I drew the tunic over my head, stripping myself before him, and turned about, and put myself to my belly, legs and arms spread widely, spread-eagled.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 144

Announce Presence

I had not announced my presence to them, and by design, as might have a typical Gorean male. Such a male, entering among hooded slaves, in particular, pleasure slaves, might have signified his presence by smiting his thigh once, or by twice clapping his hands, sharply, perhaps, at the same time, calling, "Position." Such women, then, had they been hooded Gorean pleasure slaves, and not Waniyanpi females, would have scrambled to kneel, and beautifully and vitally. Too, they would have knelt with their knees widely spread, exposing the soft interiors of their opened thighs, indicating thereby, and sensitively and beautifully, their vulnerability to male might and their submission to male power.
Blood Brothers of Gor Book 18 Pages 159 - 160

Dance

I then stepped back from her. "When I clap my hands," I said, "you will dance, Slave."
"Yes, Master," she said.
Explorers of Gor Book 13 Page 361

Dismiss

When Kron had tired of watching the dancers he clapped his hands twice and with a discordant jangle of their ankle bells they fled from the room.
Outlaw of Gor     Book 2     Page 226

The feast steward then clapped his hands twice, dismissing the girls, who rushed from the room; and then he clapped his hands twice more.
I heard the sound of slave bells attached to ankle rings, to locked wrist bracelets, to Turian collars.
More girls approached rapidly, their feet taking small running steps in a turning line that sped forth from a small room in the back and to the right.
Nomads of Gor     Book 4     Page 97

"The rest of you," I said, "to your kennels, hurry!" I clapped my hands.
Fighting Slave of Gor     Book 14     Page 268

Hurry

"The rest of you females," said Boots, clapping his hands sharply, "get back to your work!"
Players of Gor Book 20 Page 256

He then clapped his hands together, sharply, joyfully. "Get busy, you worthless pot girls, you tarsk-bit sluts, prepare a feast, a mighty feast!"
Kur of Gor Book 28 Page 598

Kneel

He clapped his hands sharply twice, and there was a scurrying and rambling of bodies and the sound of the long chain slipping through the ankle rings. The girls now knelt, each in the position of the Pleasure Slave, in their camisks on the grass, in a line between the two trees to which their chain was fastened. As I passed each she boldly raised her eyes to mine and said, "Buy Me, Master."
Outlaw of Gor Book 2 Page 194

React

Others, on their chains, were to react, as though struck, given a clap of hands.
Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 333

Stop Dancing

Rask clapped his hands again, twice, sharply. The musicians stopped, and the girl stopped dancing. "That is enough, Slave Girl," he said.
Captive of Gor Book 7 Page 304

Summon

Kron clapped his hands again and to my surprise there was a sudden sound of bells and four terrified girls, obviously chosen for their beauty and grace, stood before our table clad only in the scarlet dancing silks of Gor. They threw back their heads and lifted their arms and to the barbaric cadence set by the musicians danced before us.
Outlaw of Gor     Book 2     Page 225

Then Kutaituchik sat back and clapped his hands together sharply twice. "Bring the she-slave," he said.
Nomads of Gor     Book 4     Page 44

The feast steward then clapped his hands twice, dismissing the girls, who rushed from the room; and then he clapped his hands twice more.
I heard the sound of slave bells attached to ankle rings, to locked wrist bracelets, to Turian collars.
More girls approached rapidly, their feet taking small running steps in a turning line that sped forth from a small room in the back and to the right.
Nomads of Gor     Book 4     Page 97

Rask clapped his hands twice, sharply. And the black-haired, green-eyed, olive-skinned slave girl stood before him.
Captive of Gor     Book 7     Page 302

Wake Up

"Wake up, Wench!" I cried, striding into Vika's chamber, clapping my hands sharply twice.
Priest-Kings of Gor Book 3 Page 57

Approach

I motioned for her to approach, and she did so.
I indicated that she should enter my arms, and she did so.
Nomads of Gor     Book 4     Page 298

He turned to us, and motioned us forward, the five girls in the coffle. We approached.
Slave Girl of Gor     Book 11     Page 149

I threw off the furs, and motioned her to my arms.
Beasts of Gor     Book 12     Page 80

I motioned her forward and she turned to my arms, sobbing, holding me.
Vagabonds of Gor     Book 24     Page 264

The jailer motioned that I should approach him. I did so, timidly.
Witness of Gor     Book 26     Page 153

He motioned that she should bring it to him.
Prize of Gor     Book 27     Page 85

The older lad motioned that she should come closer, and then cautioned her to approach no more closely.
Prize of Gor     Book 27     Page 363

Pertinax stood up, not too solidly, and motioned to his Jane, who instantly surrendered her trencher of suls to another girl, and hurried to him, to kneel and put her head down, softly, her forehead to his sandals.
Swordsmen of Gor     Book 29     Page 414

"Girl!" I said.
Frightened, the slave turned, catching sight of me, I think for the first time, and probably, too, the fallen Seremides.
I motioned her to me.
Mariners of Gor     Book 30     Page 248

Dismiss

"Paga, Master?" asked a dark-haired, belled paga slave, in a scrap of diaphanous yellow silk.
I motioned her away.
Rouge of Gor Book 15 Page 12

Follow

He motioned me to my feet that I should follow him.
Slave Girl of Gor Book 11 Page 99

He motioned that I should follow him within.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 371

Lie Down

He carried some things, and motioned that I should lie upon my stomach in the vicinity of the double door. He crouched beside me and crossed my wrists. He jerked tight knots on them. He then crossed my ankles, and pulled them up, close to my wrists. In a moment, with a few quick movements, my ankles had been tied tightly together and fastened to my wrists.
Witness of Gor Book 26 Page 393

Move

A man opened the gate and motioned me out, still on all fours, onto a small wooden platform.
Dancer of Gor Book 22 Page 125

Proceed

Kuurus threw the silk and chain over his shoulder and motioned the girl to move ahead of him and, numbly, she did so, crossing the room, going between the tables, and stopping before the narrow ladder at the right side of the high wall, in which were found the ledges with their alcoves.
Assassin of Gor Book 5 Page 22

Rise

He then stepped back from me, and motioned that I should get up. I did so, unsteadily, for I had been closely bound, hand and foot.
Dancer of Gor Book 22 Page 413

He motioned for her to rise, and she did so, and stood before him, though I feared she might fall.
Mariners of Gor Book 30 Page 532