A Glossary Of Names And Terms
Used In The Martian Books
Aaanthor. A dead city of
ancient Mars.
Aisle of Hope. An aisle
leading to the court-room in Helium.
Apt. An Arctic monster.
A huge, white-furred creature with six limbs, four of which, short and
heavy, carry it over the snow and ice; the
other two, which grow forward
from its shoulders on either side of its long, powerful neck, terminate
in white, hairless hands with
which it seizes and holds
its prey. Its head and mouth are similar in appearance to those of a hippopotamus,
except that from the sides of
the lower jawbone two mighty
horns curve slightly downward toward the front. Its two huge eyes extend
in two vast oval patches from
the centre of the top of
the cranium down either side of the head to below the roots of the horns,
so that these weapons really grow out
from the lower part of the
eyes, which are composed of several thousand ocelli each. Each ocellus
is furnished with its own lid, and the
apt can, at will, close
as many of the facets of his huge eyes as he chooses. (See THE WARLORD
OF MARS.)
Astok. Prince of Dusar.
Avenue of Ancestors. A street
in Helium.
Banth. Barsoomian lion.
A fierce beast of prey that roams the low hills surrounding the dead seas
of ancient Mars. It is almost hairless,
having only a great, bristly
mane about its thick neck. Its long, lithe body is supported by ten powerful
legs, its enormous jaws are
equipped with several rows
of long needle-like fangs, and its mouth reaches to a point far back of
its tiny ears. It has enormous
protruding eyes of green.
(See THE GODS OF MARS.)
Bar Comas. Jeddak of Warhoon.
(See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Barsoom. MARS
Black pirates of Barsoom.
Men six feet and over in height. Have clear-cut and handsome features;
their eyes are well set and large,
though a slight narrowness
lends them a crafty appearance. The iris is extremely black while the eyeball
itself is quite white and clear.
Their skin has the appearance
of polished ebony. (See THE GODS OF MARS.)
Calot. A dog. About the
size of a Shetland pony and has ten short legs. The head bears a slight
resemblance to that of a frog, except that
the jaws are equipped with
three rows of long, sharp tusks. (See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Carter, John. Warlord of
Mars.
Carthoris of Helium. Son
of John Carter and Dejah Thoris.
Dak Kova. Jed among the
Warhoons (later jeddak).
Darseen. Chameleon-like
reptile.
Dator. Chief or prince among
the First Born.
Dejah Thoris. Princess of
Helium.
Djor Kantos. Son of Kantos
Kan; padwar of the Fifth Utan.
Dor. Valley of Heaven.
Dotar Sojat. John Carter's
Martian name, from the surnames of the first two warrior chieftains he
killed.
Dusar. A Martian kingdom.
Dwar. Captain.
Ersite. A kind of stone.
Father of Therns. High Priest
of religious cult.
First Born. Black race;
black pirates.
Kar Komak. Odwar of Lotharian
bowmen.
Gate of Jeddaks. A gate
in Helium.
Gozava. Tars Tarkas' dead
wife.
Gur Tus. Dwar of the Tenth
Utan.
Haad. Martian mile.
Hal Vas. Son of Vas Kor
the Dusarian noble.
Hastor. A city of Helium.
Hekkador. Title of Father
of Therns.
Helium. The empire of the
grandfather of Dejah Thoris.
Holy Therns. A Martian religious
cult.
Hortan Gur. Jeddak of Torquas.
Hor Vastus. Padwar in the
navy of Helium.
Horz. Deserted city; Barsoomian
Greenwich.
Illall. A city of Okar.
Iss. River of Death. (See
A
PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Issus. Goddess of Death,
whose abode is upon the banks of the Lost Sea of Korus. (See THE GODS
OF MARS.)
Jav. A Lotharian.
Jed. King.
Jeddak. Emperor.
Kab Kadja. Jeddak of the
Warhoons of the south.
Kadabra. Capital of Okar.
Kadar. Guard.
Kalksus. Cruiser; transport
under Vas Kor.
Kantos Kan. Padwar in the
Helium navy.
Kaol. A Martian kingdom
in the eastern hemisphere.
Kaor. Greeting.
Karad. Martian degree.
Komal. The Lotharian god;
a huge banth.
Korad. A dead city of ancient
Mars. (See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Korus. The Lost Sea of Dor.
Kulan Tith. Jeddak of Kaol.
(See THE WARLORD OF MARS.)
Lakor. A thern.
Larok. A Dusarian warrior;
artificer.
Lorquas Ptomel. Jed among
the Tharks. (See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Lothar. The forgotten city.
Marentina. A principality
of Okar.
Matai Shang. Father of Therns.
(See THE GODS OF MARS.)
Mors Kajak. A jed of lesser
Helium.
Notan. Royal Psychologist
of Zodanga.
Nutus. Jeddak of Dusar.
Od. Martian foot.
Odwar. A commander, or general.
Okar. Land of the yellow
men.
Old Ben (or Uncle Ben).
The writer's body-servant (coloured).
Omad. Man with one name.
Omean. The buried sea.
Orluk. A black and yellow
striped Arctic monster.
Otz Mountains. Surrounding
the Valley Dor and the Lost Sea of Korus.
Padwar. Lieutenant.
Panthan. A soldier of fortune.
Parthak. The Zodangan who
brought food to John Carter in the pits of Zat Arras. (See THE GODS
OF MARS.)
Pedestal of Truth. Within
the courtroom of Helium.
Phaidor. Daughter of Matai
Shang. (See THE GODS OF MARS.)
Pimalia. Gorgeous flowering
plant.
Plant men of Barsoom. A
race inhabiting the Valley Dor. They are ten or twelve feet in height when
standing erect; their arms are very
short and fashioned after
the manner of an elephant's trunk, being sinuous; the body is hairless
and ghoulish blue except for a broad band
of white which encircles
the protruding, single eye, the pupil, iris and ball of which are dead
white. The nose is a ragged, inflamed,
circular hole in the centre
of the blank face, resembling a fresh bullet wound which has not yet commenced
to bleed. There is no mouth in
the head. With the exception
of the face, the head is covered by a tangled mass of jet-black hair some
eight or ten inches in length. Each
hair is about the thickness
of a large angleworm. The body, legs and feet are of human shape but of
monstrous proportions, the feet being
fully three feet long and
very flat and broad. The method of feeding consists in running their odd
hands over the surface of the turf,
cropping off the tender
vegetation with razor-like talons and sucking it up from two mouths, which
lie one in the palm of each hand. They
are equipped with a massive
tail about six feet long, quite round where it joins the body, but tapering
to a flat, thin blade toward the end,
which trails at right angles
to the ground. (See THE GODS OF MARS.)
Prince Soran. Overlord of
the navy of Ptarth.
Ptarth. A Martian kingdom.
Ptor. Family name of three
Zodangan brothers.
Sab Than. Prince of Zodanga.
(See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Safad. A Martian inch.
Sak. Jump.
Salensus Oll. Jeddak of
Okar. (See THE WARLORD OF MARS.)
Saran Tal. Carthoris' major-domo.
Sarkoja. A green Martian
woman. (See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Sator Throg. A Holy Thern
of the Tenth Cycle.
Shador. Island in Omean
used as a prison.
Silian. Slimy reptiles inhabiting
the Sea of Korus.
Sith. Hornet-like monster.
Bald-faced and about the size of a Hereford bull. Has frightful jaws in
front and mighty poisoned sting behind.
The eyes, of myriad facets,
cover three-fourths of the head, permitting the creature to see in all
directions at one and the same time. (See
THE WARLORD OF MARS.)
Skeel. A Martian hardwood.
Sola. A young green Martian
woman.
Solan. An official of the
palace.
Sompus. A kind of tree.
Sorak. A little pet animal
among the red Martian women, about the size of a cat.
Sorapus. A Martian hardwood.
Sorav. An officer of Salensus
Oll.
Tal. A Martian second.
Tal Hajus. Jeddak of Thark.
Talu. Rebel Prince of Marentina.
Tan Gama. Warhoon warrior.
Tardos Mors. Grandfather
of Dejah Thoris and Jeddak of Helium.
Tario. Jeddak of Lothar.
Tars Tarkas. A green man,
chieftain of the Tharks.
Temple of Reward. In Helium.
Tenth Cycle. A sphere, or
plane of eminence, among the Holy Therns.
Thabis. Issus' chief.
Than Kosis. Jeddak of Zodanga.
(See A PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Thark. City and name of
a green Martian horde.
Thoat. A green Martian horse.
Ten feet high at the shoulder, with four legs on either side; a broad,
flat tail, larger at the tip than at the
root which it holds straight
out behind while running; a mouth splitting its head from snout to the
long, massive neck. It is entirely devoid
of hair and is of a dark
slate colour and exceedingly smooth and glossy. It has a white belly and
the legs are shaded from slate at the
shoulders and hips to a
vivid yellow at the feet. The feet are heavily padded and nailless. (See
A
PRINCESS OF MARS.)
Thor Ban. Jed among the
green men of Torquas.
Thorian. Chief of the lesser
Therns.
Throne of Righteousness.
In the court-room of Helium.
Throxus. Mightiest of the
five oceans.
Thurds. A green horde inimical
to Torquas.
Thuria. The nearer moon.
Thurid. A black dator.
Thuvan Dihn. Jeddak of Ptarth.
Thuvia. Princess of Ptarth.
Torith. Officer of the guards
at submarine pool.
Torkar Bar. Kaolian noble;
dwar of the Kaolian Road.
Torquas. A green horde.
Turjun. Carthoris' alias.
Utan. A company of one hundred
men (military).
Vas Kor. A Dusarian noble.
Warhoon. A community of
green men; enemy of Thark.
Woola. A Barsoomian calot.
Xat. A Martian minute.
Xavarian. A Helium warship.
Xodar. Dator among the First
Born.
Yersted. Commander of the
submarine.
Zad. Tharkian warrior.
Zat Arras. Jed of Zodanga.
Zithad. Dator of the guards
of Issus. (See The Gods Of Mars.)
Zitidars. Mastodonian draught
animals.
Zodanga. Martian city of
red men at war with Helium.
Zode. A Martian hour.
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