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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