Edgar Rice Burroughs: Thuvia, Maid of Mars

15. APPENDIX : A GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS USED IN THE MARTIAN BOOKS (continued)

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.