Ichor

With the name ichor (Greek: ἰχώρ ) is in Greek mythology, the liquid referred to, which flows through the gods instead of men's blood.

In Homer's Iliad the emerging Ichor is described as dark or black. A different color Homer calls at any point. There, for example, Aphrodite is wounded by a spear Diomedes ':

"She slashed her delicate skin that it began ichor dripping on wrist on: because the gods neither eat bread nor drink our wine flows in them no blood: drum they are immortal [ ... ] the white of their skin will turn red from the ichor "

Other meanings

• In medicine it is used to refer to blood or purulent wound fluid.
• Sometimes it happens in the literature to refer to the blood of aliens or even immortals. HP Lovecraft, Anne McCaffrey and Ricardo Pinto ( The stone circle of the Chameleons) use this term in their works.
• For the name of Tiberium by the Scrin in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars.

Footnotes

• Term from Greek mythology