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Ichor
In Greek mythology, Ichor ( or ; )〔Of uncertain etymology; R. S. P. Beekes has suggested that is a foreign word (''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, pp. 607–8).〕 is the ethereal golden fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals.
==In classical myth==
Ichor originates in Greek mythology, where it is the ethereal fluid that is the Greek gods' blood, sometimes said to retain the qualities of the immortal's food and drink, ambrosia or nectar. It was considered to be golden in color, as well as lethally toxic to mortals. Great demigods and heroes occasionally attacked gods and released ichor, but gods rarely did so to each other in Homeric myth.
In Ancient Crete, tradition told of Talos, a giant man of bronze portrayed with wings. When Cretan mythology was appropriated by the Greeks, they imagined him more like the Colossus of Rhodes. He possessed a single vein running with ichor that was stoppered by a nail in his back. Talos guarded Europa on Crete and threw boulders at intruders until the Argonauts came after the acquisition of the Golden Fleece and the sorceress Medea took out the nail, releasing the ichor and killing him.
In pathology, "ichor" is an antiquated term for a watery discharge from a wound or ulcer with an unpleasant or fetid (offensive) smell.〔(ichor - definition of ichor by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia )〕 The Greek Christian writer Clement of Alexandria used "ichor" in this sense in a polemic against the pagan Greek gods.
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