Lichor : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:45 pm

So I've often wondered about it's meaning, and the only definition I can find is something close to amneotic fluid, which doesn't make very much sense since it is plucked from a flower.

» Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:32 pm

I'm guessing that they're using it to mean nectar. UESP notes that it is likely an allusion to Ichor, which makes sense.

» Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:14 pm

...and immortal blood came flowing quickly from the goddess, the ichor that courses through their veins, the blessed gods- they eat no bread, they drink no shining wine, and so the gods are bloodless, and so we call them deathless.

-Fagles' translation of Homer's The Iliad, Book 5 v. 381-384

Ichor is God's blood in Greek myth, originating from the substance that was their sustenance; golden nectar, divine ambrosia.
Since "lichor" is the substance found from a plant in Mankar's ethereal paradise, tellingly named "Mana bloom", it probably refers to something similar.