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The commander of a military Kur, thus, might better be thought of as the "brain" or "mind," but continues, in their languages, to be spoken of as the "blood". - (Marauders of Gor, Chapter 17, Sentence #119)

Contemporary Kurii understand, naturally, that cognitive processes are brain-centered, or largely brain-centered, but the ancient terminology, in their songs, poetry, and even military lexicon, remains. Analogously, humans continue to speak of affairs of the heart, a man of good heart, that someone has a big heart, etc. , which terminology perhaps lingers from times when the heart was regarded not as a chemomechanical pump but as the throne and home of the emotions. The commander of a military Kur, thus, might better be thought of as the "brain" or "mind," but continues, in their languages, to be spoken of as the "blood". A "blood" thus commands the two eyes and the two hands. Twelve "Kurii," in the sense of military units, constitutes one "Band". This has one hundred and eighty animals, including subalterns and leaders, and is itself commanded by a "Blood," whose rank is indicated by two rings on the left arm. - (Marauders of Gor)