Tag: apollo

my-name-is-apollo:

Apollo Cheat Sheet

Name:

  • Apollōn (Ἀπόλλων) | Apollō 

Popular epithets:

  • Phoibos (Phoebus) | Pythios | Paean | Hecatos | Musagetes |

Family:

  • Koios & Phoebe  (Grandparents)
  • Kronos & Rhea  (Grandparents)
  • Zeus & Leto (Parents)
  • Artemis (Twin sister)
  • Asteria & Themis (Nurses)
  • Hecate (Cousin)

Retinue:

  • Mousai
  • Horae
  • Charites
  • Nymphs
  • Delian triad (Artemis and Leto)

Lovers:

  • Calliope
  • Cyrene
  • Hyacinthus
  • Daphne
  • Cyparissus
  • Admetus
  • Thalia

Children:

  • Aristaeus
  • Asclepius
  • Hymenaeus
  • Korybantes
  • Musa Apollonides
  • Orpheus
  • Philammon

God of:

Music | Poetry | Arts | Knowledge | Sun | Light | Rationality and reason | Law and Order | Prophecy | Purification | Healing | Civilization | Philosophy | Youth | Archery | Colonization | Pastures and cattle | Diseases |

Patron of:

Poets | Musicians | Writers | Prophets | Artists | Scholars | Archers | Shepherds | Cowherds | Astrologers | Nurses | Doctors | Scientists | Lawyers | Architects | Athletes | Philosophers

Protector of:

Foreigners | Sailors | Refugees | Children | Youths | Warriors | Cattle and flocks | Plant crops | Cities | Streets | Homes | Doors | Tombs

Residence: Mount Olympus | Hyperborea

Number: 7

Day: Sunday

Colors: White | Gold | Red

Stone: Amber | Hyacinth (Sapphire)

Celestial object: Sun

Appearance:

  • Ideal kouros (beardless, athletic youth)

Symbols:

  • Lyre | Bow and arrow | Laurel wreath | Sun

Scared plants:

  • Laurel tree | Larkspur | Mistletoe | Cypress | Palm tree

Sacred animals and birds:

  • Crow | Swan | Wolf | Griffin | Dolphin | Deer | Hawk | Mouse |

Weapons:

  • Bow and arrows | Golden sword | Spear

Estates and attributes:

  • The Oracular site of Delphi
  • Golden bow, silver bow, golden arrows
  • The Garden of Apollo in Hyperborea
  • Sacred tripod
  • Lyre and Cithara
  • Golden Chariot
  • Golden sword

Main sites of worship:

  • Delphi | Delos | Hyperborea | Sparta | Didyma 

Sacred days:

  • 7th day of every month | New moon day and full moon day of every month

Festivals:

Other epithets:

  • Orthos Logos (The true word) 
  • Cydimus Kouros (Renowned son; of Zeus)
  • Panderkes Omma (The All-Seeing Eye) 
  • Cyrius Orcheseos (Lord of the Dance) 
  • Cyrus Aestheseon (Lord of feeling and sensation) 
  • Mealioukhos Tyrannea (He who rules with sweetness) 

articenens:

►APOLLON (Απολλων) was the great Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, healing, plague and disease, music, song and poetry, archery, and the protection of the young. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and various attributes including:—a wreath and branch of laurel; bow and quiver; raven; and lyre.

orrangie:

Apollo Devotional Ideas

☀️ Light a candle in pitch darkness

☀️ Sing in the shower

☀️ Eat healthy

☀️ Do a morning workout

☀️ Make playlists

☀️ Draw, animate, reblog other peoples art, take photos

☀️ Study anatomy

☀️ Take your medication

☀️ Feed your local crows and ravens

☀️ Take a long car ride down and empty road

☀️ Study and practice divination techniques

☀️ Study past epidemics and plagues

☀️ Do no harm but take no shit

Food/drink offerings:

🍯honey

🥛milk

🍑PEACHES

🍊oranges

💧water

🍭sweets (chocolate, candy,etc)

elsaswitch:

🌞 how i honour apollo 💫

☀️ offerings:

  • citrine, sunstone, or yellow calcite; lain in the sun
  • chocolate
  • burying lemon or orange based products (zest, slices)
  • singing or playing music for him, especially in the sun

🌻 rituals:

  • spending time in the sunshine
  • playing music
  • listening to lyre music
  • putting lemon or orange in your food and drink
  • wearing a token piece of jewellery that symbolises him (i wear a sun pendant)

✨ small spells:

  • holding a piece of citrine/sunstone/yellow calcite, and letting the energy flow through you
  • creating a small tune or musical chant for him, and playing it when you feel his presence
  • lighting a yellow candle and letting it burn in your space when you are working or doing anything involving creativity and knowledge
  • making lemon or orange tea, and stirring it clockwise to bring his energy to you

🌟 his prescence:

  • when the sun comes out from behind the clouds
  • music that makes you tingle
  • art that brings tidal waves of emotion to you
  • the smell of citrus

these are my original ideas that i use in my practise. feel free to use them, but do not claim them as your own ✨