Apollo
The Greek god of medicine and healing, light, truth, archery, colonists, prophecy, herds and flocks, music, poetry, and the sun. The origin of his name is uncertain, though there are many possibilities — apollumi, “the destroyer”; apolusis, “redeem”; apolousis, “purification”; aploun, “simple” or “unity”; aei-ballon “ever-shooting”; and apella “assembly”. The name may also be from the ancient Hittite diety Aplu, a god of healing, who may in turn have come from the Akkadian sun god Aplu Enlil, whose name meant literally “son of Enlil”, Enlil being one of the chief Sumerian gods. If this is the case, Apollo’s worship goes back to the dawn of Middle Eastern civilization.
Apollo’s name indicates Source energy that expands from a point to fill volume, like light; the result is a grounded, wholesome power.
Thanks to Mahud for the beautiful illustration!
September 24th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Wow!!! That image is stunning!
And I had no idea that Apollo was God of all those things… I feel more of an affinity toward him now.
Loving the tidbits of info I pick up via these word of the day pieces…
Thank you!!!
September 26th, 2007 at 5:51 am
[...] Apollo, created for Jeff over at Druid Journal: Word of the Day » Apollo [...]
September 30th, 2007 at 10:52 am
Thanks Jeff for including my image. I’m so honored
and thanks K-L for your lovely comment
That’s a pretty interesting link. I wonder if there’s anything to it?
Although I thought that Apollo, didn’t start out as a sun god, but once he acquired solar attributes, he began to take over from the God Helios.
Still what you say about Apollo’s name indicating Source energy, etc, makes me wonder if he had Solar attributes all along.