Ala
Ibo earth mother, goddess of justice, protection, laws. Protectress of the harvest. She took the dead in her pocket.
Apollo
Greek god of the sun, light, music, song, medicine, and healing. Patron of herdsmen.
Apollo’s mother Leto was forced to run from Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus. She went to the Island of Delos and delivered her two children- the twins, Apollo and Artemis.
Though the god of light, Apollo had a dark side. Under the name of Carneios, he is seen as a god of death. He and Artemis slew all of their mother Leto’s children when Niobe, their grandmother, claimed all of Leto’s children were more beautiful than the gods.
Apollo was worshipped at the oracle of Delphi, where a priestess who give forth his predictions. The Greeks believed that the egyptian God Heru and Apollo were the same deities. He is the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo’s minor associations include black magic, blessing, justice, divination, oracles, prophecy, creativity, fertility, productivity, success. Read the rest of this entry »