Gods

Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, light,
healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy,
dance, reason, intellectualism, Shamans, and as the patron
defender of herds and flocks. Apollo had a famous oracle in
Crete and other notable ones in Clarus and Branchidae.

Apollo is known as the leader of the Muses ("musagetes") and
director of their choir. He is associated with: swans, hawks,
wolves, dolphins, ravens, crows, snakes, mice, grasshopper,
the griffin, bows and arrows, a laurel crown, and the lyre.

The swan and grasshopper symbolize music and song; the
hawk, raven, crow and snake have reference to his functions
as the god of prophecy.The chief festivals held in honour of
Apollo were the Carneia, Daphnephoria, Delia, Hyacinthia,
Pyanepsia, Pythia and Thargelia.