Apollo and Norse mythology. In Greek mythology Artemis was the leader (, "hegemon") of the nymphs, who had similar functions with the Nordic Elves. The "elf-shot" originally indicated disease or death attributed to the elves, but it was later attested denoting stone arrow-heads which were used by witches to harm people, and also for healing rituals. The Vedic Rudra has some similar functions with Apollo. The terrible god is called "The Archer", and the bow is also an attribute of Shiva. Rudra could bring diseases with his arrows, but he was able to free people of them, and his alternative Shiba
Tenerus (son of Apollo) Tenerus (son of Apollo) In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Theban hero Tenerus was the son and prophet of Apollo. His mother was Melia, a daughter of the Titan Oceanus. According to Pausanius, Melia, who had been abducted by Apollo, gave birth to Tenerus and his brother ismenus, the eponym of the Theban river. The Teneric plain, Northwest of Thebes was named after Tenerus. Tenerus was a priest and prophet of Apollo, and had an oracle at the Ismenion, the Temple of Apollo at Thebes. The late 6th–early 5th century BC Theban poet Pindar, called Tenerus "the temple tending