Apollo taught to the humans the art of healing and archery. Phoebe, his grandmother, gave the oracular shrine of Delphi to Apollo as a birthday gift. Themis inspired him to be the oracular voice of Delphi thereon. Later, with his bow and arrows that he had received from Hephaestus, Apollo went in search of the chthonic dragon Python, which lived in Delphi beside the Castalian Spring, and was a terror to the people. Hera had sent this serpent to hunt the pregnant Leto to her death across the world. To avenge the trouble given to his mother, Apollo killed Python in
Midgard Serpent (Marvel Comics) a splash page to depict the creature's size, and then full pages to demonstrate the battle between the pair. Although killed, the Serpent was resurrected in "Thor" #486 - 488 (May - July 1995), and featured in "Avengers" vol. 3, #1 (Feb. 1998) before reappearing in "Thor" #80 vol. 2, (Aug. 2004). The Midgard Serpent first appears when a scientist draws what he believes to be venom from a statue of the serpent, the liquid becoming a deadly solvent. In the realm of Asgard, the seer Volla makes a prophecy that Thunder God Thor will battle the Midgard Serpent during