I’ve replied before on this topic. The Greek god I most identify is with Apollo. The Greek god of healing, music, prophesy, and sharing the wisdom of the gods, especially Zeus upon high Mt. Olympus.
“NF are also described as an archetype description as being an Apollonian”
As with the NT, the NF is future -oriented and focused on what might be. Apollo, giving man a sense of mission, showing man how to continue in his search for the sacred.
Apollo was the self-appointed bearer of Truth. Apollo symbolizes the duality of the Hellenic spirit: the urge to ideals, to truth, to beauty, to spiritually and sacredness.
He stood for the Grecian ideal of purity of spirit, of dedication to helping others, of the bringer of of therapeutic music and song.
He represented the healer of mind and body. He was the giver of prophecy, the inspirer and the inspirational, the divine and the incorruptible.
As the NF seeks self- actualization in identity and unity, he is aware that this is a life -long process, an ideal toward being and becoming a final finished self.” [David Keirsey, Please Understand Me. Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1984.]
My dad used to say and he was Russian plus I am a junior as a nickname, “Junie, Junie I like the Scandinavian gods. Those Greek gods though I don’t because their stories were full of Incest related encounters.”
It is more complicated and there was an earlier pantheon but I am just starting with Gaea or Mother Earth, the earth goddes. She bore a son named Uranus the sky god and together bore the first gods called Titans.
There were 12 of these Titans and Cronus, Cronus (Roman name is Saturn) son castrated his father Uranus. Hence the night time constellations. Each of the six brother Titans married their six counterpart sister Titans.
Thus Cronus married Rhea, a mother goddess. Together they bore 6 children later identified as the Olympians. Cronus swallowed his first 5 children. Rhea fooled Cronus into swallowing Zeus and disguising him as a rock for camouflage.
Zeus grew up in a secluded island and then later revolted against his father. He established the Olympian gods upon Mt. Olympus. There were 6 offspring and sisters married their brothers. Later the 12 ruling elite Olympians were augmented by sons and daughters of Zeus and Rhea.
Zeus married his sister Hera, the queen of the gods. Zeus though was very unfaithful. He engaged multiple human woman in various guises. He was a shower of gold. He was a bull and thus the Minotaur of legend was born.
Zeus had a son with a mortal woman and produced Hercules. Hera being jealous tried unsuccessfully to have Hercules killed. I do not boast, it’s just my whole life I have been in one form or another on a quest for insight and wisdom.
Thus I have strong academic backgrounds with theology. I had at one point wished to become a priest and took advanced theology courses. I love all myths especially the Greek, Celtic and Scandinavian myths.
So I have a background in psychology, human services, philosophy, theology, mythology and history.
I once asked an open ended question of, “Is it helpful to have various backgrounds to draw upon.” My answer is yes.
One can cross reference verb usage from one field and then with this gain an advantage by cross referencing and developing insights by using terminology and understanding with other fields to gain a fresh perspective.
I have a private battle. I have used the myth of Sisyphus rolling up a boulder in a Greek purgatory as a private metaphor of my own inner battle.
Another I identify is the Titan Prometheus. Prometheus stole the fire of the gods and gifted it to humanity. Zeus as punishment hung Prometheus to a cliff.
Every day a vulture would come and eat Prometheus’s liver. Being an immortal his liver grew back and the whole process was every day repeated.
I also relate to Icarus in that he flew too close to the sun and with wings of wax fell. Another metaphor I use is the Minotaur in the labyrinth. I have shared before, and will continue to do so.
I have an abstract saying, “I will not write or say anything unless it in a metaphorical sense resonates with my heart, mind and soul.” For now I am being somewhat vague. I have an album on Facebook called “My Private Struggle.”
Best wishes for all that share my love about myths. As a last statement even though they are from two different fields, I find Joseph Campbell, mythology expertise and Carl Jung from psychology both highly intuitive, fascinating insightful men.
Apollo (Sol) god of inner-light
Apollo (Apollo or Phoebus) God of light, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, the arts, music, poetry, prophecy, archery, the sun, manly youth, and beauty.
Son of Zeus and Leto. Symbols include the sun, lyre, bow and arrow, raven, dolphin, wolf, swan, and mouse. Twin brother of Artemis.
Apollon [aka Apollo]
The son of Zeus and Leto his mother was pursued by Hera to the floating rock Delos where he was born under a palm tree because of the when and where of his birth the full and new moon cycles where considered sacred to him.
Homer depicted him as a god of prophecy, the sender of plagues, and the god of agriculture. Often referred to for his physical prowess he was said to be the first winner of the Olympic games.
Upon his birth he slew the Python bringer of winter and darkness and was found guilty by the gods of murder he was then forced to wander the earth in penance.
"Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks.
And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted."
@Joseph Campbell
'Ballad of Apollo'
"As Apollo plays his Golden lyre, the Graces and Muses dance their hips asway and even mighty Zeus's thunderbolts were stilled." LightSun;
