with_blackened_feathers birdmad see: Apollo 010312 ... sardines Son of Zeus and the titan Leto father of Asclepius the healer (whose talisman is the two serpents coiled about a winged staff) Husband of Coronis who betrayed him for a man called Ischys Apollo suspicious, set a crow to watch over Coronis. In this time all crows were pure white, but when the crow flew to Apollo to tell him that Coronis had been unfaithful to him, Apollo ( Phoebus / Helios ) literally exploding with rage the fire that flew forth from him in his anger burned the crow's feathers to black. He blamed it for not keeping Ischys away from Coronis. He struck Coronis dead and the infant Asclepius was raised by the centaur Chiron but this is where and how i gained my black plumage do you think anybody cares? i care i think all that stuff is cool i had a dog once. i named him apollo. she was a black lab, and everyone said that it was a dumb name for a female dog. i named her apollo because of the black crow in that story. i didn't want to name her crow, so i decided apollo was better because crows are black because of him. stephanie's dog apollo is really fun to watch i enjoy apollo especially i would always watch late at nite during the summer 130107 what's it to you? who go blather from