=== ミノアでの起源 ===
[[File:AMI - Goldene Doppelaxt.jpg|thumb|250px|Ornamented golden [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[labrys]]]]
George Huxley regarded the identification of Apollo with the Minoan deity Paiawon, worshipped in Crete, to have originated at Delphi.ジョージ・ハクスリーは、アポローンとクレタ島で信仰されていたミノアの神パイアウォンとの同一視は、デルフォイに端を発していると考えている<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Huxley|first=George|date=, 1975-06-06|title=, Cretan Paiawones|url=, https://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/8541|journal=, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies|language=en|volume=16|issue=2|pages=119–124|issn=2159, volume16, issue2, pages119–124, issn2159-3159}}</ref> 。 George Huxley regarded the identification of Apollo with the Minoan deity Paiawon, worshipped in Crete, to have originated at Delphi. In the ''Homeric Hymn'', Apollo appeared as a dolphin and carried Cretan priests to Delphi, where they evidently transferred their religious practices. ''Apollo Delphinios'' or ''Delphidios'' was a sea-god especially worshipped in Crete and in the islands.<ref>Martin Nilsson (1967). Vol I, p. 554 A4</ref> Apollo's sister [[Artemis]], who was the Greek goddess of hunting, is identified with [[Britomartis]] (Diktynna), the Minoan "Mistress of the animals". In her earliest depictions she was accompanied by the "Master of the animals", a bow-wielding god of hunting whose name has been lost; aspects of this figure may have been absorbed into the more popular Apollo.<ref name="Nilsson499">Martin Nilsson (1967), Vol I, pp. 499–500</ref>
===Anatolian origin===