Five or the human microcosm

Five depicts man after the Fall.

The heart has four directions which,

with its centre,

make five and represent universality

There
are
five
crocodiles
of
the
Nile

The
five
faces
of
Siva

Apollo as god of light has five qualities:

Omnipotense - Omniscience - Omnipresence - Eternity - Unity