Atlas
Transcript: Atlas The Story of Atlas Atlas sided with the Titans in their war against the Olympians. When the Titans lost many of them were confined to Tartarus, but Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the western edge of Earth and hold up the sky on his shoulders. Encounter with Heracles One of the twelve labors of Heracles was to fetch some apples which grow in Hera's garden, tended by Atlas' daughters. Heracles went to Atlas and offered to hold up the heavens, while Atlas got the apples from his daughters. Upon his return with the apples, Atlas tried to trick Heracles into holding the sky forever by offering to deliver the apples himself. Heracles, suspecting Atlas did not intend to return, he pretended to agree with the offer. So he asked Atlas to just hold it while he adjusted his shoulder pads.Atlas set the apples down and held the sky, and Heracles took the apples and ran away leaving Atlas with the sky, again. World Turtle The world turtle is a mytheme of a giant turtle that supports or contains the world. The turtle occurs in Hindu, Chinese, and Native American mythology. Interesting Facts Sources describe Atlas as the father, by different goddesses, of numerous children, mostly daughters. In a late myth, Atlas was transformed into the stony Atlas mountain by Perseus using the Gorgon's head. He is also the constellation kneeler
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