Talk:Atlas/@comment-178.1.10.237-20150919030526/@comment-109.130.240.183-20150919122302

atlas carrying a globe was a huge misconception of the original idea, the ancient g(r)eeks actually tought there was a secondary sphere (a hollow globe with the earth in it) turning around the earth. Atlas was the divider that made sure the sphere and the earth didn't collide... (he was standing on top of the atlas mountains, making it rather hard to carry the earth from there)