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Atlas is one of my favorite characters in Greek mythology...he is literally the one who held up the world with his extreme strength. He was sent to hold up the earth as a punishment after the war between the Titans and the Olympians.

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francescool said:
Atlas is one of my favorite characters in Greek mythology...he is literally the one who held up the world with his extreme strength. He was sent to hold up the earth as a punishment after the war between the Titans and the Olympians.

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What a punishment!.... Fabulous image!❤️.... Kalley Mera from Thailand..
 
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What a punishment!.... Fabulous image!❤️.... Kalley Mera from Thailand..
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This is how I feel at work on a Monday LOL
 
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toniiv said:
This is how I feel at work on a Monday LOL
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Only on Monday!??..... That's ok.... working in Tourism industry every one feels like this every day in summer season..... That's why we walk like that all winter!!???..... Kalley Mera from Thailand and monsoons...
 
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Only on Monday!??..... That's ok.... working in Tourism industry every one feels like this every day in summer season..... That's why we walk like that all winter!!???..... Kalley Mera from Thailand and monsoons...
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Did you only work in the summer months?
 
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This is a cool story and an interesting thought. I find myself referencing this story sometimes when I am trying to express when I feel like I have a lot going on in life. I'll say that I feel like I have a heavy burden, like Atlas. If Atlas falls over, earth goes tumbling.
 
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nadellii said:
Did you only work in the summer months?
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Yes, but my season preparations began in March/April when everyone else involved in the tourism industry is slowly coming into the island.... when it is high season, myself only taking care of operations, when all begin to wind up their season in October my duties would be multifold as season end responsibilities were the opposite to others in the industry!.Hence it would take many months to unwind and chill!
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Did you only work in the summer months?
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k_tsoukalas said:
This is a cool story and an interesting thought. I find myself referencing this story sometimes when I am trying to express when I feel like I have a lot going on in life. I'll say that I feel like I have a heavy burden, like Atlas. If Atlas falls over, earth goes tumbling.
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I assure you are not alone in feeling how you feel!..♥️♥️
 
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Definitely so!
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Our world has changed forever and time to adapt, adjust,and accept the changes as they happen....I have built up travel phobia within myself ( definitely not about Covid!! ) flying nowadays.... Just the thought of masks+16 hours of flying.... and I have been flying all my life, sometimes 2/3 times a week when I was younger.......I have been told I am not alone!...this is the norm!??... Kalley Mera!
 
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Our world has changed forever and time to adapt, adjust,and accept the changes as they happen....I have built up travel phobia within myself ( definitely not about Covid!! ) flying nowadays.... Just the thought of masks+16 hours of flying.... and I have been flying all my life, sometimes 2/3 times a week when I was younger.......I have been told I am not alone!...this is the norm!??... Kalley Mera!
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I am definitely super scared of being in large crowds...for me its just not worth it. I'd rather catch covid from doing something that I love not from being in the supermarket or something like that. If im going to catch it, it better be worth it!
 
francescool said:
Atlas is one of my favorite characters in Greek mythology...he is literally the one who held up the world with his extreme strength. He was sent to hold up the earth as a punishment after the war between the Titans and the Olympians.

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Please note Atlas[a mountain later] separates the Sky [Uranus] from the Earth[Gaea/Ge] and is almost certainly an alternative name for Cronus [Phaethon]. The sphere Atlas held up was decorated with star constellations to show it represented the sky.The golden apples Atlas steals for Heracles [Lucifer/Loki/Set/Satan] are the constellation Cygnus [ the swan was sacred to Apollo - called Abelio on Crete and Abellio in Gaul - Apollo Belenus]. Mistletoe left to itself kills trees.Atlas is Idas/Cain/
Lycurgus [king of the Edoni/Sarpedon] /Faunus Lupercus/Athamas/Tammuz/Pan/Min/
Hephaestus/Daksha-Prajapati/
Myrtilus/Hippolytus/Auriga/Heniokhos.
Theseus is Shiva.Phaedra is Sati.
Prajapati is Priapus/Min/Minos.
Athamas [Telemachus/Baldaeg] was the son of Oenopion [Odysseus/Odin/Moon-god/Hermanubis].Polyphemus is Orion [Mavet/Mot/Dionysus].Ariadne is Maia/
Nephthys. Svantovit is Apollo [Nergal]. Atlanteia is Europa/Idun/Ithunn/Eve [ wife of Danaus/Adam/Dhanus/
Sagittarius].
Atlas Telamon ['enduring'] is Telamon
[Oeneus/Alcaeus/Minos]. Meleager [Teucer] is Alcides [Catreus]. Althaea is Aphrodite [Leda/Hypermnestra].
Althaemenes is Meness/Men [Moon god/
Hermes Hypnophorus/Nireus/Nereus/Nero].
Apemosyne is opium-poppy [Poppaea].
See the story of Nero [Althaemenes] kicking Poppaea [Apemosyne] in the stomach.
Androgeus is Indra. Deucalion is Dionysus
[Osiris/Hades/Perseus].Minos [Pan/Oeneus] is Cronus [Atlas].
Thyestes [Tjehuti/Thoth] is Odysseus [Uranus].Pelopia/Phene is Penelopeia. Mnesiphae [Mnesiphane] is Pasiphae [Ino/Inanna/Anna/Halia/Danae/Danu/Don/Dictynna],the wife of MINos [Pan/Atlas].
Aegisthus is Zeus of the Aegis.Orestes is Theseus [Mithras].
Agamemnon is Cronus/Hephaestus/
Polydectes [see myth of Hephaestus trapping Ares and Aphrodite in an unbreakable net]. Dictys is Ares.
Diodorus Siculus did his best to confuse Shu [Onuris/Oneiros/Hoenir/Morpheus/
Proteus/Periclymenus/Lycaon/
Lycaethus/Priam/Brahma/
Hyacinthus/Iasion/Eetion/Atreus/Mercury/Thjazi] with Atlas
[Lycus/Trimilii/Trmmli/Triptolemus/
Prajapati/Priapus/Cronus/Ursa Minor] and to this day seems to have succeeded with everyone, but me. It would be nice if others saw that Shu is Actaeon/Actis,
but this identifies Helios with Aristaeus
[Har sa Iset/Horus son of Isis/Melissus/
Hyas/Haia/Cadmus/Kadmilos/Erichthonius] who in turn was linked with Jesus Christ, so I am not
holding my breath for enlightenment to break out in the year 2025 or even 2026.
Nut is Cassiopeia [Demeter].Geb is Cepheus.Andromeda is Persephone.
The chariot of Triptolemus is Ursa Major.
The dragon drawing Triptolemus' chariot is Draco.Lyncus [Sigemund, king of the Huns], king of Scythia, who slays Triptolemus' dragon is the constellation Cygnus. Charnabon is the constellation Ophiuchus.
St David [Dafydd/Dewi/Djehud/Da'ud/Thoth] was the son of St Non [Nun]. Acrisius [Crisus] is Yama
[Set/Hercules Monoecus/Herakles Monoikos/Monk; from whose shrine Monaco gets its name]. Hermes Trikephalos of Nonacris was Cerberus [Criophorus/Manigarm/
Hermanubis]. Odin is Garm suggesting total stupidity by the Norse writer of Odin's ending. Surtr [Fire-giant] is Zoroaster [Savitr/Sol/Helios/Istaran].Iris is Manzat.
Cres [Cretheus] is Ares Aphneius of Mount Cresius. Aerope is linked to Europa.
Welsh Gwydion is Mercury [Aquila/Danaus].Maes Gwydion is the Milky Way.Gwydion is linked to Biblical Gideon [a judge/dan],who in turn is linked to Leonidas I of Sparta,who with his 300 Spartans 'defeated' [in morale terms] a vast army of Medians/Medes [Midianites].Leonidas took his name,because he was the grandson of Leon [Leo/Osiris].Yahweh [Yakin/Hyacinthus] limited Gideon to 300 warriors to display his power. Gwydion was the father of Lleu by the Goddess Arianrhod [Ariadne/Medusa the Gorgon/Gorgo].
Lleu Llaw Gyffes is Samson [Lynceus/Lugh/Bellerophon/Hodr/Hamsa] of Dan [Beth Shemesh].Blodeuwedd is Delilah/
Hypermnestra [Danaides are the Amazons].Gronw [Cronus/Ninurta/'Lord Plough']] is Dagon.St Samson's feast day is 28 July [Lugh's feast day was 1 August].
Cyparissus [Hyacinthus/Eurytus] is Copreus [Mercury],herald of Eurystheus [Aristaeus/Zephyrus/Savitr/Soter].
Istaran could be called KA.DI or MUS in cuneiform [see Cadmus/Kadmos].
Roman Favonius can be linked with Latin Pavonis, meaning peacock [Argus Panoptes/Helios Panoptes].
Menoetius is Sagittarius,Atlas is Capricorn,
Prometheus is Aquarius [Khnum/
Ganymede],Pisces is Metis [Mehit/Tefnut/
Neith] and Aries is Epimetheus.
 
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