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Mythos Atlas

Divine domains

Gods of Endurance

3 deities from 3 traditions whose entries in this atlas list endurance among their domains, grouped by tradition.

Greek

1 deity

Atlas

endurance · the heavens

The Titan son of Iapetus whom Zeus set to hold up the sky at the western edge of the world, near the garden of the Hesperides. Brother of Prometheus and father of Maia and Calypso, he appears in Heracles' quest for the golden apples, and in Ovid is turned to stone as the Atlas mountains.

Haudenosaunee

1 deity

Great Turtle

the earth · endurance · the created world

The turtle on whose back Sky Woman is set as she falls from the Sky World, and whose back, built up with earth by other animals, becomes Turtle Island, the Haudenosaunee name for the continent.

Korean

1 deity

Ungnyeo

endurance · motherhood · transformation

The bear who, with a tiger, begs Hwanung to become human, endures twenty-one days in darkness eating only mugwort and garlic, becomes a woman, and by Hwanung bears Dangun, founder of the first Korean kingdom.

Quick answers

Who is the Greek god of endurance?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Greek deity whose domains include endurance is Atlas.
Who is the Haudenosaunee god of endurance?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Haudenosaunee deity whose domains include endurance is Great Turtle.
Who is the Korean god of endurance?
In the Mythos Atlas catalog, the Korean deity whose domains include endurance is Ungnyeo.

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