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The Titan who carried the Earth was Atlas -- you can't really carry the sky on your shoulders since it is only air.
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According to the Titanomachy, Zeus punished Atlas for joining the other Titans (and not his brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus) by condemning him to support Ouranos (Uranus - the heavens) on this shoulders for eternity.
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The Titan Atlas.
Atlas was the god who had the job of carrying the world on his shoulders. So this person would have the weight of the whole world on their shoulders, so to speak.
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Atlas was the Titan who was forced to bear the world on his shoulders.
To have the weight of the world on your shoulders means that your commitments have you under pressure. This expression comes from the Ancient Greek Titan Atlas, who was forced to literally carry the world on his shoulders.
"like Atlas, to take the world on my shoulders,"C. "I never heard what compensation he received for that"
Atlas.
Your responsibilities, having commitments and more are so great that it feels like you have the world on your shoulders. The god in this is the god Atlas. Atlas carries the world on his shoulders.
Not the world, but the heavens. Zues condemed him to hold the sky up for all time after the Titans revolt.
It was Atlas
Atlas was charged with bearing the world on his shoulders.
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