The Atlantean Polar Pillar
The Atlantean Polar Pillar

Arguably the oldest polar mythology is that of Atlas, the King of Atlantis, who held the entire world upon his shoulders.

Atlas had seven daughters, the Hesperides, who spent their days dancing around the Tree of Life.

Also coiled around the tree, and guarding its golden apples of immortality lived the serpent, Ladon.

The kingdom of Atlantis was shaped as concentric circles of land separated by concentric circles of water with the "Temple of Poseidon," residing in the very center, where sacred bulls roamed around freely, and sacrificial bulls blood was poured over the exterior of the temple.