Obscure Greek and Roman gods: Atlas held up the world. Another god ran in place, spinning the world as he ran. Since Nike is already taken, we'll call him Bono. There was a god who used a large needle to poke holes in the black sky, creating new points of light that the humans referred to as "stars". Then there was goddess (whose name is lost) who would shape the clouds; sometimes when she was displeased with her work she would squeeze them dry (rain) and start again. Her reach was long but not entire, hence the areas of desert around the world.