sacred mountain
Venerated high ground
A sacred mountain is a mountain that holds religious or spiritual significance, often regarded as a dwelling place of deities, a site of divine revelation, or a destination for pilgrimage.
Mount Sinai, Mount Olympus, and Mount Fuji are examples.
Many cultures treat such peaks as places where earth meets heaven: The tribe made annual pilgrimages to their sacred mountain.
- shrineSacred devotional place
- stone altarRock platform for offerings
- peakUtmost height attained
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- high altitudeGreat distance upward
thin air · axis mundi · world tree · spiritual ascent · sanctuary · Parnassus · Mount Ararat · Croagh Patrick · numinous · holy ground · origin story · Moses · pilgrimage site · vista · ascent · reverence · snow-capped · prayer flags
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- mystical questholy grail, magic sword, enchanted forest, dragon slaying, treasure hunt
- Japanese religionShinto, kami, Shintoism, Buddhism, torii
- Ancient Cosmologycosmic egg, cosmic ocean, world tree, axis mundi, firmament
- mythic symbolsouroboros, caduceus, axis mundi, Mjolnir, cosmic egg
- Native Folklorecreation myth, creation story, thunderbird, windigo, spirit animal
spiritual status
sacred mountainstrip mine
Surface-level ore extraction
quarry · landfill · toxic dump · slag heap · industrial site