sacred peaks
Revered high ground
Mountains considered holy or spiritually significant across various cultures and religions.
Some are pilgrimage destinations: Mount Kailash in Tibet is sacred to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and followers of Bon.
Others figure in mythology or scripture: Mount Olympus was home to the Greek gods.
Climbing may be forbidden or ritually regulated out of reverence.
- mountain spiritsSupernatural beings of peaks
- mountain godsDivinities inhabiting high summits
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- Croagh PatrickIrish pilgrimage mountain
- Mount OlympusGreek gods' legendary home
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- sacred mountainsholy mountain, holy mountains, Mount Sinai, Mount Fuji, Olympus
- Jain pilgrimagespilgrimage sites, yatra
- Maori Sitespa, ancestral lands, tribal lands, meeting house, burial grounds
- Tibetan pilgrimagekora, pilgrims, Lhasa, prostrations, circumambulation
- HimalayasMount Everest, Everest, K2, Nepal, Tibet
- Indian geographyGanges, Himalayas, Indus, subcontinent, Punjab