Mythological mountains

mountain in Elassona municipality, Greece

highest peak in Turkey

thumb|This 3D panoramic view of Teide was created using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission|SRTM data (160% elevation). Teide () or Mount Teide (, ; 'Peak of Teide') is a volcano on the Spanish island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands. Its summit (at ) is the highest point in Spain and the highest of any island in the Atlantic Ocean. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, Teide reaches a total height of , making it the third-tallest volcano in the world; UNESCO and NASA also rank it as Earth's third-tallest volcanic structure. Its elevation above sea level makes Tenerife the tenth-highe

sacred geographical object

Purgatorio (; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso; it was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegorical telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil—except for the last four cantos, at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. Allegorically, Purgatorio represents the penitent Christian life. In describing the climb Dante discusses the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, as well as moral issues in politics and in the Church. The poem posits the

legendary mountain

mystical land in Chinese mythology

mountain on the Syria–Turkey border

legendary mountain in the Hindu Puranas

mountain range, imagined from Homer onwards to exist north of the known parts of Europe.

name of two sacred mountains in Greek mythology

the mythical dwelling of the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, said to exist in India

oldest surviving literary text in the world

thumb|upright=1.3|Modern reconstruction of a mountain house at Nippur

legendary mountain in Persian mythology

mythical source of silver in the interior of South America

mountain in Chinese mythology

Mythological Mountain of Venus

In Norse mythology, Nidafjöll (, ; ) is a location in the northern underworld. Niðafjöll is the site from which the dragon Nidhogg comes. According to Snorri Sturluson, the good and virtuous people will live here in a golden palace after Ragnarök, despite its proximity to Hel.

Mashu, as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh of Mesopotamian mythology, is a great cedar mountain with roots that reach the underworld and peaks that reach the heavens, through which the hero-king Gilgamesh passes via a tunnel on his journey to Dilmun after leaving the Cedar Forest, a forest of ten thousand leagues span. Siduri, the alewife, lived on the shore, associated with "the Waters of Death" that Gilgamesh had to cross to reach Utnapishtim in search of the secret of eternal life.

Dragon Gate in Chinese mythology

sumerian creation myth

Mainaka (, ) or Mainaka Parvata, is a mountain deity from the Hindu epic Ramayana, the son of Himavan and Mena. He is the brother of the goddess Parvati. Mainaka is an ally of Hanuman, having helped the deity on his journey to Lanka.

In Norse mythology, Hnitbjörg is the mountain abode of the giant Suttungr, where he placed the mead of poetry for safekeeping under the guardianship of his daughter Gunnlöð. Odin, with the help of Suttungr's brother Baugi, drilled a hole into the mountain and thereby gained access to the mead.

mountain mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Witchcraft location in Slavic mythology

Fanghu (), also known as Fanghu Mountain or Fangzhang zhou (), is one of the five Bohai Sea Shenshan mountain-islands in Taoist mythology. It is said this is where the Emperor Qin Shihuang visited to seek immortality.

Chinese axis mundi northwest of Kunlun damaged by Gong Gong in remote antiquity, causing the axial tilt of the celestial sphere in Chinese mythology

Anapilis is a fictional mountain, allegedly the place of the afterlife in the pagan mythology of ancient Lithuanians.

Sumerian creation myth

thumb|At Jambavan's urging, Hanuman goes to the Himalayas to find the four healing plants