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How Mountains Inspire Mythology | Fate & Fabled
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Majestic, mysterious forms that hold the secrets of the universe? Or big, inscrutable rocks that take a lot of effort to climb? In pretty much every culture, it’s all about majesty and mystery when it comes to mountains. Home to mighty deities, sacred grounds, and sublime phenomena, mountains loom large in our collective imagination.
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Hosted by Dr. Moiya McTier & Dr. Emily Zarka, FATE & FABLED explores the stories and characters of mythologies from all around the world - why they came to be and how they impact us still today.
Host: Emily Zarka, PhD
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I’d like to see a video about how water influenced mythology if it hasn’t already been made. I feel like water, sun and mountains have had a huge influence on so many stories
Same. In Taino mythology, waters are often associated with caves and the underworld.
Water is almost too broad since many mythologies feature rivers, oceans, rain, and floods all in their own unique ways.
@@eoincampbell1584 true but even Mountains was a broad topic for them to cover and they barely touched on certain aspects. I'd be down for a brief overview of waters role in myths, I don't doubt the creators at Storied
@@Itsgay2read (shhhh dude I'm trying to score us a multi-part video series on all the different kinds of water!)
@@eoincampbell1584 lol, ohhh, good idea💡
I was surprised you did not talk about mountains as monsters. This is at least common here in Scandinavia, with mountains as petrified giants or trolls. Take for instance "the seven sisters" in Norway, 7 mountain peaks that are said to be petrified giant women/trolls
I think I've heard of mountains as beings in some Asian cultures too. (Specifically in Japanese myths, as a kind of great kami; but taking that with a big ol' grain of salt because I read that in a sourcebook for a tabletop RPG!)
Certainly it makes a kind of sense that enormous and possibly dangerous things like that would take on personalities as well as stories of their own! The idea of "Old Man Mountain is in a bad mood" feels very universal to me.
I think Monstrum discussed trolls specifically in their context as beings that are of the mountains (or are the mountains) because of the connection between trolls and places of passage. It's been a hot minute since I watched that episode though so I may be remembering wrong!
I thought mountains were teeth and bone of the primordial giant
Here in Australia indigenous cultures have a legend about the Three Sisters, a rock formation in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, telling how literal 3 siblings were transformed into the formations seen today.
Ooooooh, the Govardhan story is AWESOME. Indra gets angry at the people of Vrindavana, lord Krishna's home, when they pay more attention to the mountain than to Indra. He sends this huge storm to wash everything away, so Lord Krishna picks up Govardhan hill like an umbrella to shield the people until Indra gets over himself.
One of my favourite bedtime stories told
Narrated by mum
Not only Shiva but his wife Parvati, who is the supreme mother goddess in Hinduism, also has a very strong connection with mountains. Parvati was born to Himavan and Menavati, Himavan is the deity of the Himalayan mountain range in Hindu mythology and he is considered as the king of mountains. The name Parvati itself means 'she who is of the mountains/mountain lady' in Sanskrit and in her various Sanskrit epithets such as Shailaputri, Shailaja, Haimavanti etc she is extolled as the daughter of the mountains.
Shes literally called nandhidevi, mountain godess....
@@miguelquinto6003 pissfull you won't understand
@@miguelquinto6003 what’s funny bro? Share it with us too. I didn’t find anything funny in it you troll
Love the way geography intersects with mythology.
The Aztec myth reminds me of a couple Khmer folktales in which people, animals, or large objects turned into mountains in Cambodia. In the folktale "Puthisen Neang Kong Rei", Kong Rei runs after her husband as he goes off to help his mother and 11 aunts, but she is unable to catch up with him and she dies of sorrow. Her body then turned to stone and became the current Phnom Kong Rei (Kong Rei Mountain), which does look like the silhouette of a woman on the ground. Also, in the folktale of "Neang Romsay Sok", the titular character rides a sailing junk to meet her husband, but a giant wild crocodile blocks the ship's way, causing the ship to rock in the waves. To stop the crocodile, the crew throws down cages filled with chickens and ducks, but the crocodile doesn't care for them. To put an end to the chaos, Neang Romsay Sok then uses her magical hair to soak up the water, causing the ship to run aground and the animals to die. Her ship then turned into Phnom Sampeou (Sailing Junk Mountain), the crocodile into Phnom Kropeur (Crocodile Mountain), and the cages of chickens and ducks turned into smaller mountains near the two larger mountains.
I love that you took the time to include the Dine' (Navajo/Indigenous ) names of their mountains. Way to recognize!
Could you also do a video on how forests serve as nightmare fuel in mythology?
I feel like the Black Forest or forests in the Carpathians deserve mention.
*Looking at mountains:* "It's just a giant boulder!"
"It's not just a boulder..." *hugs* "It's a god! A gooooooood!"
This is brilliant!-*Dr.Z*
@@pbsstoried please make a video of mythical continents and islands.
The old pioneers used to ride these babies for miles
@@pbsstoried I missed so much your outro , You know what I mean 😊... ; cannot imagine perfect pronunciation, for instance, Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl ❤
This series has been a great addition to PBS' already great CZcams offerings. The styles are very deliberate in this series and evidently have a lot of research involved, not to mention super well articulated. So, cheers to the design team and the subject matter experts! :)
And in the Abrahamic traditions, mountains are often places of revelation or other significant events. Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, the Sermon on the Mount at Mount Beatitudes, and Muhammad's first revelation on Joubal an-Nour, for example.
Let's not forget Mt. Sinai, where Moses spent a good amount of time talking to God and setting up the Jewish religion. There's also Pikes Peak in Colorado, known as Tava to the local Ute tribe, who see it as the site of their creation, and the first mountain to greet Grandfather Sun.
In Austronesian cultures in Southeast Asia, the mountains themselves (especially volcanoes) are ancient and powerful spirits. Actual beings, albeit inhuman. They can sometimes appear in animal or human form. The Hawaiian Pele is probably an echo of these mountain spirits.
They became confused with "gods"/"goddesses" during contact with other cultures and during the colonial period. (Austronesians as a rule, don't have deities per se, but have ancestor spirits and nature spirits). In early Bible/Quran translations by missionaries, the names of the most powerful mountain spirits of a region are often used to translate "god" in the Abrahamic sense. (A notable exception is among the Sama-Bajau people, where the spirit of the sea, Tuhan, is instead equated with the Abrahamic god).
Japanese Shinto mythology and Korean shamanism also have these mountain spirits, the Yama-no-kami and the Sanshin, respectively.
There is a myth in Philippines about the famous Mount Mayon. Whereas they were two lovers, it was an amazing love story turned to a disaster
@@sureindubitably3771 ALL of the myths about "two lovers" named WORD PART 1 + WORD PART 2 are BS. No offense. They are modern inventions, not ancient folklore. Every place and mountain has that stupid myth about two lovers who die and are buried. Like in Kanlaon where it's Kan + Laon, star-crossed tragic lovers. It's a lazy over-used myth that were invented by the writers of school textbooks in the 20th century, and has no basis in ancient folklore.
The REAL pre-colonial myth about Mayon is the spirit called Gugurang, a fire spirit, and was once the primary spirit worshiped by the Bikol people. Brother of Asuang, the spirit of Mount Malinao. who stole his fire.
Similar to Mt. Kanlaon, where the spirit there is simply named Kanlaon, a spirit of time, and is the primary spirit worshiped by the Visayan people.
Or Mt. Apo, where the spirit is Apo Sandawa. Or Mt. Makiling, where the spirit was Dayang Makiling (which became Maria Makiling in colonial times).
@@AngryKittens Well, there are many islands in the Philippines so chances are there are many recycled stories about this ancient magical spirit and the mountain love story or any story in general. It's really not that bad to be honest and it's a good story to read as well
@@sureindubitably3771 It's unoriginal. It's literally Romeo and Juliet. I've seen the same story repeated over and over and over for literally any place name in the Philippines, none of it is actually sourced to ancient legends or even linguistic studies. All of them written by either textbook authors or local government units. It's frustrating to be honest.
The story is basically the same every time, to give you an example, we'll use "Manila":
The story will then go: Once upon a time, there was a man named "Mani" and a woman named "Nila", they were madly in love with each other. But their parents didn't want them to marry. So there were fights and things happened and they died and they were buried in this or that place, which became known as "Manila".
The only difference is that when it comes to mountains, the story is only modified a little bit. "The place where Mani and Nila were buried suddenly grew and grew until it became a mountain."
If it's a volcano: "The mountain then spewed fire and lava to punish their awful parents and the people who opposed their love." or something like that.
I want real folklore, real studies into etymology, real science. I just wished the DOE and the National Museum gave a f about those stuff. Instead of simply allowing these false "folklore" to circulate.
Your enunciation is on a whole other level, about half a dozen different languages and you didn't miss a beat, wonderful.
The key to it, isnt being ignorant, and just use voice option on wikipedia, to hear how the staff sounds. Mind-blowing, isn't it, fellow murican?
Another great video! For the next, can you guys do Food in Mythology?
That would be interesting. There’s one Japanese myth that comes to mind. And it’s a bit disturbing.
@@dylantennant6594 🤣🤣🤣I know this one.....food from nasty holes🤣🤣
@@dylantennant6594 please tell me of this myth you speak of, good sir 😯
As a person who loves hiking and mountain climbing this is very accurate and i have written about this years ago.. Mountains are as close as you can get to heaven, some believed that prayers can get answered immediately when you are much closer to heavens. Hence why countless myths, legends,pilgrimages and stories from around the world were inspired by trekking mountains. Some good examples of famous mountains with mystical importance are Mt.Olympus from greece, Mt.Sinai from the bible, The Himalayas from tibet, mt. Makiling from philippines and mt. Tsukuba from japan
I can always count on Dr. Z to make my day better!
I would love to see more hawaiian mythology
Very cool!! I think this is the first video (certainly that I'm aware of) to tackle mountains as a thematic topic across myth.
Driving through the Smoky Mountains was amazing. So beautiful and it felt so unreal.
My spirit always soars when I am around mountains. Sounds like I'm in good company! Thanks for another great video, Dr. Z!
I'm a little disappointed that Uluru 🇦🇺 didn't get a look in in this video.
I live in Western Washington, in the shadow of Mount Rainier or Tacoma, as it’s called in many native languages. Tacoma is called the “Mother of Waters” because of all the glacier-fed rivers that flow from it. There are many myths connected to it, especially explanations for the volcanic activity that took place there in the past.
Hello from Ireland! Thought I’d let ye know Croagh Patrick is pronounced Croak, like a frog 🐸 loving all your videos! ♥️
There's the Vietnamese legend of the yearly battle between the mountain god Son Tinh and the water god Thuy Tinh. Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh were both vying for the affections of Princess My Nuong and her father told them to find specific dowry items. Son Tinh brought his items to the king first and brought My Nuong to his mountain home, but Thuy Tinh being a sore loser tried to take her by force using the rainfall and rising waters to try and get to them. But Son Tinh used his powers to elevate the mountains to the waters can't reach the summits. Thuy Tinh left but returns every year, raising the rain and water levels to reach his princess, but Son Tinh fights back by raising the mountains, and thus comes the origin of the monsoon season. These gods' personalities are also reflective of their domain: Son Tinh is big, strong, powerful and sturdy, but also gentle, protective, and nurturing, while Thuy Tinh does give life but is notably very temperamental, violent and unpredictable. So Son Tinh's mountains protect the people from Thuy Tinh's floods. Son Tinh has become famous enough to be placed as one of the Four Immortals.
It’s neat to see how disparate groups come up with similar ideas and theming for their myths independently. I’d love to see more comparisons of how different cultures have interpreted the same/similar phenomena.
5:35 Angkor Wat is so pleasing to the eye. One of the most beautiful monuments in the world.
Is there any Mythology inspired by Fog?
I don't know why but no matter how old I get, when I go outside & it is very Foggy, it always just feels so mystical. It's my favorite weather.
There is a mountain area nearby called the You Yangs, walking up through the bush in the Fog up to the top, it's as if it's a different world.
New Zealand has one of my favorite mountain myths, but you could probably do a whole episode on just volcanoes
Beautiful! I am from the land of Himalayas, Nepal. Loved how thumbnail is a Tibetan Goddess. 🤔 The Himalayan people make offerings to the spirit residing there, either to subdue(if evil) or to honor(if good).
just a quick correction, in Nahuatl the "tl" sound is a T followed by a glottal stop. not sure if that's always the case but it's the case in Mictēcacihuātl. a glottal stop is the dash in between "uh" and "oh" in "uh-oh". you kinda close your throat. besides that really cool video
In Malaysia where I live, we have this age-old belief that mountains are home to the elfin folk known as "bunian". They tend to inhabit thick forests and only the lucky ones can see their invisible "villages" or settlements. But one may also come across a "Guinean village" even in the middle of a bustling city - usually within abandoned buildings or vacant lands. If a building has been vacant for a very long time yet it still looks clean and well-maintained despite no visible maintenance work, then there is a high probability that it has been settled by the "bunion". The same goes for the waterfall areas. If the area looks well-maintained despite being hidden inside the jungle with no dead leaves floating on the water, that means you may have come across their commune and it is advised not to take anything from there - pebbles, plants or even fish - to avoid bad luck or nightmares.
"--The screen goes black--" caught me off guard 😆 🤣 😂
I love all the illustratrions!
Lots of sacred mountains in mythology and religion. Mt. Olympus and Mt. Sinai come to mind.
I've been exploring the mountain-river relationship in mythology for a bit, and keep coming to the conclusion that while they didn't have the science to explain it, ancient peoples were trying to explain things like the water cycle, and nutrient flow through biomes.
Basically, rain washes nutrients down a mountains slopes and feeds into rivers. This reflects in those more nutrient rich areas being lusher in vegitation. This may seem like a stretch, but I think for a lot of cultures it tied into how they explain the ability of the land to produce life and energy for that life, so something that ties into agricultural capability.
When Vritra held back the waters of the world, and Indra slayed him to free the waters, I think it may have been a metaphore for a dam, intended for Irrigating fields, but unwittingly cutting off a primary tributary of the Indus river, causing a drought further down river. until the watercycle overfilled the damn and caused it to crash out in a flood.
You should do a video covering cats and the number 9, from example: the 9 headed lion in this video, 9 tailed yokai, and the modern myth of cats having 9 lives.
💛 all your video's mate 👍.
I'm always surprised at the end of these videos - that was less than twelve minutes?! There was so much information packed in there!
Great work 🥳 Thank you 💜
please keep this channel going, it's AWESOME!
Cool, thanks for sharing n all that stuff
Love this. Beautifully written and woven through different myths
A rather conspicuous omission from the examples was the continent of Africa. Aside from the Egyptian example, were there no other examples from the thousands of old and ancient cultures of the continent. It makes sense that the flat areas would not have mountain mythological or religious stories featuring mountains but what about people like the Maasai and others who come from mountainous regions of Kenya and Tanzania? Do the mountains figure into their traditions?
one of my favourite mountain myths is the grey man the Scots answers to the yeti 10 ft tall dark skin grey hair and this myth from the Highlands has two scientific theories as to why it happens the first one is that it is an illusion generated by a frequency of sound that is unregistered by the human ear known as infrasound which comes at bigger levels at higher alitudes or the Grey Man is a manifestation of an atmospheric phenomena known as the Brocken Spectre which happens under certain weather conditions.
The Brocken Spectre appears when a low sun is behind a climber who is looking downwards into mist from a ridge or peak. The "spectre" is the shadowy figure - the glow and rings are of course a glory centered directly opposite the sun at the antisolar point. But how is the ghostly figure produced? It is no more than the shadow of the climber projected forward through the mist. All shadows converge towards the antisolar point where the glory also shines. The sometimes odd triangular shape is a perspective effect. The Brocken Spectre is a similar effect to anti-crepuscular rays and cloud shadows.
The spectre sometimes appears to be huge. This is probably caused by the presence of the glory and the mist obscuring more familiar reference points with which to judge its size.
Puteri Santubong, Puteri Sajinjang, penjaga gunung negeri Sarawak. Mana sik ada dapat dilawan, anaknya dewa turun kayangan. Anyone from Malaysia can probably remember this song about two divine princesses who guards the Santubong and Sajinjang mountains near Kuching, Sarawak. Now it's a vacation spot.
Mount Kenya is the site from where Ngai fashioned our ancestors, Gikuyu ans Mumbi, gave them dominion over land and cultivation and had their 9 daughters forn the nine matrilineal lineages from which all Agikuyu people are to trace their descent.
It is also the site from which the Maasai, in their own stories, say that their ancestor was the elder of Gikuyu and as such was awarded ownership of cattle whereas Gikuyu was awarded the goat (an animal reared by women). The three peaks of Mt. Kenya are named after Maasai people.
This was such a fun video! 👏🏽
I was just talking with my grandparents about that mountain in Mexico!
I like that mountains still help us understand our place in the universe. I mean just look at where astronomical observatories are constructed.
Do swamps next!
Dr. Z!
Am I the only weirdo here who sees a vast mountainous region and have an urge to climb to the top of it?
I live in New Mexico, which is basically a mountain surrounded desert, so we have lots of strange enchanting natural rock structures to climb around in/on.
You don’t. It’s part of the human spirit to ascend and find feel it’s awe inspiring power.
Go ahead, climb the moutains. Just expect the gods and spirits of those hills. Because those hills have been there longer then you have and if respected, they will stand through out the ages.
You know, using mountains in mythology is kind of genius. For starters, it gets people to pay attention to an almost permanent and recognizable landmark, making it less likely to get lost. Second, it gives you a reverence for it, which means you will probably stay away from the dangerous place or approach with caution. Lastly, the myths connected to them convey useful social messages and are more likely to be remembered since, again, the mountains are very visible and not likely to go away.
Kind if makes me wonder if our ancestors had stories about short lived phenomena. Some of them definitely have survived do to the recurring nature of things (flooding, items disappearing), but what about odd, truly one-off things.
I learned a lot. I don't know that I've previously heard stories about mountains spanning different realms - I have seen trees used this way tho.
Love this channel!
I love feeling the same sense of wonder people did thousands of years ago when they looked upon a mountain
We do also have a similar creation story in our tribe, it's a Kenyan tribe
I did not know mountains can be THAT meaningful. Sure, there are famous mountains across the world like Mount Everiss and Mount Fuji. However, the reason for so many cultures valuing mountains has never been stated in any media I know.
I'd love to see a video about Turkic mythology.
Speaking of mountains inspires mythology you guys should check out the myth/story
Behind Mount Mayon Volcano in the Philippines
it is very similar to this topic
Could you guys have done justice to the Navajo and looked up the original names of the mountains? Other than that, very interesting.
They were written on the screen. I'm not sure why they chose not to say the names, but it's entirely possible that they were either not allowed to or were advised not to for some reason. I don't know whether this is true of Diné tradition, but it's not uncommon for certain words to be taboo outside of ceremonies. It's also not uncommon to believe that saying a spirit's name or title, even as part of another word, can invoke them (which is not always desirable).
@@sophiejones3554, oooooooh, were they written on-screen? I didn't see, but thank you for the cultural context as well. You're a pro.
Are you able to make a video about mythology for sea creatures?
With the timing of this video, I have to know. Is someone a lore nerd and video game enthusiast? Either way, thanks. I always look forward to more in the Fate & Fabled series.
Thanks for the video
There is another fable called Agartha, also known as Shambhala or Shangri-La, is a legendary kingdom that is said to be located (inside the Hollow Earth at the Earth's core) or some sort of a cave at mountain base somewhere between Mongolia and siberia. From the book, beasts, gods and men !?!.
You're video is the best! 😻
These are actual historical events, myth is history
Funny part is you have on popocatepetl & iztaccihuatl story that you got from a spaniard in the 20th century.
I grew up in a place surrounded by mountains that made many major natural disasters not a concern. so ya, I totally get how mountains could give rise to myths
Mt Meru is in Kenya. It just so happens to be located along the equator. The Meru people in Kenya say their name means "the shining ones".
Please sent the location
Fun fact: The number array known as Pascal’s Triangle is also called The Staircase of Mount Meru.
Interesting that they didn't even mention Jewish and Mormon connections of Mountains to their temples.
Pre-Columbian American groups did the same...to be closer to god
Very well fascinating and very inspirational, I would like to see more Hindu Mythology and perchance get some more relevance to learning more information from this video.
No mention of The Flying Spaghetti Monster's Beer Volcano. 🌋
I was hoping she would talk about how mythology about mountains has influenced pop culture and fantasy stories today. Think mount Doom from LOTR or any fantasy story were the climax involves a battle on a mountain
"there is no knowledge or sickness or pain"
Hold up, no knowledge sounds like a bad thing. Are you sure you got that right?
Sounds like it would be an aspiration to get to that point of nothing needed as all provided by that celestial realm.
oh no, they definitely got it right. That is the central contradiction of human existence isn't it? on the one hand, ignorance is bliss. On the other hand: no pain, no gain. Both statements are true, but they are contradictory. It's a wonder any of us ever manage to figure out what we actually want even some of the time lol.
Love the video, I know that is not easy as English speaking but the mountains are Popocatépetl not Popocapetl, and I'm sure they were tlaxcaltecans not aztecs
Lo intentó y realmente se acercó bastante
Más o menos...tampoco le salió perfecto Iztaccihuátl, pero casi casi
Please do an episode of my home country Kenya! 🇰🇪
04:07 Mount Qaf could have been mentioned too
Thats true in Buddhism we have the mountain "Sumeru" or "Suneru" in pali
Even in the Bible many mountains played significant and important roles.
..ALSO MONT SAINAI WHICH MOSES GOT THE TABLETS OR 10 COMMANDMENTS
On a bit more mundane note, Catholicism doesn't officially attach a lot of important to mountains themselves, which didn't stop many mountains to become famous sites of pilgrimage. Excluding Holy Land (which is a chapter on itself), as Mount Saint-Michel in France, or Mount Gargano in Italy; St Francis received his stigmata on La Verna, and in many places (I know it's particularly common among Latins and Celts), people erect crosses or sanctuaries, as these places are seen as sacred, or privileged places for union with God, or even because they are visible from large distances. Of course, many mountains have myths associated to them, but not with strong religious connotations as the examples in the video.
Not just Mexica, but many Mesoamerican cultures built "pyramids" which were actually the base of temples and these were symbols for mountains. Mountains were sacred because water and therefore life flowed from them and mountain caves were entrances to the underworld and the land of the dead.
On another note this whole thing is also why Hawaiian mountains are sacred and the observatories and the US government need to get the hell off them. 💜
Uh, yes. Kunlun, the home of the Immortal Iron Fist.
I’ll be honest I don’t know that much about mountains. But again I wish you guys did more research beyond Egypt in terms of Africa & the African Diaspora. One of the Holiest “mountains” or mesa that comes to mind is Jebel Barkal. Traditionally an indigenous Nubian site of Kush worship & royalty, largely associated with creation & fertility, & later also other top gods such as Amun by both the Nubians & Egyptians. There are also other holy mountains throughout indigenous African religions & Abrahamic faiths on the continent. Ethiopian ethnic groups, Zulu, Khoi San, etc
hey, you forgot the Apus, from the andean cultures. they're seen as motherly protectors of communities. the Spanish invaders recognised their influence so they planted crosses on many of them as a form of religious dominance.
In the Andes, mountains (Apus) are divine living beings who protect their communities. In Inca legends, the rulers traced their origin to the Ayar brothers, who arrived from Pacaritambo mountain.
From a geological perspective mountains are one of Earth's most dynamic features as to resist erosion mountains must keep growing (whether by uplift or volcanic eruptions) since erosion becomes more prominent at higher elevations thanks to the influence of gravity.
Ecologically this erosion means mountains are a source for mineral nutrients and the rain shadow effect means precipitation is enhanced as air is forced over the mountains thus resulting in wet and dry sides. And lets not forget that n much of the world mountains are often volcanoes full of ephemeral beauty and danger in equal measures. Humans seem to have quite an attraction to the slopes of volcanoes across the world likely for their especially rich volcanic soils but also for the role certain volcanic products play such as obsidian from rhyolite lava domes (the extremely viscous effusive counterpart to lava flows).
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I think you might have screwed up your audio tracks - unless you meant to have a voice describe that the screen cut to black on the regular audio channel
Sacred Mountains are often viewed as the source of a power which is to be awed and revered. Often, this means that access to the sacred mountains is restricted.
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The mythology about mountain are kinda prominent in South East Asia especially in the Island of Borneo. We had dozen of it.
The local people of Kadazan Dusun of Sabah seen Mount Kinabalu as a sacred mountain for centuries, every years there's a ritual to Please the spirit that living on the mountain. There's an heavy punishment to those that abused and not respect the sacred mountain. The westerner its kinda bs but its insulting their culture and beliefs aka like doing sex inside a church. Like what's happened the cost a lot of life during the earthquake happened there's. To a place that never had earthquake and its happened.
Disrespect to those cultural and beliefs, 1 of taboo things aren't allowed here especially tourist.
Engagement of the engagement god!
Can you do a video about horses in mythology and stories please?
Funny thing, we have mount Meru in Tanzania
Would love if you can do a story on loftus hall , County Wexford, South of Ireland, where the devil himself appeared and flew up through the roof .