Holy Mountain

Holy Mountain may refer to:

  • the mytheme or archetype of the world mountain
  • specific peaks identified as sacred mountains
  • in Abrahamic tradition
    • Mount Sinai, by the Bedouin, is the name of a mountain near Saint Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt
    • The Temple Mount
    • Mount Tabor, located in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Sea of Galilee, in Israel

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Famous quotes containing the words holy and/or mountain:

    “America how can I write a holy litany in your silly mood?”
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    “The mountain held the town as in a shadow.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)