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A typical role of the Firebird in fairy tales is as an object of a difficult quest. The quest is usually initiated by finding a lost tail feather, at which point the hero sets out to find and capture the live bird, sometimes of his own accord, but usually on the bidding of a father or king. The Firebird is a marvel, highly coveted, but the hero ...
Zār ceremony on Hormuz Island. In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, [1] Zār ( Arabic: زار, Ge'ez: ዛር) is the term for a demon or spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called zār ritual or zār cult is the practice of reconciling the ...
Mount Meru ( Sanskrit / Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru, or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes. [ 1] The mountain is also mentioned in some scriptures of non-Indian based religions ...
Enbarr ( Irish ) – Manann's horse, capable of traversing land and sea. Hippocampus ( Greek ) – Horse with a fish tail. Ichthyocentaurs ( Greek ) – Upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish. Kelpie ( Scottish ) – Water horse. Morvarc'h ( Breton ) – Legendary horse that could gallop on the waves.
Sacred mountains. The north face of Mount Kailash, a mountain in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China which is considered sacred by four religions. Sacred mountains are central to certain religions, and are usually the subjects of many legends. For many, the most symbolic aspect of a mountain is the peak because it is believed that it is ...
The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East . The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore. Ibn Battuta tells of a mountain hovering in the air over the China Seas, which was the roc. [ 1] The story collection One Thousand and One ...
Wat Pa Sak ( Thai: วัดป่าสัก, "Temple of the Teak Forest") is a wat ( Buddhist temple-monastery) in Chiang Saen District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. Located just outside the city's old walls, the temple derives its name from the 300 teaks planted on the site around the time of its foundation. [1] Wat Pa Sak's origins date ...
Mount Ararat is a polygenic, compound stratovolcano. Covering an area of 1,100 km 2 (420 sq mi), it is the largest volcanic edifice within the region. Along its northwest–southeast trending long axis, Mount Ararat is about 45 kilometers (28 mi) long and is about 30 kilometers (19 mi) long along its short axis.