8. Sacred, Wild, and National Mountains Flashcards
Mountains are considered with adoration but this is actually a __________ concept
new
Mount Olympus, Thessaly, Greece
- High peaks seen as abodes for Gods
- Mountain paradise from Zeus
Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps in 218 BC was one of the major events in what war?
Second Punic War, and one of the most celebrated achievements of any military force in ancient warfare.
What is the Snow Storm?
Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps is an oil on canvas painting by J. M. W. Turner, first exhibited in 1812.
Mount Paektu
Highest mountain on the Korean Penisula
- Myths of a sky God
- Sometimes used for Nationalistic and political purposes
Mountains in China
Mountains believed to by the body of some cosmic being (Dragon etc.)
- Mountains were first seen as dangerous, however, after 4th century, more interaction with mountains = more understanding. Now seen as sacred and pure, calm
Mount Kailash
Located in China, region of Tibet
- One of the most religious/sacred places (buddist gathering ground)
- Some areas of this mountain never even explored yet
- Circumambulation
Circumambulation
The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
1920, 1930 Mount Everest rule
Forbidden to fly over Mount Everest (forehead to the sky)
- Seen as a sacred place
Machu Picchu, Peruvian Andes
Thousands of years before christ
Wilderness equal to?
Wasteland
The turn from wild desolation to…
Wild splendor
Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818.
God was in the: mountain top, chasm, stars, clouds
Doctrine of the sublime
- Danger = fun
- Scary but might be able to communicate with God so it is worth
Yellowstone National Park
(1872) First officially designated national park anywhere
