Beautiful Mountain
Beautiful Mountain
Beautiful Mountain (Navajo: Dziłkʼi Hózhóonii) is part of the Chuska Mountains and its summit is the highest point in San Juan County, New Mexico. The mountain is about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of the community of Shiprock in the Four Corners region. It is on the Navajo Nation and plays a significant role in Navajo mythology.
History
Navajo legend includes "Beautiful Mountain" as the feet of a large mythic male figure, with the Chuska Mountains comprising the body, Chuska Peak as the head and the Carrizo Mountains as the legs. Shiprock is said to be either a medicine pouch or a bow carried by the figure.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Beautiful Mountain, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Beautiful Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
- ^ Linford, Laurance D. (2000). Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 264–265. ISBN 0-87480-623-2.
- ^ Wyman, Leland C. (2019-05-28). The Mountainway of the Navajo. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-4022-8.
External links
- "Beautiful Mountain". SummitPost.org.
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