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La Noyée (drowned lady). A mountain range seen from Notre-Dame-des-Monts, Quebec. Local legend says the mountains are the silhouette of a Native American woman who drowned while swimming across Lac Nairne to meet her lover. La Mujer Muerta (the dead woman). A mountain range located in the Sistema Central, Spain. Highest point La Pinareja, 2197 m.
Mount Susitna, also known as Sleeping Lady, (Dena'ina: Dghelishla) is a 4,396-foot (1,340 m) mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska.It is located on the west bank of the lower Susitna River, about 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. [1]
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Named after Kong Rei, the beautiful daughter of the ogress in the Khmer folk tale of the Twelve Sisters (Khmer: Puthisen Neang Kong Rei), this mountain is important in Cambodian culture. [5] The people who live in Kampong Chhnang Province believe that the Kong Rei mountain range is the legendary lady at rest and warn their children to not eat ...
Guadalupe Mountains may not be a household name like Grand Canyon or Yosemite, but it’s a national treasure. 'Literally one of a kind': Guadalupe Mountains National Park is Texas' best kept ...
Doi Nang Non (Thai: ดอยนางนอน, pronounced [dɔ̄ːj nāːŋ nɔ̄ːn]; 'Mountain of the Sleeping Lady') is a mountain range in the Thai highlands in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is a karstic formation with numerous waterfalls and caves rising at the southern end of the Daen Lao Range .
The silhouette of the mountain seen from afar looks like a sleeping lady. According to local folklore this mountain is related to the story. [8] Kampong Cham province of Cambodia as the temple of the 12 sisters rest in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The story was adapted to movie and released in 1968. [9]
Iztaccíhuatl's mountain is called "Sleeping Woman" (Though the Nahuatl name literally means "White Woman" from iztāc "white" and cihuātl "woman") because it resembles a woman lying on her back, and is often covered with snow — the peak is sometimes nicknamed La Mujer Dormida, "The Sleeping Woman". Popocatépetl became an active volcano ...