A breast-shaped hill is a
hill in the shape of a
breast. Some such hills are named "
Pap", an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are found in different places of the world and in some cultures they were revered as the attributes of the
Mother Goddess, such as the
Paps of Anu, named after
Anu, an important female deity of pre-Christian
Ireland.[1]
Overview
The name Mamucium that gave origin to the name of the city of
Manchester is thought to derive from a
Celtic language name meaning "breast-shaped hill", referring to the sandstone bluff on which the fort stood; this later evolved into the name Manchester.[2][3]
Many of the myths surrounding these mountains are ancient and enduring and some have been recorded in the
oral literature or written texts; for example, in an unspecified location in Asia, there was a mountain known as "Breast Mountain" with a cave in which the
Buddhist monkBodhidharma (Da Mo) spent a long time in
meditation.[7]
Travelers and cartographers in colonial times often changed the ancestral names of such hills. The mountain known to the
Indigenous Australian people as Didhol or Dithol (Woman's Breast) was renamed
Pigeon House Mountain by Captain
James Cook at the time of his exploration of
Australia's eastern coast in 1770.[8]
Hills on Dayang Bunting Island, Langkawi, named for their supposed resemblance to a pregnant maiden.
Middle East
Jabal Al Nahdain is a set of hills in the middle of
Sana’a, Yemen. It is was on the property of the Presidential Palace and is used as a weapons cache.
Chocolate Hills, more than a thousand unusual geological formations in
Bohol. A popular tourist destination named for their brown colour in the summer.
Ilihan Hill, "Watery Breast", a pilgrimage site about four kilometres from
Jagna,
Bohol
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. Referenced many times on the
Andy Griffith Show as Mt. Pilot. Andy spoke about a wonderful place to travel called "Pilot" by the locals.
Pinnacle Mountain,
Arkansas, near
Maumelle. During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast.[28]
Teton Range. French-Canadian trappers named the Teton Mountains around 1820. The distinctive peaks appeared as Les Trois Tétons (The Three Breasts) as seen from the north;[30]
Twin Peaks, in
San Francisco, California. When the
Spanishconquistadors and settlers arrived at the beginning of the 18th century, they called the area "Los Pechos de la Chola" or "Breasts of the Indian Maiden" and devoted the area to ranching.[31] When San Francisco passed under American control during the 19th Century, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".
Maggie's Peaks, just west of
Lake Tahoe, California.
^Hayne, Jordan (4 April 2016).
"Thousands of Indigenous heritage sites scattered across Canberra". ABC News. Retrieved 22 January 2023. [The word 'Canberra'] means cleavage – the space between a woman's breasts, that's Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, and a very very important area for our people, indeed a corroboree ground for our people, right where the National Museum of Australia is today.
A breast-shaped hill is a
hill in the shape of a
breast. Some such hills are named "
Pap", an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are found in different places of the world and in some cultures they were revered as the attributes of the
Mother Goddess, such as the
Paps of Anu, named after
Anu, an important female deity of pre-Christian
Ireland.[1]
Overview
The name Mamucium that gave origin to the name of the city of
Manchester is thought to derive from a
Celtic language name meaning "breast-shaped hill", referring to the sandstone bluff on which the fort stood; this later evolved into the name Manchester.[2][3]
Many of the myths surrounding these mountains are ancient and enduring and some have been recorded in the
oral literature or written texts; for example, in an unspecified location in Asia, there was a mountain known as "Breast Mountain" with a cave in which the
Buddhist monkBodhidharma (Da Mo) spent a long time in
meditation.[7]
Travelers and cartographers in colonial times often changed the ancestral names of such hills. The mountain known to the
Indigenous Australian people as Didhol or Dithol (Woman's Breast) was renamed
Pigeon House Mountain by Captain
James Cook at the time of his exploration of
Australia's eastern coast in 1770.[8]
Hills on Dayang Bunting Island, Langkawi, named for their supposed resemblance to a pregnant maiden.
Middle East
Jabal Al Nahdain is a set of hills in the middle of
Sana’a, Yemen. It is was on the property of the Presidential Palace and is used as a weapons cache.
Chocolate Hills, more than a thousand unusual geological formations in
Bohol. A popular tourist destination named for their brown colour in the summer.
Ilihan Hill, "Watery Breast", a pilgrimage site about four kilometres from
Jagna,
Bohol
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. Referenced many times on the
Andy Griffith Show as Mt. Pilot. Andy spoke about a wonderful place to travel called "Pilot" by the locals.
Pinnacle Mountain,
Arkansas, near
Maumelle. During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast.[28]
Teton Range. French-Canadian trappers named the Teton Mountains around 1820. The distinctive peaks appeared as Les Trois Tétons (The Three Breasts) as seen from the north;[30]
Twin Peaks, in
San Francisco, California. When the
Spanishconquistadors and settlers arrived at the beginning of the 18th century, they called the area "Los Pechos de la Chola" or "Breasts of the Indian Maiden" and devoted the area to ranching.[31] When San Francisco passed under American control during the 19th Century, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".
Maggie's Peaks, just west of
Lake Tahoe, California.
^Hayne, Jordan (4 April 2016).
"Thousands of Indigenous heritage sites scattered across Canberra". ABC News. Retrieved 22 January 2023. [The word 'Canberra'] means cleavage – the space between a woman's breasts, that's Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, and a very very important area for our people, indeed a corroboree ground for our people, right where the National Museum of Australia is today.