Mount Qaf
Cafcuh or Kafkuh (Persian قافکوه qaafkuh or کوه قاف kuh-e qaaf; Template:Lang-ar jabal qaf) is a mythological mountain in Iranian tradition. Historically Iranian power never extended over all of the Northern Caucasus and ancient lore shrouded these high mountains in mystery.[1] It was:
- The highest mountain
- The land of the Demons (Who did not obey the Iranian religion)
- Saoshyant's battlefield
- Simurgh's nest
Arab tradition
Mount Qaf (Jabal Qaf or Djebel Qaf) is a mysterious mountain of ancient Muslim tradition renowned as the "farthest point of the earth". Owing to its remoteness, the North Pole is sometimes identified with this mountain.[2][3]
According to certain authors, the Jabal Qaf of Muslim cosmology is a version of Rupes Nigra, a mountain whose ascent, like Dante's climbing of the Mountain of Purgatory, represents the pilgrim's progress through spiritual states.[4]
References
- ^ كوه قاف در اسطوره و عرفان ايراني
- ^ Ibrahim Muhawi & Sharif Kanaana. Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales. Berkeley University of California Press
- ^ Irgam Yigfagna; al-Jabal al-Lamma
- ^ Irgam Yigfagna; al-Jabal al-Lamma, p. 44