The mountain we call today "Everest" had a name long before Sir George Everest was a gleam in his father's eye. Of course it did! Duh!
According to Wikipedia, the mountain was called, variously: Qomolangma Peak (Tibetan), Mount Sagarmāthā (Nepali), Chajamlangma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak (Chinese: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) or Mount Chomolangma.
The history of how "Mount Everest" was named is a total and absolute insult to the great Mother Goddess. Anyone with a brain can easily see that in common in all of these names is MA - MOTHER.
Barbara Walker's The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets says:
Chomo-Lung-Ma
"Goddess Mother of the Universe," the real name of the world's highest mountain, which westerners renamed Everest after a man. This masculine name was bestowed on the Goddess Mother in 1863 by foreign invaders who preferred to attach patriarchal surnames to everything.(1)
Notes:
(1) Encyc. Brit., "Everest, Sir George."
More about mountains and the Great Mother tomorrow.
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