Kunlun (mythology)
The Kunlun (traditional Chinese: 崑崙; simplified Chinese: 昆仑; pinyin: Kūnlún; Wade–Giles: K'un-lun) or Kunlun Shan is a mountain or mountain range in Chinese mythology, an important symbol representing the axis mundi and divinity. The mythological Kunlun is based on various mythologic and geographic sources from the Himalayan countries of India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, including the Kunlun Mountains of the Tibetan Plateau and Mount Kailash (as an archetypal omphalos).