Abstract
Mountains and hills (hereinafter referred to as mountains) are a special part of God’s creation. In addition to being mentioned in the Qur’an as being “bolts” of the Earth and water catchment areas, mountains are seen in a variety of religious and cultural traditions as being sacred and special places. There are thus many Asian literary works that boast of mountains existing in their locations. This paper seeks to examine why mountains are such an important element in the life of society by examining them in terms of their location and function. This study will use spatial information technologies such as Geographic Information System (GIS) to aid understanding of literary works, namely by taking the views of Harvey (1973) that “geographical space has a close relationship with the culture of a place”. Thus the location of an area will be linked to its function in terms of cultural space, social space, economic space, ideological space, and space movement. In this article, GIS will be used to map the location mountains that play a role in literary works to try to see the elements of space and the location of the mountain together with the cultural and narrative elements of the work. Among the literary works selected in which the location and function of these mountains will be observed are Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals), Hikayat Hang Tuah , Hikayat Seri Kelantan , Hikayat Seri Rama (Nusantara), Syakuntala (India), and Dewi Putih , as well as Liang Shan-Bo and Zhu Ying-Tai (China). Based on these works, it is found that mountains are important because they serve several functions such as the residence of rulers or spirits (ghosts, spirits, fairies); as a sacred place inhabited by the gods; as the source of the inheritance of kings; as places of study or for seeking spiritual and physical knowledge; as well as places that are rich in medicinal herbs. In the end, this essay shows that the nature of the mountains studied may explain the link between location and the culture of a certain race. Keywords : Geographic Information System, Sejarah Melayu , Global Positioning System, spirit, Asian Literature
Highlights
Mountains and hills, referred to collectively as mountains, are a unique part of God’s creation
Eleven mountain locations are mentioned in the selected works
The locations are in several countries, namely in Malaysia, Indonesia, India and China
Summary
Mountains and hills, referred to collectively as mountains (which means highland areas in the form of hills and mountains), are a unique part of God’s creation. This means, in terms of geography, that mountains created by God at various locations on the Earth function as a bolts (pegs) to prevent shocks or vibrations of the Earth’s crust They are referred to again by Allah SWT:. This article will use information technology in the first place, that is by identifying the location of the mountains mentioned in the selected literary works. Apart from identifying the location and name of the mountains, efforts were made at this stage to identify the background of activity or the background of events that occurred in a location or mountainous area mentioned in the selected works
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