Guess what this is a photo of!

[qmax]

Is that an eye painted or carved on the rock????

 

[snack_pack85]

it's almost a weird shark like carving...??

 

[miniman]

Actually it looks like the evil eye sign used a lot in Greek culture (certainly Mediterrean)

 

[Wart]

Is that an eye painted or carved on the rock????

Painted, and there is another eye in the shadow.

it's almost a weird shark like carving...??

As far as I've read there is no carving.

Actually it looks like the evil eye sign used a lot in Greek culture (certainly Mediterrean)

Could have been done by someone from the Mediterranean, but is not located in the Mediterranean.

 

[Barbara L]

Is it in the U.S.?

Barbara

 

[Wart]

Is it in the U.S.?

Yes

 

[Barbara L]

On the mainland/bottom 48 or Hawaii or Alaska?

Barbara

 

[Wart]

Mainland in a very south west state.

 

[Wart]

I figured I would hang the 1950's picture for a day before posting a more recent picture, because ...

NOTE: The painting has nothing to do with the significance of the item.

 

[qmax]

OK, I found one arcane reference to "monster rock" in Arizona, with the 50's photo. Never heard of it, and have not been able to find another reference to it.

 

[Wart]

OK, I found one arcane reference to "monster rock" in Arizona

Not 'monster rock'

Not Arizona (further west)

 

[qmax]

Just for grins, check the 4th row.

monster rock arizona - Google Image Search

 

[Wart]

Just for grins, check the 4th row.

monster rock arizona - Google Image Search

Sure does seem to be a picture of it, except

It's not in Arizona,

And it's not known as Monster Rock, except to be mis-identified.

 

[qmax]

Sure does seem to be a picture of it, except

It's not in Arizona,

And it's not known as Monster Rock.

And I wouldn't be surprised if you found it before I hit submit.

Ha, I am about ready to give up.

 

[Wart]

Hint: The item is relevant to Indian Folklore.

 

[Russellkhan]

Nachahish Stone AKA Wheaner-Whiner Rock near Temecula Pass in the San Jacinto Mountains in Southern California. Found this information by following a link in Qmax's Google image search.

I won't have much time for posting in the next couple days. It would probably be better for someone else to be it instead of me.

 

[qmax]

I would be more than happy to accommodate, as I [sort of] was on the trail.

What is the name of this mountain?

 

[Wart]

Found this information by following a link in Qmax's Google image search.

Thats it.

Not a link but the information in the dead links URL ... I didn't know how to say the answer was brushed against without giving it away.


The Lore:
....
The arrow sped true and buried itself deep into the abdomen of Nahachish. Sorely hurt and very thirsty from his wound, Nahachish tried to make his way down to the spring which bubbled beside the trail through the Pass, but he could not reach it. Groaning, he lay down.

Missed by his people, a search was started and they eventually found Nahachish near death atop the Temecula Pass. In great pain he demanded his people to cut open his belly, and allow his Spirit to depart. This they did and watched his Spirit speed away like a giant firefly, to Taacwic Rock, near present-day Idyllwild, in the San Jacinto Mts.
Then as the people watched in amazement, Nahachish's body turned into a huge boulder with a massive cavity where his belly had been opened.

For with his passing, The Time of Sand had become the Time of Rocks. Through the ages the giant Nahachish Rock has peered through the gap of the Temecula Pass toward Taacwic Rock high in the San Jacinto Mountains, where rests his Spirit.

 

[Wart]

What is the name of this mountain?

What continent?

 

[qmax]

North America