We don't need Mount Fuji. We have our Mount Tamalpais, lovingly referred to as Mount Tam, or just Tam. But also known as "Sleeping Lady", or Sleeping Maiden", following an old Indian legend.
She was a beautiful young Miwok maiden in love with an Indian prince. When he abandoned her, she walked to the top of the mountain nearby and died of heartbreak. As she sobbed, the mountain heard her intense sorrow and took pity. When finally she died, the mountain was so moved it changed its form, taking on the supine shape of her body and becoming the Sleeping Lady, our dear Mt. Tamalpais.
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