This mountain names a Sōtō Zen monastery founded by Jiyu-Kennet. This mountain and a county to its south, where the ground sloth Nothrotheriops (“NOTH-ro-THEER-ee-ops”) was discovered, are both named for a people who fought alongside the Takelma in the Rogue River Wars. A legend holds that this [emphasize] extant mountain is where the sky god Skell stood to throw rocks at the underworld god Llao (“lao”). The book A Dweller on Two Planets claims that this mountain hides Telos, a utopian city built by Lemurians. A town below this mountain sells trinkets that say “I love Weed.” Like a manmade lake of the same name that drains the Pit River, this mountain stands in a national forest that protects the Trinity Alps. A local word for this mountain inspired the name of Yreka (“wye-REE-kuh”), the seat of Siskiyou (“SISK-yoo”) County. For 10 points, Lassen Peak is southeast of what California volcano in the southern Cascades? ■END■
ANSWER: Mount Shasta [or Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki or Úytaahkoo or Wáik’a; accept Shasta–Trinity National Forest; accept Shasta Lake, Shasta County, Shasta ground sloth, or Shasta Abbey]
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