General

In Greek mythology, Mt. Parnassos was named after Parnassos, a son of Poseidon and the nymph Leonora. Parnassos founded the old oracle of Pith and could tell the future by observing the way birds flew. The mythology gets complicated after that, involving Apollo, Hera (queen of the gods) and a nasty serpentine dragon whom Hera liked named Python who lived by the Kastalia springs at Delphi and destroyed men and beasts. The cult of Apollo eventually took over and resulted in the Oracle of Delphi and her famous predictions. In a parallel myth, Dionysos, son of Zeus and Persephone, lived on Parnassos and was pursued by Hera. Complications of Greek mythology aside, there's definitely something about this part of the "Middle Earth" that puts Delphi on the maps of even eastern religions who consider it an energy point of the universe.

Parnassos is the acquaintance and the most imposing mountain of Greece. In north-western sides there are 3 ski centres that give cosmopolitan character in the around region.