Similaun

In the Ötztal Alps in the southernmost area of Tyrol (Austria), the Similaun is a glacier covered mountain with 3,599 meters. The meaning of Similaun could be seen as a variation of "Sam-Alu-Ana" - "white goddess Ana", with "sam" for white and shiny, "alu" for the Divine. We know the area by an archaeological find in the glacier, the glacier mummy is better known as the "Ötzi the Iceman". This painting shows a glacier bowl of the once holy mountain Similiaun with a white shade in the middle, the goddess Ana and an original stone from Similaun.