Grosser Mythen
Mountain in the Schwyzer Alps of Central Switzerland
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The Grosser Mythen (also Grosse Mythe, lit. 'Large Mythe[n]') is a mountain in the Schwyzer Alps of Central Switzerland. The mountain lies in the canton of Schwyz, to the east of the town of Schwyz, and to the south of the village of Alpthal in the valley of the river Alp.[2] The Rotenfluh is located to the south of the Grosser Mythen.
| Grosser Mythen | |
|---|---|
Haggenspitz and Kleiner Mythen (left), and Grosser Mythen (right) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,898 m (6,227 ft) |
| Prominence | 493 m (1,617 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 47°01′47″N 8°41′19.7″E |
| Geography | |
  Grosser Mythen Location in Switzerland  Grosser Mythen Location in the canton of Schwyz | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Schwyz |
| Parent range | Schwyzer Alps |
It is accessible from the Holzegg by a hiking trail, which is opened during the summer months only.
Name
The name is pronounced [ˈmiːtən]; it is in origin the plural referring to the Grosser and Kleiner Mythen collectively, each of which had the name Mythe (feminine) in the singular. The name is unrelated to the now-homographic German word for "myth"; Weibel (1973) derives it from Latin meta "cone, pyramid". Until the late 19th century, the name of the mountain was still feminine, die Grosse Mythe; after c. 1870, the masculine gender became increasingly common in written German although dialectically the feminine remains current.[3]
