Editing Mount Tahan (section)

== Names ==
The word ''tahan'' in [[Malay language|Malay]] means "forbidden"<!-- = "tahani" -->, there is a folktale of the mountain being guarded by two humongous apes because it has two magical wells which can give anyone powers of changing any other object into gold and silver.<ref name="MF">{{cite journal |author1=Sam Shor Nahar Yaakob<!-- xct nm --> |author2=Saidon Amri<!-- xct nm --> |author3=Azlizam Aziz<!-- xct nm --> |author4=Abdullah Zawawi<!-- xct nm --> |title=Gunung Tahan Trail: A Historical Review |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329237266_Gunung_Tahan_Trail_A_Historical_Review |journal=The Malaysian Forester |date=November 2009 |volume=1 |issue=72 |pages=1-14 }}</ref>{{rp|2}}

It is also known by the name of ''Gunung Rotan'' ("[[rattan]] mountain") or ''Gunung Ulu Tanum'' ("source mountain of the Tanum River") in the west; the [[Kelantan]]ese call it ''Gunung Siam'' ("[[Siam]] Mountain").<ref name="MF"/>{{rp|2}}