LEGEND OF MOUNT KINABALU, like any magic land, Sabah is rich in history, culture and folklore and one of the most famousurban legend tells the story of Mount Kinabalu mountain's name is said to derive from 'Aki Nabalu' word is respected diebermaksudtempat Kadazandusun.pada language of the past, local people belive that when someone dies, the soul will wander up to the summit, which is considered as the final resting place as a precautionary measure for the fate of the back, making offerings to the pogigion climbers or mountain penghuninasihat to make rukusor quoting any of the holy land was taken seriously to preventclimbers from getting sick as other ancient folklore Kinabalu wordactually means "Chinese widow" which translated into Chinesewindow to say that a prince darichina up the mountain in search ofshining gems that are kept by a ferocious dragon, and after hissuccessful conquest, he had married a local woman, then left him to return homland his heartbroken wife walk up the mountain to mournthe loss and there diapulangan to stone