The figurative meaning, first used by Ján Kollár in the monumental poem The Daughter Of Sláva in 1824,[16] is "Goddess/Mother of the Slavs". The idiomatic simile "like a fir" (ako jedľa) was applied to men in a variety of positive meanings: "stand tall," "have a handsome figure," "be tall and brawny," etc. See the article on Kriváň for the mountain's symbolism.