Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places

Editor/Author Bane, Theresa
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: McFarland

Single-User Purchase Price: $55.00
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ISBN: 978-0-7864-7848-4
Category: Mythology & Folklore
Book Status: Available
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This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings from Arthurian lore, and kingdoms found in fairy tales and political and philosophical works, including Sir Thomas Mores Utopia and Platos Atlantis.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • A
  • Aab-I-Hamim
  • Aahla
  • Aalu
  • Aanroo
  • Aaru
  • Abaddon
  • Abalus, Isle of
  • Abaton
  • Abdalles, Kingdom of
  • Abhasara
  • Abyla
  • Abyss
  • Abzu
  • Acheron
  • Acherontia
  • Acherusia Cavern
  • Acherusian Stream
  • Acmonian Wood
  • Adamida
  • Adhab-al-Cabr
  • Adhab-Algal
  • Adhahsiras
  • Adhogati
  • Adhosiras
  • Adlivun
  • Aeaea
  • Aegilips
  • Aeí
  • Aeolia
  • Aerial Toll Houses
  • Aethyr
  • Aetna
  • Agartha
  • Aglaura
  • Aiaia
  • Aiolos
  • Aircthech
  • Ajana-Deva-Loka
  • Akanithaka
  • Akashic Record
  • Aladdon
  • Alakapuri
  • Alcina Island
  • Alcyonian Lake
  • Alfheim
  • Alicon
  • Alphin
  • Al-Salahitah
  • Ama-no-Uki-Hashi
  • Amano-Iwato
  • Aman's Land
  • Amarvavti
  • Amaurot
  • Amaurote
  • Amberabad
  • Ameleouth
  • Ameles
  • Amentet
  • Amenthes
  • Amenti
  • Amh
  • Amr's Tomb
  • Amsvartnir
  • Andhakupa
  • Andhatamisra
  • Andvarafors
  • Annwfn
  • Anostos
  • Antenora
  • Anthemoessa
  • Antichthon
  • Antillia
  • Aoncos
  • Aornum
  • Appamana Subha
  • Appamanabha
  • Apratisht'ba
  • Apsu
  • Araboth
  • al A'raf
  • Arallu
  • Arberth
  • Arbray
  • Arbuda
  • Ard Éireann
  • Argustus
  • Argyre
  • Arimaspi
  • Arroy
  • Arsareth
  • Asabru
  • Asgard
  • Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni
  • Asipatravana
  • Asphodel Meadow
  • Assiah
  • Astolat
  • Astral Plane
  • Astral Temple
  • Aśvakarṇa
  • Atala, Caverns of
  • Atata
  • Atlantis
  • Attapa
  • Atziluth
  • Aukumea
  • Aulis
  • Aurvangar
  • Autoia
  • Avalon
  • Avata-Nirodhana
  • Avernus
  • Avici
  • Awiha
  • Ayahpana
  • B
  • Babel, Tower of
  • Babiagora
  • Balanton
  • Balbec
  • Baltia
  • Banoic
  • Bar Shasketh
  • Barahoot, Valley of
  • Baralku
  • Barenton
  • Barrey
  • Barzakh
  • Bay of Trespasses
  • Bedegraine
  • Bhur-Loka
  • Bhuvar-Loka
  • Bibbu
  • Bifrost
  • Bigfish
  • Bilskinir
  • Bimini
  • Birds, Isle of
  • The Black Chapel
  • Blank, Castle
  • Blest, Isle of the
  • Bliant, Castle of
  • Boiling Well, Forest of the
  • Booyan
  • Bottomless Pit
  • Bower of Bliss
  • Bragman, Isle of
  • Brahma-Loka
  • Brahmaloka
  • Brandigant, Castle
  • Breidablik
  • Brendan Isle
  • Bresquehan
  • Brí Léith
  • Briah
  • Briestoc
  • Brig of Dread
  • Brimer
  • Brittia
  • Brocéliande
  • Brug Maic ind Oc
  • Brugh
  • Brugh na Boinne
  • Brunnaker
  • Bulotu
  • Bulu
  • Bumbaran
  • Buss Island
  • Buyan
  • C
  • Cabbalusa
  • Caer Arianrhod
  • Caer Gwydion
  • Caer Nefenhir
  • Caer Wydyr
  • Caer Ys
  • Caf
  • Caina
  • Cakravāḍa
  • Calpe
  • Calydon
  • Camelot
  • Camlan
  • Campacorentin, the Forest
  • Canguin, Rock of
  • Canoel
  • Cantre'r Gwaelod
  • Caphar Salama
  • Carbonek Castle
  • Cardigan
  • Carlisle
  • Carteloise Castle and Forest
  • Caseossa
  • Castle of Indolence
  • Cauldron, Lake of the
  • Cauther
  • Ceallapacha
  • The Cedar Forest
  • Celaenea
  • Celidon
  • Chaitraratha
  • Chaneph
  • Charaxio
  • Charybdis
  • Chelm
  • Chemmis
  • Chiconamictlan
  • Chilminar
  • Chinwad Bridge
  • Chryse
  • Cibaciba
  • Cibola
  • City of the Caesars
  • Ciuin
  • Clas Myrddin
  • Clashing Rocks
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land
  • Cockaigne
  • Cocytus
  • Colchis
  • Connla's Well
  • Corbenic, Castle
  • Corcyra
  • Cornouaille
  • Court of Hefeydd Hen
  • Crocyleia
  • Crossroads
  • Cubele, Castle
  • Cwensea
  • D
  • Daiver Logum
  • Dàiyú
  • The Dancing Place of the Goblin
  • Dandasukam
  • Dangerous, Castle
  • Daru ‘l-baqa’
  • Daru ‘l-Bawar
  • Dáruna
  • Davy Jones’ Locker
  • Delos
  • Demons, Isles of
  • Dendain
  • Deva-Loka
  • The Devil's Road
  • Di Fu
  • Di Yu
  • Dia
  • Dinas Affaraon
  • Dionysus's Island
  • Dis
  • Diyu
  • Djahannam
  • Djinnestan
  • Doloreuse Chartre
  • Dolorus Tower
  • Dragon's Hill
  • Drakulu
  • The Dreamtime
  • Drogeo
  • Duat
  • Duku Kä Misi
  • Dún Bolg
  • E
  • Eanna
  • Echtrae, plural: echtrai
  • Edyope, Castle
  • The Eight Cold Hells
  • The Eight Hot Hells
  • Eikin
  • Ekur
  • El Dorado
  • Elaea
  • Elean nam Ban
  • Elephant Graveyard
  • Elfland
  • Elidner
  • Elivager
  • Eljudnir
  • The Elysian Fields
  • Emain Ablach
  • Emne
  • Empyrean
  • Enchanted Castles
  • Ephyra
  • Ercildoune, Castle of
  • Erebus
  • Eridanus
  • Erymanthus
  • Erytheia
  • Estotiland
  • Eubcea, Island of
  • F
  • Fahfah
  • Fairy Fort
  • Fairy Island
  • Fairyland
  • The Fairy's Mirror
  • Falias
  • Fāngzhàng
  • Feather Mountain
  • Feikstaf
  • Fensalir
  • The Fields of Asphodel
  • Fields of Food
  • Fimbulthul
  • Findias
  • Fjorm
  • Flame, Island of
  • Floating Island
  • Floating Islands, Canadian
  • Folkvang
  • Forest of Cedars
  • Forest of Misadventure
  • Fortunate Isles
  • Fountain of Changing Colors
  • Franangrs-Fors
  • Frisland
  • Frodi, Mill of
  • Fu Sang
  • G
  • Galafort Castle
  • Gandharva-Loka
  • Gaora
  • Garden of Eden
  • Garden of Joy
  • Garden of the Gods
  • Garden of the Hesperides
  • Gastropnir
  • The Gates of Death
  • Gazewilte
  • Gebeanom
  • Gehenna
  • Geirridr's Garth
  • Geirvimul
  • Gevurah
  • Ghayy
  • The Ghuls, Kingdom of
  • Giallar Bridge
  • Gihon
  • Gimle
  • Gimli
  • Ginnunga-Gap
  • Gioll
  • Gioll
  • Gipul
  • Gjallarbru Bridge
  • Gladsheimr
  • Glasir Grove
  • Glitnir
  • Gloevant
  • Glouchedon
  • Gnipahellir
  • Gnita
  • Godhava
  • Goloka Vrindavana
  • Gomel
  • Gomul
  • Gopul
  • Gorias
  • Gorsedd Arberth
  • Gotham
  • Grad
  • Grao
  • Great Below
  • Great Ireland
  • Green Chapel
  • Green Isle
  • Gresholm
  • Grey Lake of Cuilenn
  • Grippia
  • Groclant
  • The Grove of Nemi
  • Guindoel
  • Guinee
  • Gunnthorin
  • Gunnthra
  • H
  • Hades
  • Hahava
  • Hall of Two Truths
  • Hamistagan
  • Hanan Pachua
  • Happy Fields
  • Happy Hunting Grounds
  • Hau-Ora
  • Haviya
  • Hawaiki
  • Hawiyah
  • Heaven
  • Hedu Kä Misi
  • Hei Kä Misi
  • Hei Tä Bebi
  • Hel
  • Hel-Way
  • Helgrindr
  • Helheim
  • The Heliades
  • Heljar-ran
  • Hell
  • Hell Planets, Twenty-Eight
  • Hiiela
  • Himinbiorg
  • Hindarfiall
  • Hnitbjorg
  • Hodmimir
  • Holl
  • Hollow Earth
  • Hronn
  • Huángquán
  • Hufaidh
  • Huhuva
  • al Hutama
  • Hvergelmir Well
  • Hy Brasil
  • Hydramardia
  • Hylech
  • Hyperborea
  • I
  • Icaria
  • Ice Realm
  • Ida
  • Idavold
  • Ifing
  • Ilara
  • Ildathach
  • Ilium
  • Imchiuin
  • The Immortals, Kingdom of
  • Indra-Loka
  • Inis Subai
  • Innishmurray, the Invisible Island of
  • Ioavallr
  • Iram of the Pillars
  • Irama
  • Irkalla
  • Iron Wood
  • Iṣadhara
  • Islands of the Blessed
  • Isle on the River Renemar
  • Ithaka
  • J
  • Jade Mountain
  • Jahannam
  • al Jahim
  • Jambudvipa
  • Jana-Loka
  • al Janna
  • Jeraspunt
  • Jotunheim
  • Joy, the Island of
  • Joyous Gard
  • Judecca
  • Juherbâd
  • Juwuku
  • K
  • Kâf
  • Kalapa
  • Kalasutram
  • Kale-Thaungto
  • Kalichi
  • Kaluwartu
  • Karma-Deva-Loka
  • Kasil
  • Kattigat
  • al-Kawthar
  • Keliwic
  • Kerlaug
  • Kerneter
  • Khadiraka
  • Kherani Mountain
  • Khubur
  • Kibu
  • Kikorangi
  • Kimmerioi
  • King's Hill
  • Kmibhojanam
  • Kormt
  • Krimibhaksha
  • Krimibhojana
  • Krimisa
  • Krishana
  • Krishna
  • Ksharakardamam
  • Ksuramarga
  • Kukula
  • Kumari Kandam
  • Kumbhipaka
  • Kunapa
  • Kunlun Mountains
  • Kur Kurnugi
  • L
  • Labyrinth
  • Ladhwa
  • Ladon
  • Lagam
  • Laiabhaksam
  • Lake of Fire
  • Lake of Flowers
  • Lalabhaksha
  • Land of Day
  • Land of Giants
  • Land of Promise
  • Land of Shadows
  • Land of Summer
  • Land of the Dead
  • Land of the Living
  • Land of the Moon
  • The Land of Women
  • Land of Youth
  • Land Under the Waves
  • Landvide
  • Langarrow
  • Langchen Khabab
  • Lavana
  • Leipter
  • Lemnos
  • Lemuria
  • Lerad
  • Lessoe, Island of
  • Lethe
  • Leuke
  • Lich-Way
  • Lily Lake
  • Limbo
  • Listeneise
  • Lizard Islands
  • Loadstone, Mountain of
  • Loc Lann
  • Logres
  • Logrum
  • Loka
  • Lost Island
  • Lover's Leap
  • Loycha
  • Ludr
  • Luilekkerland
  • Lupercal
  • Lycia
  • Lyfjaberg
  • Lymdale
  • Lyngvi, Island of
  • Lyonesse
  • Lyr
  • M
  • Ma-li-ga-si-ma
  • Machanon
  • Machon
  • Mag Findargat
  • Mag Mar
  • Mag Mell
  • Mag Rein
  • Mag Tuirid
  • Magnetic Mountain
  • Mahajwala
  • Mahapadma
  • Mahar-Loka
  • Mahararavam
  • Maharaurava
  • Mahatala, Caverns of
  • Malebolge
  • Mam, Isle of
  • Manala
  • Mandara, Forest of
  • Manheim
  • Mapcha Khabab
  • Mapham Yumtsho
  • Marut-Loka
  • Mauri-Gasima
  • Mbulu
  • Mburotu
  • Meropis
  • Mezzoramia
  • Mictlan
  • Mid-World
  • Midgard
  • Mimirsbrunnr Well
  • The Mire of Clay
  • Mitnal
  • Mnemosyne
  • Mount Mandara
  • Mount Meru
  • Mount Olympus
  • Mount Ossa
  • Mount Pelion
  • Mountain of the Zughb
  • Moy Mell
  • Mu
  • Muirthemne
  • Murias
  • Murimuria
  • Murukeyyin
  • Muspelheimr
  • N
  • Naastrand
  • Nadi Vaitarani
  • Naga-Loka
  • Nagrindr
  • Naherangi
  • Najrakantasali
  • al Nār
  • Naraka
  • Narekah
  • Naut
  • Ne-no-Kuni
  • Neflhel
  • Neorxnawang
  • Neritos
  • Neritum
  • Neter-khertet
  • Ngā Atua
  • Ngā-Roto
  • Ngā Tauira
  • Nida Mountain
  • Nidafell
  • Nide's Plain
  • Nifleheim
  • Niflhel
  • Nikrintana
  • Nimindhara
  • Nine Worlds
  • Nirarbuda
  • Noatun
  • Nonn
  • Noticia Rica
  • Nuku-tere
  • Nysa
  • Nyt
  • O
  • Oceanus
  • Ochren
  • Odainsaker
  • Ogygia
  • Okolner
  • Olympus, Mount
  • Ophir
  • Ormet
  • Otherworld
  • Pactolus
  • P
  • Padma
  • Paititi
  • Pandemonium
  • Pankhaia, Island of
  • Panotti
  • Pantoroze, Land of
  • Papa
  • Paradise
  • Paradise of Fools
  • Parmenie
  • Parnassus
  • Paryavartanakam
  • Patala, Caverns of
  • Pathon, Isle of
  • Peirene
  • Pen Llwyn Diarwya
  • Peng Lai
  • Perilous Bed
  • Perilous Ford
  • Perilous Seat
  • Perilous Valley
  • Phaiakes
  • Phantom Islands
  • Phlegra
  • Pisacha-Loka
  • Pison
  • The Pit of Corruption
  • Pitri-Loka
  • Plain of Silver Clouds
  • Plains of Lethe
  • Pohjola
  • Pou-turi
  • Pranarodham
  • Pratapana
  • Prester, John, Kingdom of
  • Preta-Loka
  • Ptolomea
  • Pulotu
  • Pumpkin Island
  • Pure Land of the Western Paradise
  • Purgatory
  • Purvavudeha
  • Puyavaha
  • Puyodakam
  • Pyriphlegethon
  • Q
  • Qimiujdrmiut
  • Quivira
  • R
  • Rainbow City
  • Rakshasa-Loka
  • Rakshogana-Bhojana
  • Raksobhaksam
  • Rama Empire
  • Raquia
  • Raro-henga
  • Rasatala, Caverns of
  • Rath
  • Rath Chinneich
  • Raurava
  • Rauravam
  • Rica de Oro
  • Rica de Plata
  • Rinn
  • Rinnandi
  • Rodha
  • Rudhirandha
  • Rusta
  • Rutas
  • S
  • Saguenay, Kingdom of
  • Sagun
  • Sa'ir
  • Salmali
  • Salmydessus
  • Salsabil
  • Samghata
  • Samjiva
  • Sandamas
  • Sandansa
  • Saqar
  • Sarameyasanam
  • Sarpedon
  • Sarras
  • Satya-Loka
  • Satyrs, Island of the
  • Sawr-Loka
  • Scamander
  • Scheria
  • Schildburg
  • Segais
  • Seisyllwch, the Seven Cantrefs
  • Sekin
  • Senge Khabab
  • Seron
  • Sessrymnir
  • Seven Cities of Gold
  • Seven Heavens
  • Seven Hells
  • Seven Lower Worlds
  • Shaari Moth
  • The Shadow of Death
  • Shad-u-kam
  • Shamayim
  • Shambhala
  • Shee Finnaha
  • Sheep, Isle of
  • Shehaqim
  • Sheol
  • Sid
  • Sierra de la Plata
  • Siglilnin
  • Si'la
  • Silo, Isle of
  • Sirat al-Jahim
  • Sirenum Scopuli
  • Slid
  • Slieve Gullion
  • Sodom and Gomorrah
  • Soequabeck
  • Sokin
  • Soma-Loka
  • Strind
  • Strond
  • Styx
  • Sucimukham
  • SudarŚana
  • Sukara
  • Sukaramukham
  • Sulaprotam
  • Sumeru
  • Summer Land
  • Sutala, Caverns of
  • Svol
  • Swabhojana
  • Swarga
  • Swartalfaheim
  • Symplegades
  • T
  • Taenarum
  • Takama-ga-Hara
  • Takánakapsâlik
  • Tala
  • Talatala, Caverns of
  • Tamas
  • Tamchok Khabab
  • Tamisra
  • Tapana
  • Tapar-Loka
  • Taptakumbha
  • Taptaloha
  • Taptamurti
  • Taptasurmi
  • Tartarus
  • Tartessos
  • Te Uranga-o-te-ra
  • Tech Duinn
  • Tentagil
  • Terabil, Castle
  • Terra Australis
  • Terrestrial Paradise
  • Themiscyra
  • Thjodnuma
  • Tholl
  • Thrinakia
  • Thrudeim
  • Thrymheim
  • Thule
  • Thviti
  • Thyn
  • Tir Fa Tonn
  • Tir-Innambeo
  • Tir na mBan
  • Tir na nOg
  • Tir-Na-Nog
  • Tír Sorcha
  • Tir Tairngiri
  • Titahion
  • Tlalocan
  • Tokoyo - no -kumi
  • Tomoanchan
  • Tonatiuhilhuicac
  • Tuat
  • Tuonela
  • Turiruna
  • Turning, Island of
  • Tzelmoth
  • U
  • Uca Pacha
  • Ulu- ka'a
  • Underworld
  • Underworld, Greek Rivers of the
  • Uppsah Spring
  • Uppsala
  • Uranga-o-Te-Ra
  • Urdarbrunnr Well
  • Uruk
  • Utgard
  • Uthlanga
  • Utopia
  • Utpala
  • Utsada
  • Uttara Kuru
  • Uvdlormiut
  • V
  • Vadgelmir
  • Vahnijwala
  • Vaikuntha
  • Vaitarani
  • Vajrakantaka-Salmali
  • Val sans Retour
  • Valaskiaf
  • Valgrind
  • Valhalla
  • Valley of Diamonds
  • Valley of No Return
  • Vanaheim
  • Vatarodham
  • Vedhaka
  • Vegsvinn
  • Venusberg
  • Vid
  • Vidi
  • Vigrid
  • Ville au Camp
  • Vimer
  • Vimohana
  • Vin
  • Vina
  • Vinadhar
  • Vingalf
  • Virat-oleha
  • Visadana
  • Visasanam
  • Vitala, Caverns of
  • Vod
  • W
  • Wails, Isle of
  • Wairua
  • Waka-Maru
  • The Wandering Island
  • The Wandering Rocks
  • Well of Segais
  • Wrath's Hole
  • Wunderberg
  • X
  • Xibalba
  • Xuan Pu
  • Yaaru
  • Y
  • Yaksha-Loka
  • Yamapuri
  • Yao Chi
  • Ydale
  • Yetzirah
  • Yggdrasil
  • Yingzhou
  • Ynys Gutrin
  • Yomi
  • Youdu
  • Yuánjiāo
  • Yugandhara
  • Z
  • Z, Lost City of
  • Zaqqam, Tree of
  • Zebul
  • Zerzura
  • Zophos
  • Zulal
  • Bibliography