Editing List of mythological places

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This is a '''list of mythological places''' which appear in mythological tales, folklore, and varying religious texts.

==Egyptian mythology==

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| [[Aaru]] || The heavenly [[paradise]] often referred to as the Field Of Reeds, is an underworld realm where [[Osiris]] rules in ancient [[Egyptian mythology]].
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| [[Akhet (hieroglyph)|Akhet]] || An [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyph]] that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "[[horizon]]" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Egyptian grammar : being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs |last=Gardiner|first=Alan H.|date=1957|publisher=Published on behalf of the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, by Oxford University Press|isbn=9780900416354|edition=3rd|others=1969 printing|location=London|page=489|oclc=229894}}</ref>
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| [[Benben]] || The mound that arose from the primordial waters [[Nu (mythology)|Nu]] upon which the [[creator deity]] [[Atum]] settled in the [[Ancient Egyptian creation myths|creation myth]] of the [[Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)|Heliopolitan]] form of [[ancient Egyptian religion]].
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| [[Duat]] || The Underworld and abode of the dead in [[Ancient Egypt]]ian religion.
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| [[The Indestructibles]] || Two bright stars which, at that time, could always be seen circling the [[North Pole]] by ancient Egyptian astronomers.<ref name="SOL">{{cite web|url=http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Earth/AncientAstronomy.html|title=Space Today Online -- Solar System Planet Earth -- Ancient Astronomy|first=Anthony R.|last=Curtis|website=spacetoday.org|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref>
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| [[Land of Manu]] || Western abode of the sun god [[Ra]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Massey |first1=Gerald |author-link1=Gerald Massey |title=Ancient Egypt - Light Of The World |url={{GBurl|id=ED-kAwAAQBAJ|pg=PT465}} |publisher=Jazzybee Verlag |year=2014 |orig-year=First published 1907 |volume=1 |page=465 |isbn=978-3-8496-4444-4}}</ref>
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| [[Nu (mythology)|Nu]]n || The primordial waters from which the [[Benben]] arose at the beginning of the universe, also considered to be a god Nu.
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==Greek mythology==
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| [[Arcadia (utopia)|Arcadia]] || A vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature, derived from the Greek province Arkadia which dates to antiquity.
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| [[Asphodel Meadows]] || The section of the underworld where ordinary souls were sent to live after death.
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| [[Atlantis]] || The legendary (and almost archetypal) lost continent that was supposed to have sunk into the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
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| [[Cloud cuckoo land]] || A perfect city between the clouds in the play ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' by [[Aristophanes]].
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| [[Chryse and Argyre]] || A pair of legendary islands, located in the [[Indian Ocean]] and said to be made of gold (chrysos) and silver (argyros).
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| [[Elysium]] (Elysian Fields) || In [[Greek mythology]], the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and the virtuous.
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| [[Fortunate Isles]] (Islands of the Blessed) || Islands in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of [[Greek mythology]].
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| [[Garden of the Hesperides]] || The sacred garden of Hera from where the gods got their immortality.

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| [[Hyperborea]] || Home of the Hyperboreans in the far north of Greece or southern Europe.
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| [[Laestrygon|Laistrygon]] || Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the [[Trojan War]].
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| [[Meropis]] || A gigantic island created purely as a parody of [[Plato]]'s [[Atlantis]].
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| [[Mount Olympus]] || "Olympos" was the name of the home of the [[Twelve Olympians|Twelve Olympian gods]] of the ancient Greek world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Nigel|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon, England|date=31 October 2005|page=516}}</ref>
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| [[Nysa (mythology)|Nysa]] || A beautiful valley full of [[nymphs]].
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| [[Oceanus#Geography|Okeanos]] || The cosmic river encircling the Earth in Ancient Greek cosmology, also sometimes depicted as one of the Titan gods.
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| [[Panchaia (island)|Panchaia]] (Pangaia) || A group of islands South of the Arabian peninsula inhabited by several tribes and rich with scented oils. Assumed by some to be the birthplace of the Olympian gods.
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| [[Tartarus|Tartaros]] || A pit in the underworld for condemned souls.
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| [[Themiscyra (mythology)|Themiskyra]] || The capital city of the [[Amazons]] in [[Greek mythology]].
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| [[Greek underworld|The Underworld]] || Comprising the realms of The Elysium Fields, The Asphodel Meadows and Tartarus.
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==Norse mythology==
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| [[Alfheim]] || The Land of elves in [[Norse mythology]].
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| [[Asgard]] || The high placed city of the gods, built by [[Odin]], chief god of the Norse pantheon.
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| [[Biarmaland]] || A geographical area around the [[White Sea]] in the northern part of (European) [[Russia]], referred to in [[Norse saga]]s.
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| [[Fositesland]] || The kingdom of [[Forseti]], the [[Æsir|god]] of Justice.
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| [[Gjöll]] || A river that separates the living from the dead in [[Norse mythology]].
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| [[Hel (location)|Hel (heimr)]] || The underworld in Norse mythology.
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| [[Hvergelmir]] || A major spring in [[Norse mythology]].
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| [[Jotunheim]] || Land of the giants in Norse mythology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/the-nine-worlds/jotunheim/ |title=Jotunheim |website=norse-mythology.org}}</ref>
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| [[Kvenland]] || A geographical area referred to in several medieval texts as well as in Norse sagas. The exact location of Kvenland is unknown, though, with several competing theories placing it in either the northern part of the [[Scandinavian Peninsula]] or the southwestern part of what is now [[Finland]].
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| [[Mímisbrunnr]] || A well associated with the being [[Mímir]], located beneath the world tree [[Yggdrasil]].
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| [[Muspelheim]] || Land of fire in Norse mythology.
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| [[Niflheim]] || World of cold in Norse mythology.
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| [[Niflhel]] || Cold underworld in Norse mythology.
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| [[Norumbega]] || A legendary settlement in northeastern [[North America]], connected with attempts to demonstrate [[Viking]] incursions in New England.
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| [[Svartálfaheimr]] || The land of the [[Dökkálfar|Dark Elves]] in [[Norse mythology]].
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| [[Urðarbrunnr]] || A well in [[Norse mythology]].
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| [[Valhalla]] || (from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the slain") is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin.
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| [[Vanaheimr]] ||The Land of the [[Vanir]], another tribe of gods, according to [[Norse mythology|Norse]] legends.
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| [[Yggdrasil]] || An immense and central [[Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology|sacred tree]] in [[Norse cosmology]].
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==Polynesian and Māori mythology==
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| Rarohenga || A [[Māori mythology|Māori]] spirit world for those who favor [[Rangi and Papa|Papatūānuku]] The Earth Mother.
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| Toi O Nga Rangi || The Māori spirit world for those who favor [[Rangi and Papa|Ranginui]] The Sky Father. Sometimes known as the Sky World or the Summit Of The Heavens
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| Ao || The [[Polynesian culture|Polynesian]] realm of light.
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| Te Po || Polynesian realm of darkness and ancestors.
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| [[Hawaiki]] || A mostly universal belief among [[Oceania|Oceanian]] cultures of a realm where all Polynesians descend, particularly the [[Māori people|Māori]]. Not to be confused with the Islands of [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaii]].
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| [[Cape Reinga]]/Te Rerenga Wairua || Believed by Māori to be the place where spirits are required to journey through to reach the afterlife.
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==Indian mythology==
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| [[Agartha]] || A legendary city located at the earth's core.
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| [[Amaravati (mythology)|Amaravati]] || Capital of [[Svarga]], the abode of the devas, ruled by [[Indra]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |author-link=Roshen Dalal |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |url={{GBurl|id=zrk0AwAAQBAJ|q=Indraloka}} |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |date=2014|isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 }} Entry: "Indraloka".</ref> 
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| [[Ayotha Amirtha Gangai]] || An important river in [[Ayyavazhi mythology]].
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| [[Brahmapura|Brahmaloka]] || The abode of [[Brahma]], the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god of creation.
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| [[Himavanta]] || A legendary forest that locates at the hill of the [[Himalayas]].
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| [[Jambudvīpa]] || Name for the terrestrial universe in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions. 
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|[[Mount Kailash|Kailasha]]
|The celestial abode of [[Shiva]].
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| [[Ketumati]] || A [[pure land]] belonging to [[Maitreya]] within [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kim |first=Inchang |title=The Future Buddha Maitreya: An Iconological Study |url={{GBurl|id=jikLAAAAYAAJ}} |publisher=D.K. Printworld |year=1996 |page=21}}</ref>
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|[[Kshira Sagara]]
|A divine ocean of milk in Hindu mythology.
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|[[Manidvipa]]
|The abode of the supreme goddess in Hinduism.
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|[[Mayasabha]]
|A legendary palace located in [[Indraprastha]], as described in ''[[Mahabharata]]''
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|[[Mount Mandara]]
|A sacred mountain mentioned in the [[Puranas]].
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| [[Mount Meru]] || The sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology. It is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes. 
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| [[Naraka]] || A realm resembling Hell in [[Dharmic religions|Indian religions]] where souls are temporarily punished before [[reincarnation]].
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| [[Nirvana]] || The ultimate state of soteriological release (liberation from repeated rebirth) commonly associated with Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. 
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| [[Patala]]
|The netherworld of Indian religions.
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| [[Pialral]]
|A heaven for great achievers of the [[Mizo Tribes]] of [[Northeast India]].
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| [[Samavasarana]] || Meeting place of the [[tirthankara]]s in [[Jainism]].
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| [[Sanzu River]] || A mythological river in [[Buddhism in Japan|Japanese Buddhism]].
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| [[Shakdvipa|Shakadvipa]] || A  land mass west of the [[Ural Mountains]] in [[Hindu mythology]].
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| [[Shambhala]] || In [[Tibetan Buddhist]] tradition, a kingdom hidden somewhere in the [[Himalayas]]; [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophists]] regard it as the home on the [[etheric plane]] of the governing [[deity]] of the earth, [[Sanat Kumara]].
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| [[Siddhashila]] || The place where souls who have escaped the cycle of [[reincarnation]] and attained [[moksha]] go according to the cosmology of [[Jainism]]. 
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| [[Svarga]] || The abode of the devas in Hinduism.
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| [[Tripura (mythology)|Tripura]] ||  three cities or fortresses, is described in Hindu mythology as being constructed by the great Asura architect Mayasura
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| [[Thuvaraiyam Pathi]] || In [[Ayyavazhi mythology]], it was a sunken island some {{convert|150|mi|km|abbr=in|order=flip}} off the south coast of [[India]].
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| [[Trāyastriṃśa]] || An important world of the [[Deva (Buddhism)|devas]] in the [[Buddhist cosmology]].
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|[[Urdhva lokas|Urdhvaloka]]
|Seven upper worlds mentioned in the Puranas.
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| [[Uttarakuru]] || Name of a continent ([[dvipa]]) in Indian religions.
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| [[Vaikuntha]]  || The celestial abode of [[Vishnu]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Maehle |first1=Gregor |title=Ashtanga Yoga The Intermediate Series: Mythology, Anatomy, and Practice |url={{GBurl|id=OhYeGdNK0UoC|q=home%20OR%20abode%20%22Vaikuntha%20Vishnu%22%20-lord|pg=PA207}} |publisher=[[New World Library]] |year=2012 |page=207|isbn=978-1-57731-987-0}}</ref>
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| [[Vaitarani (mythology)|Vaitarani]]|| River situated in hell mentioned in the [[Garuda Purana]] and various other [[Hindu religious texts]].
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==Chinese folk mythology==
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| [[Diyu]] || The realm of the dead or [[Hell]] in [[Chinese mythology]].
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| [[Eight Pillars]] || A concept from [[Chinese mythology]] located in the eight cardinal directions, they are a group of eight mountains or pillars which have been thought to hold up the sky.
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| [[Feather Mountain]] || One of many important mythological mountains in [[Chinese mythology]], particularly associated with the [[Great Flood]].
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| [[Fusang]] || A mysterious land to the east in Chinese legends.
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| [[Jade Mountain (mythology)|Jade Mountain]] || A mythological mountain in [[Chinese mythology]] and the residence of [[Xiwangmu|The Queen Mother of the West]].<ref name=Yang>{{cite book|last1=Yang|first1=Lihui|display-authors=etal|date=2005|title=Handbook of Chinese Mythology|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-533263-6}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=gGD5go6iCUYC&q=jade+mountain&pg=PP1 pp. 162, 219]</ref>
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| [[Kunlun Mountain (mythology)|Kunlun Mountain]] || A place where immortals lived according to Chinese mythology.
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| [[Longmen (mythology)|Longmen]] || A legendary waterfall in Chinese mythology.
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| [[Mount Buzhou]] || An ancient [[Chinese mythology|Chinese mythological]] mountain which, according to old texts, lay to the northwest of the [[Kunlun Mountains]], in a location today referred to as the [[Pamir Mountains]].
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| [[Mount Penglai]] || A legendary mountain in Chinese mythology, said to be situated on an island in the Bohai sea, home to Taoist immortals. 
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| [[Moving Sands]] || One of the obstacles the fictional version of the monk [[Xuanzang]] and companions must cross over on their mission to fetch the Buddhist scriptures from India and return them to Tang China.
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| [[Red River (mythology)|Red River]] || One of the mythological rivers said to flow from [[Kunlun (mythology)|Kunlun]], a mythological land, with mountainous features.
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| [[Shangri-La]] || A mystical, harmonious valley enclosed in the western end of the [[Kunlun Mountains]], described in the 1933 novel ''[[Lost Horizon]]'' by English author [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]].
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| [[Weak River (mythology)|Weak River]] || One of the mythological rivers flowing near [[Kunlun (mythology)|Kunlun]], home of a Western Paradise.
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| [[Shangdu]] (Xanadu)|| The summer capital of [[Kublai Khan]]'s Yuan empire became a mythological place and a metaphor for splendor and opulence, popularised by the 1816 poem [[Kubla Khan]] by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]].
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==Abrahamic mythology==
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| [[Antillia]] || An island from an old Iberian legend set during the Muslim conquest of Hispania. The legend says that during this time seven Christian Visigothic bishops, who were fleeing Muslim Conquerors, embarked with their flocks on ships and set sail westwards into the Atlantic Ocean, leading them to an island (Antillia or Isle Of Seven Cities) where they founded seven settlements.
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| [[As-Sirāt]] || The bridge which every human must pass on the [[Day of Resurrection|Yawm al-Qiyamah]] ("Day of Resurrection") to enter [[Jannah|Paradise]] according to [[Islam]].
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| [[Barzakh]] || A place separating the living from the [[hereafter]] or a phase/"stage" between an individual's death and their resurrection in "the Hereafter".<ref>Jane Dammen McAuliffe Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān Volume 1 Georgetown University, Washington DC p. 205</ref><ref name="aboutislamnet">{{cite web  |last1=Al-`Ali |first1=Hamid |title=What Is Al-Barzakh? |url=https://aboutislam.net/counseling/ask-the-scholar/muslim-creed/what-is-al-barzakh/ |website=About Islam |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="Keywords2015">{{cite book |last1=Siddiqui |first1=Ahdur Rasheed |title=Qur'anic Keywords: A Reference Guide |date=2015 |publisher=Islamic Foundation |location=Leicestershire, UK |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o2hjCwAAQBAJ&q=definition+of+Akhirah |access-date=18 April 2022 |chapter=Barzakh}}</ref><ref name="Purgatory-al-islam">{{cite book |last1=Abdul Husayn Dastghaib Shirazi |title=The HereAfter (Ma'ad) |publisher=al-islam.org |url=https://www.al-islam.org/hereafter-maad-sayyid-abdul-husayn-dastghaib-shirazi/barzakh-purgatory-stage-between-world-and |access-date=18 April 2022 |chapter=Barzakh (Purgatory) - The Stage Between this World and the Hereafter|date=23 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="iqa-11110">{{cite web |title=What Is al-Barzakh? 11110 |url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/11110/what-is-al-barzakh |website=Islam Question and Answer |access-date=18 April 2022 |date=10 January 2000}}</ref>
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| [[Bethulia]] || A city whose deliverance by [[Judith]], when besieged by [[Holofernes]], forms the subject of the ''[[Book of Judith]]''.
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| [[Brig of Dread]] || A bridge to [[Purgatory]] that a dead [[Soul (spirit)|soul]] had to cross.
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| [[Garden of Eden]] || A paradise where humans were first created according to [[Abrahamic religions]] and resided until cast out for disobeying God.
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|[[Gog and Magog]]
|Are mentioned in the [[Bible]] and the [[Quran]] both as tribes and as their land.
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| [[Heaven]] || In [[Abrahamic religions]], the paradise where good people who have died continue to exist.
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| [[Hell]] || In some [[Abrahamic religions]], a realm in the afterlife in which evil souls are punished after death.
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| [[Hitfun]] || A great dividing river separating the [[World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|World of Darkness]] from the [[World of Light]] in [[Mandaean cosmology]].<ref name="GR Saadi">{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.de/Ginza-Rabba-English-Translation-Drabsha/dp/B00A3GO458|last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais Mughashghash |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed Mughashghash |title=Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. An equivalent translation of the Mandaean Holy Book |year=2012 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref>
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| [[Iram of the Pillars]] || The [[lost city]] mentioned in the [[Quran]].
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| [[Jabulqa and Jabulsa]] || Two cities mentioned in [[Shi'i]] [[hadith]].
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| Kingdom of [[Prester John]] || Legendary powerful Christian nation just beyond the Muslim world in medieval romantic literature, first located in South Asia, then Central Asia, then East Africa.
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| [[Kolob]] || An astronomical body (star or planet) said to be near the [[throne of God]] in [[Mormon cosmology]].
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| [[Malakut]] || A proposed invisible realm, featuring in [[Islamic cosmology]].
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| [[Matarta]] || A "station" or "toll house" that is located between the [[World of Light]] (''alma ḏ-nhūra'') from [[Tibil]] (Earth) in [[Mandaean cosmology]].
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| [[Mount of the Temptation]] || The legendary location of [[Jesus Christ]]'s [[Temptation of Christ|Temptation]], traditionally placed at [[Jebel Quruntul]] or [['Ushsh el-Ghurab]] near [[Jericho]] in the [[West Bank]]
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| [[Nbu]] || The [[Mandaeism|Mandaic]] name for the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].
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| [[Pandæmonium (Paradise Lost)|Pandæmonium]]|| The capital of Hell in John Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]''.
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| [[Piriawis]] || The sacred life-giving river (''[[yardna]]'') of the [[World of Light]] in [[Mandaean cosmology]].
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| [[Pleroma#Gnosticism|Pleroma]] || Abode of the holy [[Aeon (Gnosticism)|aeons]] in [[Gnosticism]].
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| [[Scholomance]]  || A legendary school of black magic run by the Devil himself, located in Hermannstadt (now: Sibiu, Romania). Located in the mountains, south of the city Sibiu, near an unnamed lake.
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| [[Siniawis]] ||  A region in the [[World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|World of Darkness]] or [[underworld]].<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref>
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| [[Yardna]] || A body of flowing [[fresh water]] that is suitable for ritual use as baptismal water in [[Mandaeism]].<ref>''The Gnostic Bible'' (2003) (p. 810). New Seeds Books</ref>
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| [[Zarahemla]] || A civilization which was constructed in the ancient Americas, according to [[Mormonism|Mormon]] belief.
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| [[Zerzura]] || Saharan city known as the "oasis of little birds" rumored to be full of treasure.
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==Celtic mythologies==
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| [[Annwn]] || The "otherworld" of [[Welsh mythology]].
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| [[Avalon]] || Legendary Island of Apples, believed by some to be the final resting place of [[King Arthur]].
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| [[Camelot]] || The city in which King Arthur reigned.
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| [[Cantre'r Gwaelod]] || A legendary ancient sunken kingdom said to have occupied a tract of fertile land lying between [[Ramsey Island]] and [[Bardsey Island]].
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| [[Celliwig]] || The earliest named location for the court of [[King Arthur]].
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| [[Brasil (mythical island)|Brasil]] or [[Hy-Brasil]] || A mythical island to the west of Ireland.
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| [[Dinas Affaraon]]/Ffaraon || Legendary home to a branch of the [[Druids]] called the Pheryllt, who worked as metallurgists and alchemists. Also known as “The City of Higher Powers,” or the “Ambrosial City”, its rumored location is [[Snowdonia]] and is said to be the original [[placename]] of ''Dinas Emrys''.
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| [[Emain Ablach]] || A mythical island paradise in [[Irish mythology]].
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| [[Fintan's Grave]] || A mythological cave on the Irish mountain (now hill) [[Toutinna|Tul Tuinde]]<ref name="Mountain1998">{{cite book|last=Mountain|first=Harry|title=The Celtic Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhEUZs5yibUC&pg=PA679|access-date=16 January 2011|date=May 1998|publisher=Universal-Publishers|isbn=978-1-58112-892-5|page=679}}</ref>
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| [[Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann]] (Gorias, Finias, Murias, and Falias) || In [[Irish Mythology]] the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]] get their four magical treasures from four legendary cities: Gorias in the east; Finias, in the south; Murias in the west; and Falias in the north.
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| [[Lyonesse]] || A country in [[Arthurian legend]], which is said to border [[Cornwall]] in [[England]].
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| [[Mag Mell]] || A mythical underworld plain in Irish mythology, achievable only through death or glory. Meaning 'plains of joy', Mag Mell was a hedonistic and pleasurable paradise, usually associated with the sea.
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| [[Rocabarraigh]] || A [[phantom island]] in [[Scottish Gaelic]] mythology.
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| [[Tech Duinn]] || A mythological island to the west of [[Ireland]] where souls go after death.
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| [[Tír fo Thuinn]] || A [[Celtic Otherworld]] in [[Irish mythology]], a kingdom under the sea.
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| [[Tír na nÓg]] || The [[Celtic Otherworld]] in [[Irish mythology]].
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| [[Ys]] || A city located in [[Brittany]], [[France]] that was supposedly built below sea level, and demolished when the Devil destroyed the dam protecting it.
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==Others==
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| [[Abya Yala]] || "saved land", is the name used by the Guna people.
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| Adiri || Afterlife in [[Kiwai Island|Kiwai]] mythology.{{sfn|Leech|1984|p=10}}
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| [[Adlivun]], Adliparmiut, and Qudlivun || Afterlives in Central [[Inuit mythology]]. Adlivun and Adliparmiut are described as lands of misery, whereas Qudlivun is a land of happiness.{{sfn|Leech|1984|p=25}}
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| [[Akilineq]] || Legendary location in Inuit mythology, believed to either be entirely mythical, or possibly [[Labrador Peninsula]], [[Baffin Island]], or even Iceland.
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| [[Alatyr (mythology)|Alatyr]] || A sacred stone, the "father to all stones", the navel of the earth, containing sacred letters and endowed with healing properties in [[East Slavs|East Slavic]] legends.
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| Alomkik || A place accessible to the [[Abenaki]] peoples' mythological protector [[Pamola]], where he holds those who trespass on Maine's [[Mount Katahdin]].
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| [[The Dreaming|Altjira]] || A legendary era accessible during dreamtime in many [[Australian Aboriginal beliefs]].
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| [[al-Wakwak]] || Island of tree growing little children.
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| [[Axis mundi]] || The center of the world or the connection between [[Heaven]] and Earth in various religions and mythologies.
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| [[Aztlán]] || Legendary original homeland of the Mexica people in Mexica/[[Aztec mythology]].
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| [[Bald Mountain (folklore)|Bald Mountain]] || A location in Slavic [[folklore|folk]] [[mythology]] related to [[witchcraft]].
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| [[Baltia]] || An island of amber somewhere in [[northern Europe]].
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| [[Biringan city]] || A mythical city that is said to invisibly lie between [[Gandara, Samar|Gandara]], [[Tarangnan, Samar|Tarangnan]], and [[Pagsanghan, Samar|Pagsanghan]] in [[Samar]] province of the [[Philippines]]. Biringan means "the black city" or the city of the Unknown in Waray.
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| [[Brittia]] || A mythical island off the coast of [[Austrasia]].
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| [[Buyan]] || A mysterious island with the ability to appear and disappear using tides in [[Russian mythology]].
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| [[Chinvat Bridge]] || The sifting [[bridge]],<ref name="Dawson2005">{{Cite book | title = The Ethical Religion of Zoroaster | last = Dawson | first = M. M. | publisher = Kessinger Publishing | year = 2005 | isbn = 9780766191365 | page = 237}}</ref> which separates the world of the living from the world of the dead in [[Zoroastrianism]].
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| [[City of the Caesars]] || A city between a mountain of gold and another of diamonds supposed to be situated in [[Patagonia]].
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| [[Cockaigne]] || In medieval mythology,{{which?|date=June 2022}} it is a land of plenty where want does not exist.
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| [[Domdaniel]] || Cavernous hall at the bottom of the ocean where evil magicians, spirits, and gnomes meet.
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| [[El Dorado (myth)|El Dorado]] || Rumored city of gold in [[South America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/el-dorado/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118061259/http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/el-dorado |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2010 |title=El Dorado |website=National Geographic}}</ref>
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| [[Empire of Kitara]] || Legendary ancient empire in [[Western Region, Uganda]]
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| [[Fountain of Youth]] || A place, detailed in many legends around the world, where one may drink of or bathe in its waters to restore their youth.
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| [[Fiddler's Green]] || In 19th-century English maritime folklore, it was a kind of after-life for sailors who had served at least fifty years at sea.
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| [[Hara Berezaiti]] || A legendary mountain around which the stars and planets revolve from the ancient [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] scriptures of the [[Avesta]].
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| [[Hubur]] || A [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] term meaning "river", "watercourse" or "netherworld".
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| [[Irkalla]] || The [[underworld]] from which there is no return in [[Babylonian mythology]].
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| [[Kalunga line]] || A watery boundary between the world of the living and the dead in religious traditions of the [[Congo (area)|Congo]] region.
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| [[Karshvar]] || Legendary continents according to [[Avesta]].
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| [[Kingdom of Opona]] || A mythical kingdom in [[Russian folklore]].
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| Kingdom of Reynes || A country mentioned in the [[Middle English literature|Middle English romance]] ''[[King Horn]]''.
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| [[Kingdom of Saguenay]] || According to the French, an [[Iroquois|Iroquoian]] story of a kingdom of blonde men rich in gold and fur that existed in northern [[Canada]] prior to French colonization.
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| [[Kitezh]] || A legendary city beneath the waters of [[Lake Svetloyar]].
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| [[Kyöpelinvuori]] || (Finnish for ghosts' mountain), in Finnish mythology, is the place which dead women haunt.
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| [[La Canela]] || Also known as the Valley of Cinnamon, is a legendary location in South America.
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| [[La Ciudad Blanca]] || "The White city", a legendary city of Honduras.
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| [[Lake Parime]] || An enormous lake in northeastern South America, supposedly the site of [[El Dorado]]. 
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| [[Land of Darkness]] || A mythical land supposedly enshrouded in perpetual darkness. 
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| [[Lemuria (continent)|Lemuria]] || A hypothetical "lost land" variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
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| [[Lintukoto]] || In Finnish mythology, a paradise-like place where birds migrate every winter; because it was located near the edge of the sky dome, the sky was very close to the ground and therefore its inhabitants were dwarves.
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| [[Lost City of Z]] || An indigenous city that [[Percy Fawcett|Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett]] believed had existed in the jungle of the [[Mato Grosso]] state of [[Brazil]].
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| [[Lukomorye]] || An ancient region in Russian lands.
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| [[Mahoroba]] || A far-off land full of bliss and peace, similar to [[Arcadia (utopia)|Arcadia]].
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| [[Mictlan]] || The afterworld of the [[Mexica]].
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| [[Mu (lost continent)|Mu]] || A hypothetical continent that allegedly disappeared at the dawn of human history.
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| [[Nibiru (Babylonian astronomy)|Nibiru]] || A mythological planet described by the [[Babylonia]]ns.
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| [[Onigashima]] || A mythical island of [[oni]] visited by the character [[Momotarō]] in [[Japanese folklore]].
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| [[Paititi]] || A legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land said to lie east of the Andes.
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| [[Pohjola]] || The realm of Louhi in [[Finnish mythology]], literally translated its name means "North".
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| [[Quivira and Cíbola]] || Two of the legendary [[Seven Cities of Gold]] supposed by Spanish [[conquistador]]s to have existed in the Americas.
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| [[Ryūgū-jō]] || The undersea palace of Ryūjin, the dragon kami of the sea.
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| Section 37  || [[Paul Bunyan]]'s legendary camp. So large that it took half a day to walk around, with the kitchen itself being {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} long with nine cooks and seventy-five flunkies in its early days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulbunyan.org/section-37.html |title=SECTION 37 HIS LOGGING CAMP |website=paulbunyan.org |access-date= }}</ref>
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| [[Sierra de la Plata]] || (Spanish: Silver Mountains), was a legendary treasury of silver that was believed to be located in South America. 
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| [[Silat Bridge]] || The '''Silat Bridge''' is a bridge in [[Lalish]], Iraq that leads to the most holy [[Yazidi shrine]] in [[Yazidism]].
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| [[Suddene]] || A country found in the [[Middle English literature|Middle English romance]] ''[[King Horn]]''.
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| [[The Summerland|Summerland]] || The name given by [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophists]], [[Wicca]]ns and some earth-based [[Paganism (contemporary)|contemporary pagan]] religions to their conceptualization of an (mostly pastoral) [[afterlife]].
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| [[Takama-ga-hara]] || The dwelling place of the [[Shinto]] [[kami]].
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| [[Thule]] || An island somewhere in the belt of [[Scandinavia]], northern [[Great Britain]], [[Iceland]], and [[Greenland]].
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| [[Vineta]] || A mythical city at the southern coast of the [[Baltic Sea]].
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| [[Vyraj]] || A mythical place in [[Slavic mythology]], where "birds fly for the winter and souls go after death".
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| [[Westernesse]] || A country found in the [[Middle English literature|Middle English romance]] ''[[King Horn]]''.
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| [[Xibalba]] || The underworld in [[Mayan mythology]].
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| [[Yomi]] || The land of the dead according to Shinto mythology, as related in the ''[[Kojiki]]''.
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| [[Yomotsu Hirasaka]] || A slope or boundary between this world, where the living live, and the other world, where the dead live ([[Yomi]]).
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| [[Zabag (ancient territory)|Zabag]] ||Former kingdom in Southeast Asia.
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==References==
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==Works cited==
*{{cite book |last=Leech |first=Maria |author-link= |date=1984 |title=Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend |url=|location=New York|publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=0-308-40090-9}}

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