mythical location
place that only exists in myths, legends and folklore
Pillars of Hercules
promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar
underworld
supernatural realm, usually beneath the earth, in various mythologies
abyss
mythologic bottomless pit
City of the Caesars
Mythical city in South America
Calpe
European Pillar of Hercules in ancient geography
El Dorado
South American myth
elephants' graveyard
mythological place where elephants go to die
Land of Nod
place mentioned in the Bible, the abode of Cain
Planctae
group of moving rocks in ancient Greek mythology
Kay Pacha
in Incan mythology, perceptible world where people, animals, and plants all inhabit
mythological city
city from mythology or folklore
Rivers of Paradise
Rivers described in Genesis
Fields of sorrow
mythic location in the Aeneid
Diamond Realm
metaphysical space in Vajrayana Buddhism inhabited by the Five Tathagatas
Ancient Mesopotamian underworld
underworld in Sumerian culture
Santa's workshop
fictional workshop in the story of Santa Claus
Rainbow Bridge
theme of several works of poetry
Garden of the Hesperides
Greek legendary place
happy hunting ground
American Indian concept of the afterlife
Black tooth country
Former country
World's end
geographical notion that prevailed in older cultures that the world in which they lived abruptly ends at a point or along an edge
Lost City of Z
name given by Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett to an indigenous city that he claimed existed in the jungle of the Mato Grosso region of Brazil
Gate of the Ghosts
place in Underworld, Chinese mythology
Cockaigne
medieval mythical land of plenty
Red Jews
in German legends, a Jewish nation that would invade Europe during the tribulations leading to the end of the world
Dis
the fictional city in The Divine Comedy that contains the lower circles of hell
Gog and Magog
pair of individuals, peoples, or lands in the Bible and the Qur'an
Asphodel Meadows
section of the Underworld in ancient Greek mythology
degrees of glory
In Latter Day Saint theology, one of 3 eternal abodes
Empyrean
highest heaven in ancient cosmologies
Circles of Hell
subdivision of Hell in Dante's Divine Comedy and other derivative works
Brig of Dread
Bridge to Purgatory or the afterlife
Garden of Eden
mythological "garden of God" in the Bible and the Qur'an
Hanan Pacha
upper realm in Incan mythology
paradise
religious term for a place of eternal, peaceful and harmonious existence
Ocean of Milk
Mythological ocean of milk in Hinduism and Jainism
otherworld
concept of a reality beyond the natural world (e.g. the place of gods, spirits, dead or unborn); in fiction and myth, place seemingly totally geographically disjoint from mundane existence
Elysium
underworld in Roman mythology, equivalent to the Greek Elysion
hidden village
remote settlement in Feudal Japan
Pohjola
location in Finnish mythology
limbo
Catholic viewpoint concerning the afterlife condition
Symplegades
mythical rocks in the Bosphorus strait
Labyrinth of Knossos
mythological labyrinth in the palace of Knossos
Land of Darkness
mythical land
lake of fire
place of punishment for evildoers in Christianity and ancient Egyptian religions; less literally, the infinite misery which must befall those who come short in loyalty to truth and duty
Atlantis of the Sands
The lost land in the Arabian desert
Tartarus
deep abyss, place of punishment, in ancient Greek mythology
Arcadia
utopian ideal