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Wonderland

See also Heaven, Paradise, Utopia.

Annwn

land of joy and beauty without disease or death. [Welsh Lit.: Mabinogion]

Atlantis

fabulous and prosperous island; legendarily in Atlantic Ocean. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 89]

Avalon

island where dead King Arthur was carried. [Arth. Legend and Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur; Idylls of the King; The Once and Future King]

Istakhar, mountains

of lair of Eblis; beautiful treasure land. [Br. Lit.: Vathek]

Middle-earth

an old-fashioned name for “world”: scene of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasies. [Br. Lit.: The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings]

Munchkinland

domain of little people in Oz. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]

Narnia

scene of fantasies by C. S. Lewis. [Br. Lit.: Prince Caspian]

Never Never Land

magic land of lost boys and Indians. [Br. Lit.: Peter Pan]

Oz

fabulous kingdom over the rainbow. [Am. Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]

Xanadu

site of Kubla Khan’s “pleasure dome.” [Br. Lit.: “Kubla Khan” in Benét, 555]