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Just west of Seattle, this forest spans over 600,000 acres and includes a mix of forest, coastal, and mountainous ecosystems. Visitors can explore lush rainforests, hike along scenic trails, and ...
Genoveva in the Forest Seclusion" by Adrian Ludwig Richter – a refuge and a magical deer. In folklore and fantasy, an enchanted forest is a forest under, or containing, enchantments. Such forests are described in the oldest folklore from regions where forests are common, and occur throughout the centuries to modern works of fantasy.
Black Forest, Germany. With deep woods, quaint villages, and a hazy, mystical wonder, the Black Forest looks like a fairy tale come to life and inspired some of most beloved stories from the ...
The sacred life-giving river of the World of Light in Mandaean cosmology. Pleroma: Abode of the holy aeons in Gnosticism. 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. Siniawis
A forest called the Brecilian Forest is inhabited by elves and filled with magical ruins in the video game Dragon Age: Origins. In C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength, the tomb of Merlin is located in the fictitious Bragdon Forest. The forest is tied to the elves in Judith Tarr's historical fantasy The Hound and the Falcon and Alamut series.
Stretching for 1,430 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. Made up of 2,900 individual reefs, it is home to over 1,500 fish species and 5,000 species of mollusc.
Sacred groves, sacred woods, or sacred forests are groves of trees that have special religious importance within a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. These are forest areas that are, for the most part, untouched by local people and often protected by local communities.
The forest has a historical reputation as a home to yūrei: ghosts of the dead in Japanese mythology. At least since the 1960s, Aokigahara has become associated with suicide, eventually becoming known in English by the nickname "Suicide Forest" and gaining a reputation as one of the world's most-used suicide sites.