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Some place-names were Sudric equivalents or near-equivalents of those in the real world (for instance, Skarloey was a rough Sudric equivalent of the Welsh Talyllyn: logh and llyn mean "lake" in Manx and Welsh respectively). They created more details of Sodor than would ever be used in The Railway Series stories.
The Kingdom of the Isles, also known as Sodor, was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. The islands were known to the Norsemen as the Suðreyjar , or "Southern Isles" as distinct from the Norðreyjar or Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland .
Sodor may refer to: The Island of Sodor, the setting for The Railway Series; Diocese of Sodor and Man of the Church of England Bishop of Sodor and Man;
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.
Darklonia: Country ruled by Destro's cousin, Darklon, in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Dawsbergen: neighbor of Graustark. Donovia: A country to the north of Atropia. [5] Doppelkinn: neighboring principality to Barscheit (Harold MacGrath, The Princess Elopes, 1905). Dor: The kingdom that The Tale of Despereaux takes place in.
The Awdrys both wrote about Sodor as if it were a real place that they visited, and that the stories were obtained first-hand. This was often "documented" in the foreword to each book. In some of W. Awdry's later books he appeared as the Thin Clergyman and was described as a writer, though his name and connections to the series were never made ...
The storyline was inspired by Abney's real-life experience of losing his father at a young age, and it includes positive messages about hope, healing and family. Canvas nearly brought me to tears ...
The Bishop of the Isles or Bishop of Sodor was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of the Isles (or Sodor), one of Scotland's thirteen medieval bishoprics. The bishopric , encompassing both the Hebrides and Mann , probably traces its origins as an ecclesiastical unity to the careers of Olaf, King of the Isles, and Bishop Wimund .