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  2. List of mythological places - Wikipedia

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    The realm of Louhi in Finnish mythology, literally translated its name means "North". Quivira and Cíbola: Two of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold supposed by Spanish conquistadors to have existed in the Americas. Ryūgū-jō: The undersea palace of Ryūjin, the dragon kami of the sea. Section 37: Paul Bunyan's legendary camp. So large that ...

  3. History of magic - Wikipedia

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    Some early Christian authors followed the Greek-Roman thinking by ascribing the origin of magic to the human realm, mainly to Zoroaster and Osthanes. The Christian view was that magic was a product of the Babylonians, Persians, or Egyptians. [77]

  4. Fairyland - Wikipedia

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    Old French faierie (Early Modern English faerie) referred to an illusion or enchantment, the land of the faes. Modern English (by the 17th century) fairy transferred the name of the realm of the fays to its inhabitants, [ 2 ] e.g., the expression fairie knight in Edmund Spenser 's The Faerie Queene refers to a "supernatural knight" or a "knight ...

  5. Enchanted forest - Wikipedia

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    By the end of the series, both Enchanted Forests become part of the United Realms upon combining with Storybrooke, the other Fairy Tale Land locations, the Land of Oz, the Land of Untold Stories, Neverland, and the Wish Realm. The Enchanted Forest is featured in Ever After High. It is a location in the Fairytale World that is located next to ...

  6. Medieval European magic - Wikipedia

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    He also mentioned enchantment and ligatures (the medical use of magical objects bound to the patient) as being magical. [10] Medieval Europe also saw magic come to be associated with the Old Testament figure of Solomon ; various grimoires , or books outlining magical practices, were written that claimed to have been written by Solomon, most ...

  7. Philippine mythology - Wikipedia

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    Sulodnon – The universe has three realms; the upperworld is Ibabawnon, which is divided into two realms, one for male deities and the other for female deities; the middleworld is Pagtung-an, where the earth is located; the lowerworld is Idadalmunon, housing the souls of the dead. Initially, there was only sky and an expanse of water called Linaw.

  8. Enochian magic - Wikipedia

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    The first eighteen keys are typically associated with opening gates to the realms of elements and sub-elements. In Enochian magic, these realms are often mapped onto the Great Tablet, a complex symbolic diagram used in Enochian ritual work. [29] The nineteenth key is specifically used to open gateways to the Thirty Aethyrs. [28]

  9. Celtic Otherworld - Wikipedia

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    In Celtic mythology, the Otherworld is the realm of the deities and possibly also the dead. In Gaelic and Brittonic myth it is usually a supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy. [1] It is described either as a parallel world that exists alongside our own, or as a heavenly land beyond the sea or under the earth ...