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Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien: The setting for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. See also Arda, of which Middle-earth is a part. The Hobbit: 1937: N P F R C G V Mid-World: Stephen King: The setting for King's The Dark Tower novel series "The Little Sisters of Eluria" 1998: N C V F Mushroom Kingdom: Shigeru Miyamoto: Primary setting of the ...
An Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "horizon" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises". [1] Benben: The mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu upon which the creator deity Atum settled in the creation myth of the Heliopolitan form of ancient Egyptian religion. Duat
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. 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 ...
Several places have been given the nickname "Center (or Centre) of the Universe". In addition, several fictional works have described a depicted location as being at the Center of the Universe. Modern models of the Universe suggest it does not have a center, unlike previous systems which placed Earth ( geocentrism ) or the Sun ( heliocentrism ...
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (1980, 1987, 1999) is a book written by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi. It takes the form of a catalogue of fantasy lands, islands, cities, and other locations from world literature—"a Baedecker or traveller's guide...a nineteenth-century gazetteer" for mental travelling.
From bodies of water and beaches that are unusually hued to fantastical flora, fauna, and geologic formations, here are 34 destinations that will blow your mind. 29+ Places on Earth That Don't ...
Hogsmeade primarily consists of a single thoroughfare, called High Street, on which most shops and other magical venues reside. Shangri-La: James Hilton: Lost Horizon: Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...