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afterworld
the place where you are after you die
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Annwfn, Annwn
(Welsh mythology) the other world; land of fairies
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Asgard
(Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes
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Atlantis
according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake
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Brobdingnag
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous
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cloud-cuckoo-land
an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
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Cockaigne
(Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness
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El Dorado, eldorado
an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers
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faerie, faery, fairyland
the enchanted realm of fairies
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Heaven
the abode of God and the angels
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Elysium
a place or condition of ideal happiness
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Hades, Hell, Scheol, infernal region, netherworld, underworld
(religion) the world of the dead
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Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pit
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
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Houyhnhnms
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
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Laputa
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where impractical projects were pursued and practical projects neglected
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Lilliput
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people
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limbo
(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
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limbo
an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
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Midgard
(Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology
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dreamland, dreamworld, never-never land
a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
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purgatory
(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
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Ruritania
an imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance
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spirit world
any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide
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Sion, Utopia, Zion
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
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wonderland
an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders
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Abraham's bosom, bosom of Abraham
the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death
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Celestial City, City of God, Heavenly City, Holy City
phrases used to refer to Heaven
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Elysian Fields, Elysium
(Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death
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Eden, Garden of Eden
a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
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Paradise
(Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death
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Promised Land
the goal towards which Christians strive
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Valhalla, Walhalla
(Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin
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Gehenna, Tartarus
a place where the wicked are punished after death
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hellfire, red region
a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned