Acheron in Dante’s Journey
The river where the arriving dead assemble for Charon’s crossing.
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SourceAmenta
The Hidden Land divided into domains of posthumous life.
Egyptian funerary religion
SourceAnnwn
A shadow realm reached through fairy lakes and ruled in different tales by named kings.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceAnnwvyn in Pwyll’s Tale
The otherworld kingdom entered through an exchange of royal appearance and duty.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
Antenora, the Second Frozen Round
The part of the ice where the encounter with Bocca leads to accusations of betrayal.
Dante, Inferno
SourceAstral Plane
Theosophy’s intermediate world, divided by states of consciousness and matter.
Theosophical astral cosmology
Ayodhya
The royal city whose ideal order is broken by Rama’s exile and restored by his return.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
SourceBridge from Hell to the World
The road made by Sin and Death across the abyss after the human fall.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceBush of Heaven
A tree-side resting place where a devout monk sleeps beyond his lifetime.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Caina, the First Frozen Round
The first division of the frozen circle, introduced through entangled family figures.
Dante, Inferno
SourceCarnac in the Fairy-Faith
Breton megalithic landscape surrounded by living tales of korrigans.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceCave of Cruachan
A named entrance associated with Sidhe visitors and Nera’s adventure.
Celtic fairy traditions
Chidambaram
The sacred city associated in the collection with Shiva’s dance and the Golden Court.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamyCocytus, the Frozen Lake
The lake of immobilising cold at the bottom of Dante’s Inferno.
Dante, InfernoSourceCraig-y-Ddinas
A fairy stronghold and, in another legend, the hidden resting place of Arthur’s warriors.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceCrumlyn Lake
A lake whose submerged town becomes the foundation of fairy palaces.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Dante’s Dark Wood
The forest where the traveller discovers that he has left the direct path.
Dante, Inferno
Dante’s Earthly Paradise
The fragrant forest at the mountain’s summit where memory is renewed.
Dante, Purgatory and Paradise
SourceDante’s Mountain of Purgatory
The mountain where purified desire makes ascent possible.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseSourceDinas Emreis in Lludd’s Tale
The strong place in Snowdon where the captured dragons are hidden.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
Eden in Paradise Lost
The planted garden whose abundance becomes the setting for human intimacy and concealed danger.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceEnchanted Dyved
The familiar kingdom emptied by thunder and mist in Manawyddan’s tale.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 editionEunoe
The companion stream that restores the memory of good.
Dante, Purgatory and ParadiseSourceFairy Rings
Circles in the grass remembered as dance grounds with a perilous boundary.
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