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| [[Aaru]] || The heavenly [[paradise]] often referred to as the Field Of Reeds, is an underworld realm where [[Osiris]] rules in ancient [[Egyptian mythology]].
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| [[Akhet (hieroglyph)|Akhet]] || An [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyph]] that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as "[[horizon]]" or "the place in the sky where the sun rises".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Egyptian grammar : being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs |last=Gardiner|first=Alan H.|date=1957|publisher=Published on behalf of the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, by Oxford University Press|isbn=9780900416354|edition=3rd|others=1969 printing|location=London|page=489|oclc=229894}}</ref>
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| [[The Indestructibles]] || Two bright stars which, at that time, could always be seen circling the [[North Pole]] by ancient Egyptian astronomers.<ref name="SOL">{{cite web|url=http://www.spacetoday.org/SolSys/Earth/AncientAstronomy.html|title=Space Today Online -- Solar System Planet Earth -- Ancient Astronomy|first=Anthony R.|last=Curtis|website=spacetoday.org|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref>
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| [[Land of Manu]] || Western abode of the
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| [[Nu (mythology)|Nu]]n || The primordial waters from which the [[Benben]] arose at the beginning of the universe, also considered to be a god Nu.
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| [[Arcadia (utopia)|Arcadia]]
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| [[Asphodel Meadows]] ||
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| [[Atlantis]]
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| [[Cloud cuckoo land]]
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| [[Chryse and Argyre]]
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| [[Elysium]] (Elysian Fields)
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| [[Fortunate Isles]]
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| [[Garden of the Hesperides]] ||
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| [[Hyperborea]] || Home of the Hyperboreans in the far north of Greece or southern Europe.
▲| [[Garden of the Hesperides]] || Mythological || In Greek mythology, the sacred garden of Hera from where the gods got their immortality.
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| [[Laestrygon|Laistrygon]]
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| [[Meropis]]
▲| [[Laestrygon|Laistrygon]] || Fiction/Epic || Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the [[Trojan War]].
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| [[Mount Olympus]]
▲| [[Meropis]] || Fiction/Joke || A gigantic island created purely as a parody of [[Plato]]'s [[Atlantis]].
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| [[Nysa (mythology)|Nysa]]
▲| [[Mount Olympus]] || Mythological || "Olympos" was the name of the home of the [[Twelve Olympians|Twelve Olympian gods]] of the ancient Greek world.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Nigel|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon, England|date=31 October 2005|page=516}}</ref>
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| [[Oceanus#Geography|Okeanos]]
▲| [[Nysa (mythology)|Nysa]] || Mythological || A beautiful valley full of [[nymphs]] in Greek mythology.
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| [[Panchaia (island)|Panchaia]]
▲| [[Oceanus#Geography|Okeanos]] || || The cosmic river encircling the Earth in Ancient Greek cosmology, also sometimes depicted as one of the Titan gods.
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▲| [[Panchaia (island)|Panchaia]] /Pangaia || || A group of islands South of the Arabian peninsula inhabited by several tribes and rich with scented oils. Assumed by some to be the birthplace of the Olympian gods.
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| [[Themiscyra (mythology)|Themiskyra]]
▲| [[Tartarus|Tartaros]] || || In Greek mythology, a pit in the underworld for condemned souls.
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| The Underworld || Comprising the realms of The Elysium Fields, The Asphodel Meadows and Tartaros.
▲| [[Themiscyra (mythology)|Themiskyra]] || || The capital city of the [[Amazons]] in [[Greek mythology]].
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| [[Yggdrasil]] || An immense and central [[Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology|sacred tree]] in [[Norse cosmology]].
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==Polynesian and Māori mythology==
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| Rarohenga || A [[Māori mythology|Māori]] spirit world for those who favor [[Rangi and Papa|Papatūānuku]] The Earth Mother.
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| Toi O Nga Rangi || The Māori spirit world for those who favor [[Rangi and Papa|Ranginui]] The Sky Father. Sometimes known as the Sky World or the Summit Of The Heavens
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| Ao || The [[Polynesian culture|Polynesian]] realm of light.
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| Te Po || Polynesian realm of darkness and ancestors.
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| [[Hawaiki]] || A mostly universal belief among [[Oceania|Oceanian]] cultures of a realm where all Polynesians descend. Not to be confused with the Islands of [[Hawaiian Islands|Hawaii]].
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| [[Cape Reinga]]/Te Rerenga Wairua || Believed by Māori to be the place where spirits are required to journey through to reach the afterlife.
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==Indian
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| [[Agartha]] || A legendary city located at
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| [[Amaravati (mythology)|Amaravati]] ||
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| [[Ayotha Amirtha Gangai]] || An important river in [[Ayyavazhi mythology]].
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| [[Brahmapura|Brahmaloka]] || The abode of [[Brahma]], the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] god of creation.
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| [[Himavanta]] || A legendary forest that locates at the hill of
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| [[Jambudvīpa]] || Name for the terrestrial universe in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions. ▼
▲| [[Himavanta]] || A legendary forest that locates at the hill of Himmanpan Mountain or the [[Himalayas]]
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|[[Mount Kailash|Kailasha]]
▲| [[Jambudvīpa]] || Name for the terrestrial universe in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions.
|The celestial abode of [[Shiva]].
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| [[Ketumati]] || A [[pure land]] belonging to [[Maitreya]] within [[Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kim |first=Inchang |title=The Future Buddha Maitreya: An Iconological Study |url={{GBurl|id=jikLAAAAYAAJ}} |publisher=D.K. Printworld |year=1996 |page=21}}</ref>
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|[[Kshira Sagara]]
| [[Mount Meru]] || The sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology. It is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes. ▼
|A divine ocean of milk in Hindu mythology.
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|[[Manidvipa]]
| [[Naraka]] || A realm resembling Hell in [[Dharmic religions]] where souls are temporarily punished before [[reincarnation]].▼
|The abode of the supreme goddess in Hinduism.
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|[[Mount Mandara]]
| [[Nirvana]] || The ultimate state of soteriological release (liberation from repeated rebirth) commonly associated with Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. ▼
|A sacred mountain mentioned in the [[Puranas]].
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▲| [[Mount Meru]] || The sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology. It is considered to be the center of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes.
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▲| [[Naraka]] || A realm resembling Hell in [[Dharmic religions|Indian religions]] where souls are temporarily punished before [[reincarnation]].
| [[Samavasarana]] || Meeting place of the [[tirthankara]]s in Jainism.▼
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▲| [[Nirvana]] || The ultimate state of soteriological release (liberation from repeated rebirth) commonly associated with Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
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|[[Patala]]
|The netherworld of Indian religions.
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▲| [[Samavasarana]] || Meeting place of the [[tirthankara]]s in [[Jainism]].
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| [[Sanzu River]] || A mythological river in [[Buddhism in Japan|Japanese Buddhism]].
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| [[Shakdvipa|Shakadvipa]] || A land mass west of the [[Ural Mountains]] in [[Hindu mythology]].
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| [[Shambhala]] || In [[Tibetan Buddhist]] tradition, a kingdom hidden somewhere in the [[Himalayas]]; [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophists]] regard it as the home on the [[etheric plane]] of the governing [[deity]] of
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| [[Siddhashila]] || The place where souls who have escaped the cycle of [[reincarnation]] and attained [[moksha]] go according to the cosmology of [[Jainism]].
| [[Svarga]] || A celestial realm of bliss in Hinduism.▼
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| [[Tripura (mythology)|Tripura]] || three cities or fortresses, is described in Hindu history as being constructed by the great Asura architect Mayasura▼
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| [[Thuvaraiyam Pathi]] || In
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| [[Trāyastriṃśa]] || An important world of the [[Deva (Buddhism)|devas]] in the [[Buddhist cosmology]].
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|[[Urdhva lokas|Urdhvaloka]]
|Seven upper worlds mentioned in the Puranas.
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| [[Uttarakuru]] ||
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| [[Vaikuntha]] ||
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| [[Red River (mythology)|Red River]] || One of the mythological rivers said to flow from [[Kunlun (mythology)|Kunlun]], a mythological land, with mountainous features.
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| [[Shangri-La]] || A mystical, harmonious valley enclosed in the western end of the [[Kunlun Mountains]], described in the 1933 novel ''[[Lost Horizon]]'' by English author [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]].
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| [[Weak River (mythology)|Weak River]] || One of the mythological rivers flowing near [[Kunlun (mythology)|Kunlun]], home of a Western Paradise.
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| [[Hell]] || In some [[Abrahamic religions]], a realm in the afterlife in which evil souls are punished after death.
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| [[Iram of the Pillars]] || The [[lost city]] mentioned in the [[Quran]].
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| [[Siniawis]] || A region in the [[World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|World of Darkness]] or [[underworld]].<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref>
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▲| [[Tripura (mythology)|Tripura]] || three cities or fortresses, is described in Hindu history as being constructed by the great Asura architect Mayasura
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| [[Yardna]] || A body of flowing [[fresh water]] that is suitable for ritual use as baptismal water in [[Mandaeism]].<ref>''The Gnostic Bible'' (2003) (p. 810). New Seeds Books</ref>
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| [[Tech Duinn]] || A mythological island to the west of [[Ireland]] where souls go after death.
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| [[Tír fo Thuinn]] || A [[Celtic Otherworld]] in [[Irish mythology]], a kingdom under the sea.
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| [[Tír na nÓg]] || The [[Celtic Otherworld]] in [[Irish mythology]].
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| [[Domdaniel]] || Cavernous hall at the bottom of the ocean where evil magicians, spirits, and gnomes meet.
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| [[El Dorado (myth)|El Dorado]] || Rumored city of gold in [[South America]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/el-dorado/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118061259/http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/archaeology/el-dorado |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2010 |title=El Dorado |website=National Geographic}}</ref>
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| [[Fountain of Youth]] || A place, detailed in many legends around the world, where one may drink of or bathe in its waters to restore their youth.
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