[UA] Euphemistic Names for Other Worlds

[Nick Wedig]

> >I want to draw a few (obvious) parallels betwen
> >magical underworlds and the subway system, but also to
> >have a few parallels about upperworlds (like the one
> >Jack the Giant Killer climbs the beanstalk to reach in
> >kiddie stories.)
> 
> I take it that you've read Lisa Goldstien's _Cark Cities Underground_,
> then? 
>   If not, do -- directly relates to what you appear to have in mind.

_Neverwhere_ sounds like excellent source material, as well (both the
novel and the tv show, both written by Neil Gaiman).

some names:
Yomi
Takama-na-hara ("the Plain of High Heaven")
Sai-no-kawara
Ama-no-uki-hashi ("Floating bridge of heaven")
Amanogawa ("Heavenly river", the Milky Way)
Hy-Brasil or Hy-Breasal
Hyperborea
Agartha
Akakor
Ophir
Avalon
Elvera
Monstrator
Azuria
Magog
Cibola
Cydonia
Glozel
Illyria
Irem
Shambhala / Shangri-la
Xtul
Calyferne
Kar-i-farn
the School of Night
Vinland Insula
The Upas Tree
The Vale Perilous
Caffolos
Calanok
Chana
Natumera
Silha
Polumbum
Pathen
The Gravelly Sea of Pentoxere
Melk
Abaddon
Abzu
Oceanus
Aceldama
Acheron
Phlegethon
Cocytus
Styx
Adullam
Ahi
Albion
Armageddon
Asgard
Avernus
Bermoothes
Beulah
the Celestial City
Bifrost (the Rainbow Bridge)
St. Brandon's Island
Brobdingnag
Mount Meru



Mr. Teapot
six fingered god of Akakor 

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