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Mythological places

Atlantis
Fictional island in Plato's works, now a synonym for supposed prehistoric lost civilizations
Camelot
Castle and court associated with King Arthur
El Dorado
Legendary city in South America
Fountain of Youth
A spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters
Garden of Eden
Biblical garden of God
Greek underworld
Location in Greek mythology
Iram of the Pillars
An ancient tribe mentioned in the Quran
Paradise
A place of exceptional happiness and delight
Seven Cities of Gold
North American myth popular among 16th-century conquistadors
Shangri-La
Synonym of an earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia
Sodom and Gomorrah
Cities destroyed by God in the Book of Genesis
Tower of Babel
Mythical tower described in the Book of Genesis
Tree of life (biblical)
Tree first described in chapter 2, verse 9 of Genesis
Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
One of two specific trees in the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2–3, along with the tree of life
Utopia (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Yomi
Japanese word for the land of the dead