Paradise (See also Heaven, Utopia.) Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Paradise (See also Heaven, Utopia.)
- Bali Indonesian island; thought of as garden of Eden. [Geography: NCE, 215–216]
- Brigadoon magical Scottish village that materializes once every 100 years. [Am. Music: Payton, 100–101]
- Canaan ancient region on Jordan river; promised by God to Abraham. [O.T.: Genesis 12:5–10]
- Earthly Paradise place of beauty, peace, and immortality, believed in the Middle Ages to exist in some undiscovered land. [Eur. Legend: Benét, 298]
- Eden earthly garden of luxury; abode of Adam and Eve. [O.T.: Genesis 2:8]
- Elysium (Elysian Fields) abode of the blessed in afterlife. [Gk. & Rom. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary]
- Garden of the Hesperides quiet garden of the gods where golden apples grew. [Gk. Lit.: Hippolytus; Gk. Myth.: Gaster, 25]
- Happy Hunting Ground paradise for American Indians. [Am. Culture: Jobes, 724]
- Happy Valley beautiful spot in Kashmir’s Jhelum Valley. [Indian Hist.: Payton, 300]
- hissu where trees bear fruits of lapis lazuli. [Babylonian Lit.: Gilgamesh]
- land of milk and honey proverbial ideal of plenty and happiness. [Western Cult.: Brewer Dictionary]
- Land of the Lotophagi African land where eating lotos fruit produced amnesia and indolence. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Br. Lit.: “The Lotos-Eaters” in Norton, 733–736]
- Nirvana eternal bliss and the end of all earthly suffering. [Indian Religion: Jobes, 1175]
- Shangri-la utopia hidden in the Himalayas. [Br. Lit.: Lost Horizon]
- Suhkavati garden of jeweled trees and dulcet-voiced birds. [Buddhist Myth.: Gaster, 24]
- Timbuktu fabled land of wealth and splendor. [Eur. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1084]
- Tlapallan land of luxuriance and red sunrise. [Aztec Myth.: Gaster, 25]