Fairyland Fairyland

Fairyland - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Arcadia, Canaan, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, Goshen, Laputa, Neverland, Pandemonium, Utopia, Zion, Arcadia, Dreamland, Dystopia, Faerie

Fairyland, the abode of the fairies, traditionally equated to Faerie, a locus of strong and impessive magical powers, but has tended in modern times to become trivialised as a sort of Never-Never Land, an uncomplicated, child-like world.

Compare: fictional country


Fairyland is also a book by Paul McAuley

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