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Mythological paradise
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elysium
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Elysium or the Elysian Fields (, Ēlýsion pedíon ) is a conception of the afterlife that developed over time and was maintained by some Greek religious and philosophical sects and cults. Initially separate from the realm of Hades , admission was reserved ...
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Elysium \E*ly"sium\, n.; pl. E. Elysiums , L. Elysia . [L., fr. Gr. ?, ? ?, Elysian field.] (Anc. Myth.) A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise. Hence, any delightful place. An Elysian more pure and ...
Usage examples of elysium.
Trang could have wished Elysium bristled with ground fortificationsor at least had a decent-sized garrison.
Not for a way to survive, for there was none, but for a way to protect Elysium from her.
The rest of his squadron was still fifteen light-minutes from Elysium, far too distant for any com to reach Ortiz in time.
They were going to wipe it from the face of Elysium, whether they gained their prize or not.
News of what had happened to Elysium would rock the Empire to its foundations.
The bastards were hitting him everywhere at once, and memories of Elysium echoed through his raiders.
Twenty percent casualties were too damned many so soon after Elysium, even if they had secured every one of their objectives this time.
Ringbolt than we would have from Elysium, and our financial backers are delighted.
Age after age, the spirit that glorious nomad may shift its tent, fated not to rest in the dull Elysium of the heathen, but carrying with it evermore its twin elements, activity and desire.
The Kamtschadales send all the dead alike to a subterranean elysium, where they shall find again their wives, clothes, tools, huts, and where they shall fish and hunt.
The Greenlanders, too, located their elysium beneath the abysses of the ocean, where the good Spirit Torngarsuk held his reign in a happy and eternal summer.
The souls of those struck by lightning, or drowned, or dying by any of a given list of diseases, also the souls of children, were transferred to a remote elysium, Tlalocan.
But almost all, like the Ojibways, imagined their elysium to lie far in the West.
Ever charmingly on his closing eyes dawns the prospect of the aboriginal elysium, a gorgeous region of soft shades, gliding streams, verdant groves waving in gentle airs, warbling birds, herds of stately deer and buffalo browsing on level plains.
The Hispaniolians locate their elysium in a pleasant valley abounding with guava, delicious fruits, cool shades, and murmuring rivulets, where they expect to live again with their departed ancestors and friends.