Department VI · Drawer VI of the Institute

Mythosphere

The myths that fictional worlds share and reshape, from underworlds and world trees to vanished precursors.

04Excavations filed

03Worlds under study

01Extinct

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Latest in Mythosphere · Nº 0035The Island That Tried to Sail Into HeavenTolkien’s Númenor was an island given by the gods, ruled by long-lived kings and drowned for sailing west to seize immortality. An excavation of his Atlantis.Númenor, Middle-earth○ ExtinctRead the Excavation →

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