A fantasy world or fictional world is a world created for fictional media, such as literature, film or games. Typical fantasy worlds feature magical abilities. Some worlds may be a parallel world connected to Earth via magical portals or items (like Narnia); an imaginary universe hidden within ours (like Wizarding World); a fictional Earth set in the remote past (like Middle-earth) or future (like Dying Earth); an alternative version of our History (like Lyra's world); or an entirely independent world set in another part of the universe (like the Star Wars Galaxy).[1]
Many fantasy worlds draw heavily on real world history, geography, sociology, mythology, and folklore.
- ^ John Grant and John Clute, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, "Imaginary lands", pp. 495–5 ISBN 0-312-19869-8