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Hyperborea
also known as Hyperboreans, the Hyperboreans
The luminous northern homeland to which Apollo withdraws each winter — 'beyond the north wind,' a paradise not to be found on any earthly map, for the kingdom of the spirit is not of this world. In his absence Dionysus keeps watch at Delphi.
Greek Hyperboreoi — 'beyond Boreas,' the north wind.