Albion
Britain, to poets
Albion is a literary and poetic name for Britain, especially England.
The term appears in phrases like perfidious Albion, a characterization of England as treacherous in diplomatic dealings.
The name survives in place names and is occasionally used for nostalgic or ironic effect: the green hills of Albion.
Mystical island of lore
- ArthurianOf Camelot's mythology
- ExcaliburMythic British blade
- CamelotLegendary British royal seat
- MerlinMythical British sorcerer
Britannia · Galahad · Lancelot · Morgana · Glastonbury · Fey · chivalry · legendary
Anglo-Saxon personal name
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- SpenserTudor allegorical poet
- MiltonBaroque English verse master
Britannia · allegory · personification · poetic · archaic · Tennyson · Kipling · Tolkien
Devotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- identityWho someone is
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- homelandOne's native land
tradition · Britannia · flag · anthem · Brexit · empire · nostalgia · exceptionalism
UK inhabitants
- CeltsAncient Indo-European tribal group
- DruidsCeltic priestly caste
- StonehengePrehistoric megalithic circle
- BoudiccaAncient British rebel queen
Iron Age · Roman conquest · Hadrian's Wall · Picts · Anglo-Saxons · Bronze Age · Caesar · Tacitus
Of countryside or clergy care
- idyllicPerfectly peaceful and charming
- BlakeAnglo-Saxon personal name
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
picturesque · Pre-Raphaelite · medievalism · elegiac · ethereal · Wordsworth · Keats · Byron
Avalon
Mystical island of lore
Merlin · Britannia · Galahad · Lancelot · Morgana · Glastonbury · Fey · chivalry · legendary · Lady of the Lake
Blake
Anglo-Saxon personal name
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- SpenserTudor allegorical poet
Milton · Britannia · allegory · personification · poetic · archaic · Tennyson · Kipling · Tolkien · Lewis
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- identityWho someone is
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
homeland · tradition · Britannia · flag · anthem · Brexit · empire · nostalgia · exceptionalism · populism
Britons
UK inhabitants
- CeltsAncient Indo-European tribal group
- DruidsCeltic priestly caste
- StonehengePrehistoric megalithic circle
Boudicca · Iron Age · Roman conquest · Hadrian's Wall · Picts · Anglo-Saxons · Bronze Age · Caesar · Tacitus · Gaelic
pastoral
Of countryside or clergy care
- idyllicPerfectly peaceful and charming
- BlakeAnglo-Saxon personal name
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
sublime · picturesque · Pre-Raphaelite · medievalism · elegiac · ethereal · Wordsworth · Keats · Byron · antiquarian
- Arthurian LegendKing Arthur, Merlin, Excalibur, Camelot, Lancelot
- game worldsgame world, Hyrule, Azeroth, open world, Skyrim
- Pacific CoastPacific Ocean, beach, Pacific coast, sand, Pacific beaches
- Ancient BritainBritannia, Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge, Londinium
- Japanese BeautyShiseido, Kate, Cezanne, sheet mask, sheet masks
- QueenslandBrisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns, Townsville, Great Barrier Reef