cursed lands
Hexed, forsaken regions
Cursed lands are territories believed to carry supernatural misfortune—places where tragedy, death, or evil has left a lasting spiritual taint.
The phrase appears in fantasy fiction, folklore, and video games to describe regions where crops fail, monsters dwell, or travelers meet grim fates: The cursed lands beyond the mountains have claimed many adventurers.
In casual use, cursed lands can describe any place with an ominous reputation or persistent bad luck.
- blightedHarmed by destructive force
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- evil spiritsMalevolent supernatural beings
- desolateBleak and abandoned
barren · wasteland · dead zone · scorched earth · tainted · corrupted · dark magic · withered · plague · ruins · decay · forbidden · unholy · desecrated · damned · scarred · poisoned · twisted
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- mystical placesAtlantis, Avalon, Shangri-La, El Dorado, Lemuria
- shadow realmsshadow realm, shadow world, netherworld, nether realm, dark realm
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Place of spiritual reverence
sacred lands · sacred ground · holy ground · consecrated ground · sacred places
cursed landspromised land
Hoped-for place of fulfillment
land of plenty · fertile lands · land of milk and honey · paradise · Eden
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