happy hunting ground
Native American heaven
A happy hunting ground is an afterlife paradise, originally attributed to Native American belief systems—a spirit world abundant with game.
The phrase now commonly describes any place where someone can easily find what they're looking for: The flea market was a happy hunting ground for antique dealers.
Often used with gentle irony about death: He's gone to the happy hunting ground.
Existing in abundance
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- teemingAbundantly full of
- treasure troveOwnerless valuables found hidden
- goldmineRich ore deposit
bonanza · motherlode · paradise · mecca · hotspot · jackpot · windfall · lucrative
Boundless temporal existence
- hereafterLife after death
- spirit worldRealm of the dead
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- soulsImmaterial human essences
departed · beyond · resting place · great beyond · eternal rest · other side · next world · heaven
Original inhabitants of America
- LakotaWestern Sioux people
- Plains tribesIndigenous groups of grasslands
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
- ancestralOf one's forebears
tribal · sacred · tradition · mythology · folklore · cultural · ceremonial
Cessation of life
at peace · resting · crossed over · no longer with us · passed away · final journey · eternal sleep · laid to rest
plentiful
Existing in abundance
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- teemingAbundantly full of
- treasure troveOwnerless valuables found hidden
goldmine · bonanza · motherlode · paradise · mecca · hotspot · jackpot · windfall · lucrative · prosperous
eternity
Boundless temporal existence
- hereafterLife after death
- spirit worldRealm of the dead
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
souls · departed · beyond · resting place · great beyond · eternal rest · other side · next world · heaven · paradise
Native American
Original inhabitants of America
- LakotaWestern Sioux people
- Plains tribesIndigenous groups of grasslands
- buffaloLarge North American bovine
ancestral · tribal · sacred · tradition · mythology · folklore · cultural · ceremonial
death
Cessation of life
lost · at peace · resting · crossed over · no longer with us · passed away · final journey · eternal sleep · laid to rest · met their maker
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
- Paradisesparadise, Eden, Garden of Eden, utopia, Shangri-La
- Native Folklorecreation myth, creation story, thunderbird, windigo, spirit animal
happy hunting groundhell
Underworld of suffering
perdition · damnation · inferno · eternal torment · lake of fire
happy, ground, unhappy, happily, happiness, unhappiness, happier, happiest, happen