portal fantasy
World-crossing story genre
Portal fantasy is a genre where characters travel from the ordinary world into a magical or fantastical realm—through a wardrobe, a rabbit hole, a tornado, or some other passage.
The genre emphasizes the wonder of discovering an unfamiliar world: Narnia is the classic portal fantasy.
Distinguished from fantasy set entirely in imaginary worlds.
- doorwayPassage into a room
- hidden doorDisguised access point
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- gatewayPoint of access
- wardrobeGarment storage furniture
looking glass · rabbit hole · mirror · transported · otherworld · Narnia · chosen one · crossing · passage · other side · enchanted · realm · dimension · ordinary world · call to adventure · quest · summoned · isekai
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Fiction in invented worlds
epic fantasy · magical realism · realistic fiction · sword and sorcery · urban fantasy
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