promised lands
Hoped-for havens
Promised lands are places of expected happiness, prosperity, or fulfillment—destinations where conditions will finally be right.
The term comes from the biblical land God promised to the Israelites, but extends to any hoped-for destination or state: California was the promised land for Dust Bowl refugees.
The plural suggests multiple such destinations exist for different seekers.
- fairylandsMythical magical kingdoms
- heavenSky or bliss
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- great beyondExistence after death
- happy hunting groundsAfterlife of plentiful game
paradise · Israel · New Jerusalem · utopia · Palestine · Eden · dreamworlds · Zion · Canaan · dreamlands · pie in the sky · hope · greener pastures · better life · new beginning · fresh start · destiny · Arcadia
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Uncultivable, empty lands
hell · hellscapes · cursed lands · perdition · purgatory
promised landsbroken dreams
dystopias · Egypt · gulags · refugee camps · ghettos
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Banishment from homeland
wilderness · diaspora · Babylon · banishment · foreign lands
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