English

Noun

Otherworld ‎(plural Otherworlds)

1. (paganism) The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.

References

• 1990 Understanding Runes, Michael Howard, Thorson, ISBN 1 85538 013 7, page 21.

  In these dreams the spirits of the Otherworld materialized in the shape of animals and spoke to them.

• 2001 Thunder issue 16&17 (Heathen Journal), The Tale of Aelfstan, Wulf Hengestsson.

  It is a time when folk remember their Ancestors in the Otherworlds and when the veil between the worlds is so thin that, with a little magic, you could pass through it.

• 2005 Taking Up The Runes, Diana Paxson, Weiser Books, ISBN 1-57863-325-7, page 207.

  The spiritual skill that above all identifies the shaman is the ability to go into trance and journey through the Otherworld at will.

English

Noun

otherworld ‎(plural otherworlds)

1. A world beyond death; an afterlife.
2. A world other than the everyday world.
3. Mythical abode of otherworldy beings.

Synonyms

• (life after death): hereafter, other side

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