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Otherworld en · NOUN

Etymology

From otherworld.

Meanings

1. The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.
   • In these dreams the spirits of the Otherworld materialized in the shape of animals and spoke to them. 1990, Michael Howard Thorson, Understanding Runes, page 21:
   • 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. 2001, Wulf Hengestsson, Thunder issue 16&17 (Heathen Journal), The Tale of Aelfstan:
   • The spiritual skill that above all identifies the shaman is the ability to go into trance and journey through the Otherworld at will. 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking Up The Runes, Weiser Books, page 207:

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