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Horai
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Hōrai
English
Etymology 1
Horae
A romanization of en grc Ὧραι seasons.
Proper noun
en Horae.
Etymology 2
Penglai Island
From en ja - 蓬莱 ^ほうらい, from en lzh-lit 蓬萊 -, from en ltc - 蓬萊, from en och - 蓬萊. Compare nan-hbl 蓬萊 Hông-lâi / nan-hbl 蓬萊島 Hông-lâi-tó, cmn ^蓬萊 / cmn 蓬萊仙島.
Proper noun
a mythical paradise of Taoist immortals in Japanese mythology based on Penglai from Chinese mythology
Lafcadio Hearn's Japan
In Horai there is neither death nor pain; and there is no winter. The flowers in that place never fade, and the fruits never fail; and if man taste of those fruits even but once, he can never again feel thirst or hunger.
Anagrams
en ahior Ohira haori
en Japanese mythology Mythological locations