Lords and Ladies

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‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’: a fairly well-known phrase used, amongst others, by Tolkien in a poem, by Theodore Roosevelt as the title for a book on hunting, and by pop-group A-ha as an album title. It originally is the title of an old Scandinavian fairy tale, which can be found in a book by Kay Nielsen, titled East of the Sun and West of the Moon — Old Tales from the North. Terry has confirmed that this book was his source for the phrase.

‘Behind the North Wind’: from the title of a book by George McDonald: At the Back of the North Wind, the term itself being a translation of Hyperborea.

‘At the Back Of Beyond’: an idiom, perhaps originating from Sir Walter Scott’s The Antiquary: “Whirled them to the back o’ beyont”.

‘There and Back Again’: The sub-title of Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

‘Beyond the Fields We Know’: from Lord Dunsany’s novel The King of Elfland’s Daughter, where “the fields we know” refers to our world, as opposed to Elfland, which lies ‘beyond’. The phrase was also used as the title of a collection of Dunsany’s stories.