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Islands of the Blessed

American  

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

  1. islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were said to be transported after death.

Islands of the Blessed British  

plural noun

  1. Also called: Hesperides.  Greek myth lands where the souls of heroes and good men were taken after death

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