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  Hyperborea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greeks thought that Boreas, the god of the north wind, lived in Thrace, and therefore Hyperborea was an unspecified nation in the northern parts of Eurasia.
What is remarkable about Hyperborea is that it was one of several terrae incognitae to the Greeks and Romans, where Pliny and Herodotus, as well as Virgil and Cicero, reported that people lived to the age of one thousand and enjoyed lives of complete happiness.
In the fiction of Robert E. Howard, Hyperborea is a far northern land of fair-haired barbarians, to the north and east of Conan's native Cimmeria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hyperborea   (729 words)

  
 Hyperborean cycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyperborea is a legendary continent in the Arctic.
Before it was overwhelmed by the advancing ice sheets of the Pleistocene age, Hyperborea was warm and fertile with lush jungles inhabited by the last remnants of the dinosaurs.
A race of yeti-like bipeds known as the Voormi once populated Hyperborea, but were wiped out by the pre-human settlers that migrated here from the south.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yhoundeh   (1288 words)

  
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Hyperborea was designed to be best viewed with a low and closer camera than in the original game (though you can zoom out if you need to), and in many areas, it's easier to see if the camera is behind the characters, at or somewhat above the level of their heads.
Hyperborea is intended only for characters you create in Hyperborea, either imported from single-player or started fresh in multiplayer.
Toss in the realities of race-relations in Hyperborea, and you can see that your starting choice of race and gender will determine a lot of what your initial problems are going to be when developing a multiplayer character, and what your best skill choices will be for that character.
www.siegenetwork.com /files/242/README_Hyperborea_3_0.txt   (19210 words)

  
 Alchemical Garden at the Edge of Time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hyperborea is a fleeting golden moment suspended between History
Hyperborea is a nexus of feelings, evolving ideas and shifting appearances.
It is both an objective world and a dream within a hallucination.
www.levity.com /eschaton/hyperborea.html   (74 words)

  
 Hyperborea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is presumed that the western boundary of Hyperborea with Asgard was the River of Death Ice, having its source in the Eiglophians.
The climate of Hyperborea is presumed to have been milder during its florescence, allowing some simple agriculture as well as herding and hunting.
It was probably much later that Hyperborea the Elder was overwhelmed by a wave of Mesolithic Aesir -- perhaps after the climate took a turn for the worse and the economy had been weakened by crop failure and loss of domestic animals.
hyboria.xoth.net /gazetteer/hyperborea.htm   (487 words)

  
 About Hyperborea|Hyperborea.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Here Hyperborea means 'of the North' again, while Platanthera is the family of orchids.
Hyperborea has been founded by Bloodstar, but he resigned as game administrator at the end of 1994.
Hyperborea is ruled by the Council of Archwizards.
www.hyperborea.net /about?PHPSESSID=cf2f371b79576e4770c03924eec98f23   (530 words)

  
 Hyperborea.net|An Internet community and game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hyperborea is a combined text-based Internet community and multi-user fantasy role playing game in a medieval setting.
Getting started on Hyperborea is as simple as connecting to the internet address telnet://hyperborea.net:2000.
The Hyperborea community is diverse and spread all over the world.
www.hyperborea.net   (148 words)

  
 The Lands of Hyperborea - a Dungeon Siege Siegelet by Author/Composer Jim Farris
Spellcasting in Hyperborea is unlike that in any other land - your first real clue that you are in another world, similar to the Lands of Ehb, yet different.
The second important difference that the visitor to Hyperborea will notice is that unlike in Ehb or in other lands, spellcasting disciplines are not simple knowledge one picks up from any potion-vendor or gathers from the corpses of otherwise ignorant beasts one has slain in battle.
The basic premise is of the Magic System in the Lands of Hyperborea is that a character with level 0 in a magic skill literally has NO skill in casting spells of that category, and the mana cost for them is ludicrously high to reflect their lack of training.
wench_of_woe.tripod.com /magic.htm   (1523 words)

  
 Wizard Charter|Hyperborea.net
The main goal of a wizard is to expand Hyperborea by building an area.
The area must be in the theme of Hyperborea, which is Medieval European fantasy.
Hyperborea aims to high quality areas, so before we release a game to the players, we review it thoroughly.
www.hyperborea.net /support/wizcharter   (1442 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Hyperborea: Music: Tangerine Dream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
By the time "Hyperborea" came along in 1983, the TD line-up of Froese, Franke and Schmoelling was well established and was churning out high quality, original composition for film scores, live performances and the annual studio releases.
Also, Hyperborea stands out a bit from the preceeding few and succeeding albums due to its more calming pace, though dark themes are still as prevalent as they had been at the time.
Though Hyperborea may not be the best place for new TD fans to start, it's definitely well worth your time to look into once you've gotten your feet wet.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000W54?v=glance   (2532 words)

  
 Duchy of Hyperborea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Hyperborea is a part of the world of micronationalism, countries that have varying degrees of legitimacy and existence.
In our case, and in that of our parent country, Shireroth, this degree can be very low indeed, but we nevertheless enjoy the challenge of running a government and creating a country, and so are able to continue despite a lack of political power or world recognition.
The Duchy of Hyperborea is a self-governing subdivision of Shireroth with a long history, its own language, and a tradition of respect for peace and friendship.
www.geocities.com /apolloskyline/Hyperborea   (143 words)

  
 Sword & Sorcery - Your resource for fiction, interviews, articles, information & more
In the traditions of later literature, Hyperborea thrived coeval with the other mythic civilizations of Atlantis, Lemuria, and Mu (which all receive mention in Smith's stories) that Helena Blavatsky promoted in Theosophy, a pan-religious gnostic movement she founded in 1875.
The citizens abandoned the older capital Commoriom, "superb and magisterial…opulent among cities," during the reign of King Loquamethros because of the prophecy of the White Sybil of Polarion.
The Hyperborea series is more 'difficult' than Smith's other fantasy cycles; its tone varies more than the single-minded bleakness of Zothique, and its setting is bizarre compared to the mundane medieval Averoigne.
www.swordandsorcery.org /cas2.asp   (4907 words)

  
 Mud Magic: Hyperborea - An Internet Community and Game
Hyperborea is a game set in Medieval European Roleplaying Style.
Having been around since 1993, Hyperborea has developed into a very stable game with many interesting areas to explore and quests to solve.
Hyperborea is a game running on a modified LPMUD lib.
www.mudmagic.com /listings/game/1377   (203 words)

  
 DS - Lands of Hyperborea - Maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Lands of Hyperborea is unquestionably the largest and most popular Siegelet yet released for the Dungeon Siege Engine.
Tens of thousands of DS fans have journeyed through the Lands of Hyperborea, and most have found this unique adventure by published author "Xaa" to be challenging and fun, with an engaging plot and a cast of characters they will long remember.
Version 3 of the Lands of Hyperborea Siegelet was recently released which included many new features and revisions, as well as new skills such as craftmanship and two new regions.
www.hostultra.com /~tarkus/DS/loh.php   (780 words)

  
 Metal Hordes - Extreme Metal Mp3s
The band HYPERBOREA was formed in 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria, by Krum Doinov (guitar) and Ilia Dimitrov (guitar).
The style of playing is death metal in the Florida one's vein, as through the years of playing they have been continuously making all possible efforts to develop it technically.
Now Hyperborea is a leading active Bulgarian death metal band with much experience and a stable lineup.
www.metalhordes.com /bandprofiles.php?op=view&bid=672   (241 words)

  
 The Book of Hyperborea, Introduction by Will Murray
It was during this period that CAS began dreaming of his Hyperborea beyond Hyperborea, and the geographically unplaceable Yondo was his first tentative stab in this direction.
Smith's Hyperborea was not the Hyperborea of the Greeks, who imagined a race of people who lived in the far north, behind the apparently imaginary Riphaean Mountains, and who worshipped Apollo.
Smith's next two Hyperborea tales, "The Door to Saturn" and "The Testament of Athammaus," were also refused by the Unique Magazine.
www.eldritchdark.com /misc/hyperborea_into.html   (2980 words)

  
 Witch Men of Hyperborea (Conan characters)
Louhi is described as leader of a sect of sorcerers known as the White Hand, and she is served by the Witch Men of Hyperborea.
In Conan the Barbarian I#257, in Numalia, Kulan Gath caused Conan to see the Witch-Men in place of king Nimed's royal guard (and Vammatar in place of king Nimed), causing the barbarian to attack them, and thus to be captured.
Hyperborea, the Hyborian era frozen lands on the northeast border of Cimmeria, should be differentiated from
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/witchmhy.htm   (1630 words)

  
 Apollonius.Net - Hyperborea Postscripts
Assuming that there is an intrinsic validity to the artistry of this Mayan work, then this S curve might indeed represent a sort of "flying serpent", as the Mayans have included in their religious mythology.
Whether Hyperborea appears to resemble a ball-like Sun or Moon or an S curve "flying serpent" remains to be seen, next time around.
When the Planet Hyperborea is tethered to the North Pole and therefore visible from Earth's ground level as such, ONLY its lower or southern hemisphere would be visible from here, from our northern hemisphere.
www.apollonius.net /postscripts.html   (3264 words)

  
 Platanthera hyperborea (L.) Lindley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The specific epithet hyperborea is derived from the Greek meaning "above the North," in reference to the far northern habitat where this orchid was first collected (Iceland).
This problem is exacerbated by the fact that the two hybridize freely, and produce intermediate offspring.
Representative specimens of the two taxa can be separated by the shape of the labellum, which is strongly dilated at the base in P.
www.botany.wisc.edu /Orchids/hyperborea.html   (377 words)

  
 Hyperborea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is awarded to the rare few that have put terror in the enemies eyes, with their high kill rate and unbelievable tactics.
Palmary Combat award is awarded to the eager and assumingly suicidal warriors of Hyperborea who have cut down their foes in decisive battles, and still keep their fatigues sparkling clean - 200+ Battles.
Master Rifleman award is accorded to Squad Hyperborea graduates who mastered the use of assault rifles.
www.hborea.us /system.html   (777 words)

  
 Tangerine Dream : Hyperborea - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Although Hyperborea is not a soundtrack, it was clearly influential on some of the work the group was hired to do for Risky Business, Flashpoint, Dreamscape, Firestarter, Legend, and close to 20 others.
There have been at least a dozen members in this trio over the years, but the assembly of Chris Franke, Edgar Froese, and Johannes Schmoelling proved to be one of the most prolific and influential.
Hyperborea was a turning point for the band -- a distinctive departure from the free-form psychedelica-and-moog prog rock improvisations, it was an album of crispness, structure, and a little bravery too -- a showcase for artists with enough chops to adjust to the new technology without getting lost in it.
www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,172496,00.html   (311 words)

  
 A Journal of Alternative News
One of the most popular theories for the collapse of Hyperborea was a physical inclination (catastrophe) of the Earth’s axis.
The legend of Hyperborea revived during the 18th and 19th centuries when a flurry of books were published dealing with the idea that civilisation had first appeared not in the Middle East, but somewhere else.
The journey to this Pole is sometimes illustrated as the ascent of a column of light, extending from the depths of hell to the lucid paradise in the cosmic North.
www.newdawnmagazine.com /Articles/hyperborea.html   (2850 words)

  
 The Book of Hyperborea - Postscript by Will Murray
Perhaps the most unfortunate consequence of the repeated rejections the Hyperborea cycle met with from pulp editors was the virtual abandonment of the series in 1933.
The Book of Hyperborea is therefore not as long as Smith foresaw, but given the episodic nature of the cycle there is no reason to believe any critical Hyperborean events or stories are necessarily absent.
In the case of "Worm," Smith expressed no discoverable preference, but a careful collation of the two manuscripts shows that the second is merely a pruning, not a true revision, and in all probability was undertaken to wring a sale out of an otherwise unplaceable story.
www.eldritchdark.com /misc/hyperborea_postscript.html   (2595 words)

  
 Mock Man Press: Hyperborea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Before the Ice Age, there was the lost continent of Hyperborea, a world of cruelty and beauty.
Hyperborea is an adaptation of Smith's story The Tale of Satampra Zeiros.
Hyperborea is a 24-page fl and white standard-sized comic which retails for $2.94 in the USA and $4.50 in Canada.
www.sonic.net /~jason/hyperborea   (335 words)

  
 The Bodhisattvas of Babylon: Stuffography
Comparing Triangle to Hyperborea is like comparing diamonds to coal; Hyperborea a self-indulgent, over-determined, under-thought-out mishegaas of an album...the queasy, bloated hangover that remains the morning after the тусовка of Russian rock has played itself out and all you have left are dirty пельмени pots and перегар.
Leave Hyperborea to the contemplaton of the Bodhisattvas—it is a koan too puzzling for ordinary laymen.
Note that this means Hyperborea has more than a little in common with Sands of Petersburg, despite Boris' own classification of Hyperborea as new material, rather than an anthology album.
www.dharmafish.org /s1018/stuff_show.htm?content_id=3457   (1037 words)

  
 Hyperborea
According to Herodotus (4.13), they live beyond the Arimaspians and were visited by Aristeas, who is said to have written a hexameter poem (now lost) dealing with them.
The cycle of Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard, set in the fictitious "Hyborian era", features Hyperborea as a far northern land of fair-haired barbarians, to the north and east of Conan's native Cimmeria.
Most notably, fantasy author Clark Ashton Smith (a correspondent of both Lovecraft and Howard, and like them, a frequent contributor to the pulp magazine Weird Tales) wrote a cycle of ten stories set in a Hyperborea that is an ancient version of Greenland during a warm habitable phase.
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Hyperborea.html   (352 words)

  
 Platanthera hyperborea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
hyperborea gradually widens toward the base and has a smooth tip.
hyperborea are thinner, and the bracts shorter than those of C.
The plants I've seen varied in height from 8" to 15", plants are about 6" in width.
www.em.ca /garden/native/nat_platanthera_hyperborea.html   (218 words)

  
 Hyperborea
He has also produced numerous videos for Hyper[borea] and other electronica/ world music artists.
Hyper[borea] was voted the best dance act in the Irish music magazine Hot Press Readers' Poll, and won the coveted Dance Act and Album of the Year awards in the Hot Press Heineken Awards in Belfast.
Hyper[borea] has played The Heineken Groove Weekender, The One World Festival, BBC MUSIC LIVE (with Jah Wobble) and has supported the likes of Gavin Friday, Ism, Future Loop Foundation, Timeshard, Land of My Mothers and Watercress.
www.rhythmsoftheglobe.com /gr/mu_ar_hyperborea.html   (214 words)

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