An imaginary or mythical region, especially one referring to a dark, mysterious, or underworld-like place, often used in fantasy literature.
From the Cimmerians, an ancient historical people mentioned by Homer and Herodotus as living in darkness near the Black Sea, or from Cimmerian, the mythical realm in Robert E. Howard's fantasy fiction.
Cimmeria became famous through Robert E. Howard's Conan stories as a barbarian homeland shrouded in mystery—but the real Cimmerians were an actual nomadic people who genuinely troubled the Assyrian Empire around 700 BCE. Fantasy authors loved borrowing real history for mythical depth!
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