Editing Hyperborea (section)

==The Hyperborea Myth==
The earliest mention of Hyperborea appears in Herodotus' Histories (Book IV, Chapters 32–36), though he references three earlier works; in general, Greecian/Hellenic legends describe Hyperborea as a ''terra incognita'' along the lines of [[Atlantis]] or [[Thule]], said to exist at the northernmost point of the world. Blessed with the love and support of both Boreas (god of the north wind) and Apollo (god of the sun), it was a warm and sunny land surrounded by cold, dark wastes that kept its people safe from the dangers of the outer world. Its people, thanks to their divine blessings (and/or divine blood: some stories describe at least the rulers of this land as being the children of Boreas and a snow [[nymph]], which manifested in their gargantuan stature) are said to live for centuries, even thousands of years, and be free of the cruelties of disease and aging.