'Ello, Dopers. I think my thread title is pretty clear; I’m looking for fantasy stories in which lands of Faery or Paradise is set in the west.
And yes, I’ve already thought of Aman and Tol Eressea.
Thanks in advance.
Can we assume you’re taking Tolkien for granted? 
West of where? 'Cause San Francisco qualifies, from all I’ve seen.
Yes, so Numenor is out too. The reason is that I’m working on a story (shocker!) which includes a character who often takes refuge in fantasy literature from her unhappy life. I’m at a scene in which she glances at the setting sun and, for an instant, imagines that she’s looking toward Valinor…only I’ve already used a Tolkien reference, and I want a little more variety.
Aslan’s Country is out too, as it is east of Narnia. Well, sort of. And I don’t think Avalon is necessarily supposed to be west of Britannia, though I could be wrong.
I wrote “Faery,” not “Fairy.” 
West of the primary action of the story or legendarium in which it’s set, of course. After all, if if you’re in Middle-Earth, then Aman is pretty much as far west as you can imagine, no?
The Summer Lands mentioned in various myths and stories and especially by Charles DeLint are fantasy lands in the West similar in concept to Aman.
The Ancient Celts seems to have the equivalent.
I always thought that Tolkien was partially inspired by the idea of the Celtic Paradise laying to the West.
Aman only layed in the Utter West for the Elves, no Mortal could get there after the second age without guidance.
Jim
What stories by de Lint do you refer to ?
Hy-Brasil was located far West of Ireland. Every day, it arose from the waves, shining & beautiful. Then it sank at sunset.
Someday, someone would kindle a fire on Hy-Brasil. Thereafter, it would remain “stuck” above the waves.
There are lots of sailors’ stories. Many with a kernal of truth.
I am not sure anymore, but I think it was used in the ones that invloved Tamson House. Moonheart is a strong possibility.
I haven’t read the stories in a long time.
Jim
Obligatory Wikipedia link: Tír na nÓg.
Good luck with your story, Skald!
You might try Philip Pullman - Lee Scoresby is from “the country of Texas”.
Thanks.
Yes, but Texas isn’t exactly a land of Faery. Besides, my tale is set in '87, so my character can’t have read His Dark Materials.
Epangishmook (spelling possibly a little odd), the land of death, or Paradise, in Ojibway. It means ‘in the West’. From my hazy memories of Ojibway legends, the spirit of the west is traditionally associated with death.
Nanbozho, the Ojibway trickster figure, was the child of a human mother and the spirit of the west wind.
If you want it to be identifieable by a lot of the reader’s, how about a Dune reference. eg. West from the Shield Wall to Arrakeen, or west from Arakeen to Carthag.
I haven’t read Dune in 20 year, bt I don’t think either of those locations have the connotation I seek–of a magical, heroic, GOOD place which a lonely, abused, bookish child might wish she were looking toward when depressed.
Or you could use that to your dramatic advantage: She imagines she’s looking towards Aslan’s country, but the fact that it’s the wrong direction is what shakes her out of it. Maybe.
I think that in Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain the Summer Country is to the West, but that’s just another reflection of the Celtic mythology (Prydain is based heavily on the old Welsh tales).
If we may ask, is this connected to the Fabulous Plane story you were asking so much about in the past?
How about Lyonesse ? You’ll have links to the Arthurian stories and also Celtic myths. Not to mention Jack Vance’s excellent Lyonesse trilogy.
Sort of, but not the way you’re thinking. This is for a short story I’m writing about Hannah, one of the two protagonists from that story, as an adult, talking about her childhood to her own daughter.
Summer Country’s a good idea, by the way. There’s no way Hannah wouldn’t have read it.
In the Fionavar Tapestry the lios alfar go west when they die. I don’t know if Cader Sedat was their destination, or just another island, but it’s a possibility.
Thank you! But it’s spring; shouldn’t you be wandering in the woods, worshipping Bacchus and ripping off people’s heads?
I suppose Ys would be in the west if you were standing on dry land in Brittany looking out into the Baie de Douarnenez, but not very far to the west.