Summer Country

Summer Country

The Summer Country is the mythical birthplace of mankind in Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain fantasy book series.

The Summer Country is the ancestral home of the Sons of Don. It is ruled by the Lady Don and her consort Belin, king of the Sun. The Sons of Don voyaged from the Summer Country to Prydain long before the story of Taran begins. The Chief Bard Taliesin explains to the companions that it is a land without strife and suffering, even death. The Summer Country bears some similarity to the otherworlds of Atlantis, Avalon, Valinor, and Tylwyth Teg, the kingdom of the Fair Folk. Not only is The Summer Country beautiful, but "all heart's desires are granted there...It is a land without strife or suffering, where even death itself is unknown." [Tunnell, Michaeal O., "The Prydain Companion", Henry Holt, p. 233. ISBN0805072713]

In the final novel of the series, "The High King," Gwydion announces that the Sons of Don must board the golden ships on which they came to Prydain and return to the Summer Country. As the age of enchantment ends in Prydain, the Sons of Don, and all others with magic in their blood, must leave its boundaries.

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