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* The lushly-described hills of Andelain in the ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'' are brimming with beauty and niceness. They are not entirely safe from monsters, just enough to give a real nasty surprise when monsters do appear.

* Almost everywhere in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit (novel)|The Hobbit]]'', but especially Rhovanion/Wilderland/"The Wild", which as the name suggests lacks much organised government. [[All There in the Manual|The appendices]] explain this is because it was depopulated by plagues and wars.

* The Hundred Acre Wood in the ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' books.

* In the works of [[Arthur Machen]], nature is home to dark secrets and hidden horrors, such as the [[Fair Folk|Little People]] and the ''[[The Great God Pan|Great God Pan]]''.

* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''The Song of the Cardinal'', the story opens with exalting descriptions of the Limberlost's lushness and fertility with its birds, flowers, berries for the birds to eat, and beasts. ''[[Freckles]]'' also features it, less centrally, once Freckles [[Face Your Fears]], and ''A Girl of the Limberlost.'' It does, however, feature poisonous snakes that can be quite dangerous.