Fantasy Forests

The Complete Guide to Magical Fantasy Forests

The fantasy forest is popular trope found in fantasy stories and D&D campaigns. These posts will teach you all about them!

The 13 Essential Features of Every Fantasy Forest and How to Make Yours Magical

Fantasy forests are dark, dense, alive, old, wild, dangerous, uncivilized, mysterious, magical, alien, inspiring, and liminal.

How to Make Magical Trees: Exploring Everything About Enchanted Forests in Fantasy

Learn how the dark, ancient forests of Europe inspired the fantasy forest.

The Enchanted Woodland Collection

Journey through a mystical woodland with the Enchanted Woodland collection! Learn about the upcoming scents and candle themes!

A Journey Through the Enchanted Woods: Uncovering The Magical Mysteries of the Forest

Follow an adventurer through an enchanted forest as they encounter magical creatures and face unexpected challenges. Will they escape?

What’s the Science Behind “The Peace” People Experience in Forests?

Science has proven that spending time in nature brings physical, mental, emotional benefits. Forests make people happy!

What’s The Magical Feeling of “Taking In” The Trees?

We bring our experiences of forests with us into the text, video game, D&D session, movie, etc., involving a feeling - Waldeinsamkeit.

Fairy Forests: The Victorian World Turned Upside Down

Victorian Europe rediscovered the forests and then re-enchanting them by filling them with a safe, fun world of fairies.

“Down with Industry!” The Two Movements That Saved Europe's Beautiful Forests for Fantasy

Romanticism and Transcendentalism reacted to the rationality of modernity and created a new perspective on the beauty and power of forests.

How Modern Industry and Reason Nearly Killed the Fantasy Forest

The modern world caused people to stop being afraid of forests. Reason and science disenchanted them, industry caused people to move away.

Folklore: the Foundation for Our Favorite Fantasy Forests

Forests are dark, wild, old and untouched by humanity. Living in the midst of such forests naturally led to the folklore of medieval people.

Mythic Forests: Where Heaven Meets Earth And Heroes Triumph

The forests have always been a place that is dark, wild, old and untouched by humanity….as reflected in the in the mythology…

The European History Behind Your Favorite Fantasy Forests

Learn how people in the past understood forests… so we can dive into "what makes a fantasy forest"!

Fantasy Forest Series: What Exactly IS a Forest Anyways?

Fantasy stories everywhere include magical forests. Why is that? Let’s find out, starting with the definition of a forest.

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