Looking-Glass Land is the location for Lewis Carroll's 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. The entire land is divided into squares by a series of little brooks with hedges growing perpendicular to them. It consists of two factions: the Reds and the Whites, and each side has it's own King, Queen, knights, armies, castles and also bishops.
In the Looking-Glass Land, the language that is used is the Looking-Glass language, which is a mirror-image of English.
Geography[]
In the book this place can be accessed by going through a mirror. Upon first entry it seems to just be a mirror image of Alice's house but once outside you can see how different this land truly is. Resembling a giant chess board with two opposing kingdoms. The entire country is divided into squares by a series of little brooks with hedges growing perpendicular to them. There also seems to be gardens filled with sentient flowers.
Government[]
The land is contested by two competing factions, the Reds and the Whites. Each side has its ruling royalty, armies, and castles.
Inhabitants[]
The Looking-glass Land's population seems to be Chess Pieces: Kings, Queens, bishops, knights, and pawns. There also seems to be communities of talking animals and gardens of talking flowers. Some of the characters Alice encounters are:
- Haigha
- Hatta
- Humpty Dumpty
- The Lion and the Unicorn
- Red King
- Red Queen
- The Sheep
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- White King
- White Knight
- White Queen
Media[]
- The Looking-glass world is featured in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. In this series, the world is known as Wonderland and the Looking-glass world is just a realm within Wonderland, ruled by the Red King and Queen.
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