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Type Land
Location Wonderland
Inhabitants The March Hare
The Mad Hatter
Humpty Dumpty
The Lion and the Unicorn
Red King
Red Queen
The Sheep
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
White King
White Knight
White Queen
Appearances Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

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:

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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