Luggnagg is an island kingdom, one of the
imaginary countries visited by
Lemuel Gulliver
Lemuel Gulliver () is the fictional protagonist and narrator of ''Gulliver's Travels'', a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726.
In ''Gulliver's Travels''
According to Swift's novel, Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire c. ...
in the 1726 satirical novel ''
Gulliver's Travels'' by
Anglo-Irish author
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dubl ...
.
Location
The location of Luggnagg is illustrated in both the text and the map at the beginning of part III of ''Gulliver's Travels'', though they are not consistent with each other.
According to the map, Luggnagg is southeast of
Japan and southwest of
Balnibarbi
Balnibarbi is a fictional land in Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel '' Gulliver's Travels''. it was visited by Lemuel Gulliver after he was rescued by the people of the flying island of Laputa.
Location
The location of Balnibarbi is illust ...
.
The book's text states that Luggnagg is located about one hundred leagues southeast of Japan, but northwest of Balnibarbi and gives its position as 29°N 140°E. The page notes refer to Frederick Bracher's "Maps in Gulliver’s Travels" (1944–45), which examines the problems raised by the maps in ''Gulliver's Travels'', especially those accompanying Part III of the book.
The map also shows the port of
Maldonada in Luggnagg, and the island of
Glubdubdrib to the southwest, while the text is clear those places are in Balnibarbi.
Description
It has two principal ports, Clumegnig on the southeast coast, which is visited by ships from Maldonada (the port city of Balnibarbi), and Glanguenstald in the southwest, which has commerce with Japan. The capital of Luggnagg is Traldragdubb (also pronounced Trildrogdrib).
A sample of the language of Luggnagg is found in the book, on the occasion when Gulliver has an audience with Luggnagg's king, and is described as being very ugly and clumsy for Gulliver to pronounce.
Notable among the inhabitants of Luggnagg are the
struldbrugs, unfortunates who are immortal but suffer the infirmities of old age.
See also
*
Mount Penglai
Penglai () is a legendary land of Chinese mythology. It is known in Japanese mythology as Hōrai. McCullough, Helen. ''Classical Japanese Prose'', p. 570. Stanford Univ. Press, 1990. .
Location
According to the ''Classic of Mountains and Seas ...
, an easterly location in Chinese and Japanese mythology where the
Eight Immortals
The Eight Immortals () are a group of legendary '' xian'' ("immortals") in Chinese mythology. Each immortal's power can be transferred to a vessel () that can bestow life or destroy evil. Together, these eight vessels are called the "Covert Eight ...
lived.
*
Fusang
Fusang () refers to various entities, most frequently a mythical tree or location east of China, described in ancient Chinese literature.
In the ''Classic of Mountains and Seas'' and several contemporary texts, the term refers to a mythological ...
, another location in the further east in Chinese mythology.
*
Struldbrug
Further reading
* "The Allegory of Luggnagg and the Struldbruggs in 'Gulliver's Travels'" by Robert P. Fitzgerald, ''Studies in Philology'', Vol. 65, No. 4 (Jul., 1968), pp. 657-676
* "Licking the Dust in Luggnagg: Swift’s Reflections on the Legacy of King William’s Conquest of Ireland" by Anne Barbeau Gardiner, ''Swift Studies'' 8 (1993): 35-44
References
Sources
*Jonathan Swift: ''Guliver's Travels'' Oxford World Classics (1986, reprint 2008) introduction by Claude Rawson, explanatory notes by Ian Higgins
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