Neverland
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- This article is about the fictional island of Neverland. For the property owned by Michael Jackson, see Neverland Ranch. For the Doctor Who audio play, see here.
Neverland is the fictional island featured in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan and subsequent novel Peter and Wendy. While sojourning in Neverland, children cease to age; therefore, Neverland is often seen as a metaphor for eternal childhood (and childishness), immortality, and escapism. It is sometimes referred to as "Never Never Land", but was only called that in Barrie's earlier drafts of the play.
Peter led Wendy and her brothers to Neverland by flying towards the "second star to the right, and straight on 'till morning", though it is suggested in the novel that Peter was just making up directions for a voyage he made intuitively. Flight can be achieved through the application of fairy dust and the thinking of happy thoughts. Important denizens of Neverland are Peter Pan, pirates, the Lost Boys, Indians, Captain Hook, Smee, and the Crocodile. Peter is the most important denizen, and the climate of the realm reacts to his presence or absence.it:Neverland - Un sogno per la vita nl:Neverland