Hyperboreios

Also known as Hyperboreoi

thumb|upright=1.25|An arctic continent on the Gerardus Mercator map of 1595.In Greek mythology, the Hyperboreans (, ; ) were a mythical people who lived in the far northern part of the known world. Their name appears to derive from the Greek , "beyond Boreas" (the god of the north wind). Some scholars prefer a derivation from (hyperpherō, "to carry over").