Mariposa

The Mariposa is a world mentioned in Every Heart a Doorway and Beneath the Sugar Sky. It's also referred to as the Country of the Bones.

Description
Christopher describes the world as a country of happy, dancing skeletons, "so pretty sunshiny, but sort of sunshine by way of Día de los Muertos." While he was there, he got engaged to the Skeleton Girl, and learned how to play a flute that only the dead can hear. His flute was made by the Skeleton Girl out of one of the bones that she piped out of his arm. She did this because it had a tumour, so the bone was then replaced with a healthy one.

Doors open on the Day of the Dead.

New citizens are freed from their bodies by cutting through their flesh right down to the bone. That way they could rise up without having to struggle and risk fracturing themselves.

Place on the Compass
Mariposa is Rhyme and Logic, with neutral Virtue.

In Beneath the Sugar Sky, Christopher says that Eleanor wasn't sure whether Mariposa was a Fairyland, Underworld, or something different entirely. However, the Lady of the Dead says that all the travelers taste of something that doesn't belong in the Halls of the Dead except for Christopher, implying that Mariposa is also an Underworld.

Known Members

 * Christopher (formerly)
 * The Skeleton Girl

Trivia

 * Mariposa relates to Día de los Muertos, a Mexican holiday meaning the Day of the Dead. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey.