According to the website habidabad.com, Thra is the name of the planet created by Jim Henson for his film, The Dark Crystal. It is a planet with three suns, so it does not contain the dualities of day and night, nor the summer and winter of planet Earth. The most important element on the planet is a huge crystal, which was erected by the planet's ruling UrSkeks and which once bathed the planet Thra in a healthy light. It is housed in the magnificent Castle of the Crystal, the planet's central landmark. Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), commonly known as Jim Henson, was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history. ... Cover art from the 2004 Region 2 DVD The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. ... A planet (from the Greek πλανήτης, planētēs which means wanderer or more forcefully vagrant, tramp) is an object in orbit around a star that is not a star in its own right. ... James M. Cox Dayton International Airport is an airport located near Dayton, Ohio. ... Night is the time when a location is facing away from the Sun, and thus dark. ... Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Summer, 1573. ... Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Winter, 1573. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... Quartz crystal A crystal is a solid in which the constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are packed in a regularly ordered, repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. ...

It has been theorized that the planet Thra may be triangular in shape since the number three is so important to the cultures which inhabit it. This could also be just because of the planet's three suns, whose convergences are treated as great religious occurences by the planet's occupants. Before the beginning of the film The Dark Crystal, the UrSkeks dared to expose themselves to a great conjunction of the three suns in an attempt to purify their perceived faults. Instead, the UrSkeks split their beings into two divergent races. The noble and kind urRu retained the gentle calm of the UrSkesks, while the vain and cruel Skeksis retained their charismatic drive to glory. This article is about race as an intraspecies classification. ... The Skeksis are the corrupt rulers of the planet Thra in the film The Dark Crystal. ... Glory can refer to: Glory (religion) Glory (optical phenomenon) Glory (film) Glory (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Shortly after the split into two races, one of the Skeksis split the great crystal during an argument, and it began to fade and darken. The book The World of the Dark Crystal tells us that, "The Suns shone as before, but dimmer; the trees grew as before, but twisted. Strange beasts moved in the woods." The passive urRu fled from the crystal's presence to a remote valley, while the Skeksis began to treat the split of the crystal as their greatest achievement. In these early days, the Skeksis spoke with voices like music and moved with enchantment. They excelled at bold experiments, dazzling wit, and especially flattery. Wit is a form of intellectual humour, based on manipulation of concepts; a wit is someone who excels in witty remarks, typically in conversation and spontaneously, since wit carries the connotation of speed of thought. ...

To the southeast of the Castle of the Crystal (although of course this directional is possibly irrelevent in a world shaped differently than ours), lies the valley where fled the urRu. It is formally known as the Valley of Stones. The Valley of Stones is a twisting valley with frequent mist, the perfect place for the urRu to meditate in concealment from the Skeksis. The rock walls of the valley hold many caves and natural springs provide fresh water. Fljótsdalur in East-Iceland A valley is a landform, which can range from a few square miles (square kilometers) to hundreds or even thousands of square miles (square kilometers) in area. ... Misty Hill Mist rising from a hill Mist is a phenomenon of a liquid in small droplets floating through air. ... Meditation usually refers to a state of extreme relaxation and concentration, in which the body is generally at rest and the mind quieted of surface thoughts. ... Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void. ... Water (from the Old English word wæter) is a colourless, tasteless, and odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the most universal solvent. ...

To the northeast of the Castle are the ruins of Gelfling buildings. Gelflings were the third dominant race of Thra at one point, though by the time of the film they are nearly extinct. Unlike the urSkeks, Gelflings were divided into two genders and they were more interested in shaping materials and singing than in philosophy or morals. The Gelfling ruins resemble the ideals often associated with elves in legends, incorporating graceful stonework and tiled floors in earth colors. The Gelflings were renowned craftspeople in their day, and it was actually the Gelflings which provided the Castle of the Crystal with much of its now decaying glory. Remaining plaster frescoes at the Gelfling ruins show that they may have been matrilineal, since an enthroned woman resembling a queen is the central figure. Other figures in the fresco appear to be a vizier, courtiers, farmers, carpenters, smiths, dancers, and musicians. It apears that the fresco was not carved, but instead melted or evaporated through a type of intense heat. Gelflings are elf-like beings who populated the fictional world of Jim Hensons 1982 movie The Dark Crystal. ... This article is about sex, meaning the different sexes; male, female, etc. ... The term Philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... Morality is a complex of principles based on cultural, religious, and philosophical concepts and beliefs, by which an individual determines whether his or her actions are right or wrong. ... For alternate meanings, see Lightning (disambiguation). ... A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ... Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones mothers lineage; it may also involve the inheritance of property or titles through the female line. ... The word Queen may have many meanings: Political A queen regnant is a female monarch. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Wazir) is an Arabic term for a high-ranking religious and political advisor, often to a king or sultan. ... Courtiers follow an ancient profession. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... Karen and Richard Carpenter This article is about a musical group. ... This article is about the English rock band, for other uses of Smith or Smiths, see Smith The Smiths were a hugely influential British rock group and indie music pioneers. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ...

Quite near to the Gelfling ruins is a hill frequented by tall legged creatures known as Landstriders, as well as the village of the Pod People. The industrious Pod People have built a bustling collection of houses formed from the pods of some gigantic seeds. These are raised around a central clearing, and are neatly carved with windows, doors and chimneys. Pod culture is based upon a beauty of utility similar to the aesthetic of the Shakers. The Pod People, with their neat, organic village, may also be compared to the Hobbits of Tolkien's Middle Earth. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Pod People is a 1983 Spanish science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón. ... This page is about the pleasant phenomenon. ... Shakers near Lebanon, New York The Shakers are an offshoot of the Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers) that originated in Manchester, England in the early 18th century. ... Organic has several meanings and related topics. ... This is one fans idea of a typical Hobbit. ... ...

Also in the near vicinity is a swamp which is the setting of an important scene in the film, and which is a masterpiece of the imaginations of Brian Froud, Jim Henson, and the many sculptors which worked on it. In this swamp, trees walk through the muck, mushrooms fly on gorgeous wings, and cacti swallow butterflies using long tongues. Holes open and snap shut, flowers actively hide from bees, and animals bask in a charged, crackling static which permeates the swamp shortly after sunrise. It should be noted that some of the same people who worked on the swamp for The Dark Crystal later worked on the swamp planet Dagobah for The Empire Strikes Back. Originally, the term masterpiece (or chef doeuvre) referred to a piece of handicraft art produced by a journeyman aspiring to become a master craftsman in the old European guild system. ... Brian Froud (born 1947) is an illustrator of faeries and goblins. ... Trees has more than one meaning: a tree, a woody plant Trees, a poem by Joyce Kilmer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the desert plant. ... For other uses of the term butterfly, see butterfly (disambiguation). ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Static can refer to more than one thing: Used in everyday speech as shorthand for static electricity, or as a slang term for hardheadedness (as in Dont give me static). In consumer electronics, static is a synonym for white noise. ... Dagobah is both a planet and the system in which it resides, in the Star Wars universe. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ...

Near the far northeast of the planet Thra is the Dome of Aughra. Aughra is a wise woman of the planet Thra, and is of a singular race unto herself. The dome is perched high on a cliff and is composed of a brittle material which allows Aughra to view the heavens and gives the building a pustule-like appearance from the outside. It is from the book The World of the Dark Crystal, purportedly based on the records of Aughra, that much of this information comes.