planet Ixchel

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Planet Ixchel is a fictional world in Madeleine L’Engle’s novel "A Wrinkle in Time," inhabited by sightless, telepathic beings who aid the protagonists in their journey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional planet
aidsCharacter Calvin O’Keefe
Charles Wallace Murry
Meg Murry
appearsIn A Wrinkle in Time
appearsInSeries Time Quintet
associatedWithTheme empathy
non-physical senses
perception beyond sight
conflictsWith the Black Thing
linked to: The Black Thing
countryOfAuthor United States
createdBy Madeleine L’Engle
feature dark environment
non-visual perception
telepathic communication
firstPublicationAppearance 1962
genre science fantasy setting
hasAtmosphereType supportive of native lifeforms
influencesCharacterDevelopmentOf Calvin O’Keefe
Charles Wallace Murry
Meg Murry
inhabitedBy Aunt Beast’s species
sightless beings
telepathic beings
language telepathic language
medium novel
narrativeRole place of healing
refuge from the Black Thing
notableInhabitant Aunt Beast
partOf cosmology of A Wrinkle in Time
perceptionModeOfInhabitants emotional perception
tactile perception
telepathic perception
publisherOfFirstAppearance Farrar, Straus and Giroux
targetAudienceOfWork young adult readers
universe A Wrinkle in Time universe
usedFor Meg’s recovery after Camazotz
visitedBy Calvin O’Keefe
Charles Wallace Murry
Meg Murry
Mrs. Whatsit
Mrs. Which
Mrs. Who

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A Wrinkle in Time setting planet Ixchel