Hyperboreans

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in Greek mythology, were a fabulous people, living north of the Riphaean mountain chain, and were said to be very wise and happy, living many hundreds and even thousands of years, and at last dying by leaping into the sea. But Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny affirm that there is nothing else meant than northern nations, and that these are extravagant accounts of ordinary human beings.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A people blooming in youth and health, fabled by the Greeks to dwell in the extreme northern parts of the world under favour of Apollo.