Enchanted forest
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In folklore and fantasy, an enchanted forest is a forest under, or containing, enchantments. Such forests are described in the oldest folklore from regions where forests are common, and occur throughout the centuries to modern works of fantasy. They represent places unknown to the characters, and situations of liminality and transformation. The forest can feature as a place of threatening danger, or one of refuge, or a chance at adventure.
Gustave Doré’s illustration to Orlando Furioso: a knight and his men see a knight and lady approach in the forest
Giacinto Gimignani, Rinaldo and Armida meet in the enchanted forest in Jerusalem Delivered
Rinaldo's Conquest of the Enchanted Forest, Francesco Maffei, a scene from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso (1581)
Oberon
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Oberon is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the Fairies.
The Reconciliation of Titania and Oberon by Joseph Noel Paton
One of William Blake's illustrations to his The Song of Los. Scholars have traditionally identified the figures as Titania and Oberon, though not all new scholarship does. This copy, currently held by the Library of Congress, was printed and painted in 1795.
Illustration of Oberon enchanting Titania by W. Heath Robinson, 1914