In traditional fairy tales or fantasy fiction, an enchantment is a magical spell that is attached, on a relatively-permanent basis, to a specific person, object or location, and alters its qualities, generally in a positive way. The most widely-known example is probably the spell that Cinderella's Fairy Godmother uses to turn a pumpkin into a coach. An enchantment with negative characteristics is usually instead referred to as a curse. The Latin incantare, which means 'to utter an incantation', or cast a magic spell, for ...

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ENCHANTMENT: A magickal object that must be kept absolutely secret and hidden from all human eyes ands affects a hidden aura. Enchantments must be charmed first. Gems and magickal writing are good items for Enchantments

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• To dream of being under the spell of enchantment, denotes that if you are not careful you will be exposed to some evil in the form of pleasure. The young should heed the benevolent advice of their elders.
• To resist enchantment, foretells that you will be much sought after for your wise counsels and your liberality.
• To dream of trying to enchant others, portends that you will fall into evil.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Having been born into a secular Hindu family which venerates a Sufi saint, I have always thought I had a special advantage over my friends whose faith in their respective religions would perhaps be more limiting than mine. So, while we commemorate the Urs of our Pir, we also celebrate Diwali and New Year at his shrine. Are we Muslim, Hindu, Sufi or Christian?

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The term magician can refer to a practitioner of either paranormal magic or illusionism. In most cases there is little to differentiate a magician from similar fictional and folkloric practitioners of magic such as an enchanter, a wizard, a sorcerer, a necromancer, or a thaumaturgist. See also. List of occultists List of magicians Category: Magic ...

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Pollux. In Greek mythology, Pollux or Polydeuces was one of the twin sons of Zeus, see Castor and Pollux Pollux is a bright star in the constellation Gemini. Julius Pollux, (Ioulios Poludeukes) a Greek rhetorician of the latter half of the second century ad; a native of Naucratis, Egypt. He taught at Athens, and compiled a Greek Lexicon. Pollux was a dog in the French children's TV series Le Manège Enchanté, better known as Dougal in the

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An incantation is the words spoken during a ritual. such as those in praise of a god, in witchcraft or when casting a spell. It comes from the Latin incantare, meaning 'to utter an incantation', which would be done by an enchanter. Another name for an incantation is mantra. Examples are "Abracadabra" as might be said by a magician during a trick, or the Stunning Spell in the Harry Potter books. Incantation - Structure. Incantations display several of the features of oral literat ...

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Proserpina is an ancient goddess whose story is the basis of a myth of Springtime. She is the Roman equivalent of Persephone (qv). She was subsumed by the cult of Libera, an ancient fertility goddess, wife of Liber. Her name comes from proserpere meaning "to emerge." She is a life–death–rebirth deity. She was the daughter of Ceres and Jupiter, and was described as a very enchanting young girl. Venus, in order to bring love to Pluto, sent her son Amor to hit Pluto with one of his arrows. Proserpin ...

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In Greek mythology, the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were Naiads (sea nymphs) who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli which was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. Approaching sailors were drawn to them by their enchanting singing, causing them to sail on the cliffs and drown. They were considered the daughters of Achelous (by Terpsichore, Melpomene or Sterope) or Phorcys (Virgil. V. 846; Ovid XIV, 88). Their number is variously reported as between two and five, and their individual names as Thelxiepia/Thelxio ...

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In demonology Barbatos was a demon of little importance, one of Astaroth's assistants. But according to most sources he is Earl and Duke of Hell. Barbatos rules thirty legions of demons and has four kings as his companions to command his legions. He gives the understanding of the voices of the animals, says past and future, conciliates friends and rulers, and he can lead men to hidden treasures that have been hid by the enchantment of magicians. His name seems to derive from Latin 'barbatus', bearded, old man, philosopher. See ...

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Ariel is a fictional sprite who appears in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. He is bound to serve the magician Prospero, who rescued him from Sycorax, the witch who previously inhabited the island. Ariel, much like Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", is given many of the play's most lyrical passages, which are sung by Ariel to befuddle and enchant the other characters. The name, which is a variation of the word "air" from which the spirit comes, is reused in later literature for other sprites, most notably ...

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Zucchini is a 1982 children's book by Barbara Dana and illustrated by Eileen Christelow. The story concerns a young New York boy, Billy, and his pet ferret, Zucchini. Unfortunately, the author gets a number of basic facts about ferrets wrong, such as claiming that they are herbivorous rodents. The book won the 1986 Maud Hart Lovelace Award and the 1986–1987 Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award. ...

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In Welsh mythology, Cigva (or Cigfa) was the wife of King Pryderi of Dyfed. Pryderi invited Manawydan to live with him in Dyfed after he married Rhiannon, Pryderi's mother. Soon, Dyfed turned into a barren wasteland and only Rhiannon (Pryderi's mother), Pryderi, Cigva and Manawydan lived. Manaywdan and Pryderi, while out hunting, saw a white boar which they followed. Pryderi and his mother, Rhiannon, touched a golden bowl that the boar led them to and became enchanted. Manawydan and Cigva were unable to help them until they captured a mouse which was actually the wife of Llwyd, ...

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Adamantium is a fictional chemical substance and metal alloy in a number of fictional settings, notably the Marvel Universe. The name is derived from adamantine, the metal of the Greek gods. Hercules himself used an enchanted golden mace made of adamantine, which was indestructible. In the modern fiction universe, the virtually-indestructible Adamantium was created when Dr. Myron MacLain reverse-engineered Captain America's vibranium-alloy shield. Henceforth, the vibranium alloy is the only man-made substance known to be more durable ...

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Divination is the practice of ascertaining information from supernatural sources. If a distinction is to be made with fortune-telling, divination has a formal or ritual and often social character, usually in a religious context; while fortune-telling is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Divination is often dismissed by skeptics as being mere superstition: in the 2nd century, Lucian devoted a witty essay to the career of a charlatan, Alexander the false prophet, trained by "one of those who advertise enchantments, ...

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Shortly after her birth, Ella (Hathaway) is granted the "gift" of obedience by a fairy named Lucinda (Vivica A. Fox). She now is forced to obey anything and everything anybody tells her to do. Several years later, Ella's mother passes away, and she is left with her father who, in need of money, remarries a wealthy socialite. His snobbish new wife and her two spoiled daughters treat Ella poorly. The oldest daughter soon figures out Ella's "gift" and takes advantage of it. (In the book, the younger step-sister takes advantage of Ella's obedien ...

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Enchantment - A magickal object that must be keep absoulutely secret and hidden from all human eyes and effects the hidden aura.Enchantments must be charmed first.Gems and magickal writing are good items to use for enchantments.

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