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Enchantress (other)
Enchantress most commonly refers to: * Enchantress (supernatural), a magician, sorcerer, enchanter, wizard; sometimes called an enchantress, sorceress, or witch if female. ** Enchantress (fantasy), a female fictional character who uses magic * Seduction, the enticement of one person by another, called a seductress or enchantress when it is a beautiful and charismatic woman Enchantress or The Enchantress may also refer to: Culture Opera * The Enchantress (opera), ''The Enchantress'' (opera), an opera by Tchaikovsky * ''The Enchantress'', a 1911 operetta with music by Victor Herbert and book and lyrics by Fred de Gresac and Harry B. Smith Literature * "The Enchantress of Venus", a 1949 short story by Leigh Brackett * ''Enchantress from the Stars'', a 1971 novel by Sylvia Engdahl * ''The Enchantress'', a 1985 novel by Han Suyin * ''The Enchantress of Florence'', a 2008 novel by Salman Rushdie * ''The Enchantress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'', a 2012 novel by Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enchantress (supernatural)
Magic, sometimes spelled magick, is an ancient Praxis (process), praxis rooted in sacred rituals, spiritual Divination, divinations, and/or cultural Lineage (anthropology), lineage—with an intention to invoke, manipulate, or otherwise manifest supernatural forces, beings, or entities in the Nature, natural, incarnate world. It is a categorical yet often ambiguous term which has been used to refer to a wide variety of beliefs and practices, frequently considered separate from both religion and science. Although connotations have varied from positive to negative at times throughout history, magic continues to have an important religious and medicinal role in many cultures today. Within Western culture, magic has been linked to ideas of the Other (philosophy), Other, foreignness, and primitivism; indicating that it is "a powerful marker of cultural difference" and likewise, a non-modern phenomenon. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Western intellectuals per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
