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Illustration by Erich Schütz (c. 1920) "Der Fischer" (English: "The Fisher") is a ballad by Goethe, written in 1779.Goethe's poem describes an exchange between a fisher and a mermaid who accuses him of luring her brood.
The Enchantments is a region within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area of Washington state's Cascade Mountain Range. [2] At an elevation of 4,500 feet (1,372 m), it is home to over 700 alpine lakes and ponds surrounded by the vast peaks of Cashmere Crags, which rate among the best rock-climbing sites in the western United States. [ 3 ]
The Three Enchanted Princes [1] or The Three Animal Kings [2] (Neapolitan: Li tre rri anemale; Italian: I tre re animale) [3] is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.
It rendered its wearer immune to all enchantments, and renders the user invisible when placed in their mouth. (Mythology in France) Nibelungen ring, Alberich steals the Rhinegold from the Rhinemaidens, having learned that he who is willing to renounce love will thereby gain the ability to forge a ring of power from the gold. Alberich forges the ...
Samuel Rudolf Fisch (November 18, 1856 – December 2, 1946) was a Swiss-born physician, preacher, and medical missionary to Ghana. [2] Fisch built the Basel Mission Hospital in Aburi, Ghana in 1885.
The Lady of the Lake (French: Dame du Lac, Demoiselle du Lac, Welsh: Arglwyddes y Llyn, Cornish: Arlodhes an Lynn, Breton: Itron al Lenn, Italian: Dama del Lago, Vietnamese: Hồ trung yêu nữ) is a title used by multiple characters in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur.
The series is also known as the "Enchanter" series, the "Incomplete Enchanter" series (after the first collection of stories) or the "Compleat Enchanter" series. In the original five stories, psychologist Harold Shea and his colleagues Reed Chalmers, Walter Bayard, and Vaclav Polacek (Votsy) travel to various parallel worlds where ancient myths ...
Siren enchants sailors (Miniature) A Siren, portrayed with a fish's tail like a mermaid, lulls sailors to sleep with her song. One sailor stops his ears with his fingers to avoid hearing her.