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Enchantment, enchanting or enchantingly may refer to: Look up enchanting , enchantingly , or enchantment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Incantation or enchantment, a magical spell, charm, or bewitchment, in traditional fairy tales or fantasy
19th century book of incantations, written by a Welsh physician. An incantation, spell, charm, enchantment, or bewitchery is a magical formula intended to trigger a magical effect on a person or objects. The formula can be spoken, sung, or chanted. An incantation can also be performed during ceremonial rituals or prayers.
Enchant is a free software project developed as part of the AbiWord word processor with the aim of unifying access to the various existing spell-checker software. Enchant wraps a common set of functionality present in a variety of existing products/libraries, and exposes a stable API/ABI for doing so.
The emblem of the dolphin and anchor which has been used since Roman times to illustrate the adage. This example is the printer's mark of Aldus.. Festina lente (Classical Latin: [fɛsˈtiː.naː ˈlɛn.teː]) or speûde bradéōs (σπεῦδε βραδέως, pronounced [spêu̯.de bra.dé.ɔːs]) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as ...
Spell for going out against a foe in the realm of the dead. [9] 12. Spell for going in and out. [9] 13. Spell for going in and out of the West. [9] 14. Spell for removing anger from the heart of the god. [10] 15. A hymn to the sun-god. Not a standard text; any one of a number of hymns might be used. [11] 16.
In the U.S., Bettelheim and The Uses of Enchantment won the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism [8] and the 1977 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought. [9] Robert A. Segal writes, "It is the disjunction between Bettelheim's up-to-date approach to fairy tales and his old-fashioned approach to myths that is ...
The Spellsong Cycle is a fantasy series written by L. E. Modesitt Jr. Set in the fictional world of Erde, it is notable for its system of magic, based on music and song.. The main character of the first three books of the series is Anna Marshall, a middle-aged music instructor and small-time opera singer who is magically transported from Ames, Iowa to Erde, a fantastical world where songs have ...
Enchantment is an English language fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. First published in 1999, the novel is based on the Ukrainian version of Sleeping Beauty and other folk tales . Various forms of magic, potions, and immortal deities also play an important role in the story.