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Brewer's: Glory Hand
In folk lore, a dead man's hand, supposed to possess certain magical properties. “De hand of glory is hand cut off from a dead man as have been hanged for murther, and dried very nice in…Brewer's: Faust
(1 syl.). The grandest of all Goethe's dramas. Faust makes a compact with Mephistopheles, who on one occasion provides him with a cloak, by means of which he is wafted through the air…Brewer's: Flute
The Magic Flute, an opera by Mozart (Die Zauberflöte). The “flute” was bestowed by the powers of darkness, and had the power of inspiring love. Unless purified the love was only lust, but…Brewer's: Oril'o
or Orillo (in Orlando Furioso, book viii.). A magician and robber who lived at the mouth of the Nile. He was the son of an imp and fairy. When any limb was lopped off he restored it by his…Brewer's: Medea's Kettle
or Caldron, to boil the old into youth again. Medea, the sorceress, cut an old ram to pieces, and, throwing the pieces into her caldron, the old ram came forth a young lamb. The daughters…Brewer's: Morgan le Fay, Morgaine la Fee
or Morgana the Fairy. Daughter of Queen Igrayne, and half-sister of King Arthur, who revealed to him the intrigues of Sir Lancelot and Guinever. She gave him a cup containing a magic…5 Best Tourist Spots for Landscape Architecture in Australia
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