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In English mythology, Acrasia was an enchantress who lived in the Bower of Bliss on the Wandering Island. She transformed her lovers into monstrous shapes and kept them captive. Sir Guyon having crept up on her, threw a net over her and bounder her in chains of adamant; then broke down her bower and burnt it to ashes.
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In English mythology, Caleb was an enchantress who carried off St George when he was a baby.
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In Greek mythology, Circe was an enchantress living on the island of Aeaea. In Homer's Odyssey, she turned the followers of Odysseus into pigs. Odysseus, bearing the herb moly provided by Hermes to protect him from the same fate, forced her to release his men.
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In Greek mythology, Phaedra was a daughter of Minos, King of Crete and Pasiphae. Her unrequited love for Hippolytus led to his death and her suicide. She became renowned as a minor goddess of the moon, barley, myrtle, rain-making and the death of kings. A siren-like Enchantress.
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In Greek mythology, Telegonus was a son of Odysseus by the enchantress Circe. When he grew to manhood his mother sent him out into the world to find his father. Shipwrecked on the coast of Ithaca, began to ravage the country. Odysseus and his son Telemachus went to meet the stranger, and ignorant of his father's identity, Telegonus killed Odysseus.
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HMS Enchantress (formerly HMS Bittern) was a British escort vessel and Admiralty yacht of 1085 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; four 3-pounder guns and eight smaller guns. She was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 18.75 knots and carried a complement of 125.
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