What is "enchantresses"

Usage examples of "enchantresses".

Female drakes had a different metabolism and, while she would take much longer, her human form would be near perfect, perhaps more than perfect, Cabe remembered, having almost fallen prey to three such enchantresses who had once taken up residence in the very place they were now heading.

Taran had been trying to follow this conversation of the enchantresses, but found himself more confused than ever.

Before he could answer, the enchantresses had crowded around the companions and were leading them to the cottage.

Inside, with a great deal of joyous bustling that in fact accomplished little, the enchantresses hurried to straighten up the chamber.

Despite the sudden warmth of their welcome, Taran glanced at the enchantresses with uneasiness.

Taran said, with some confusion, beginning to wonder if the enchantresses did not know more about Dallben than he did.

He spoke of the urgency of bringing the cauldron to Caer Dallben, and asked, too, whether the enchantresses had seen Ellidyr.

Taran started to protest, but Orddu cut him short and guided him rapidly to the door, while the other enchantresses hustled the companions after him.

But the door did not open, and though he ran to the window and rapped long and loud, the enchantresses did not show themselves again.

For a long time Taran feared the bard was right and that the enchantresses might not sleep at all.

Behind her followed the other two enchantresses, also in flapping night robes, their hair unbound and falling about their shoulders in a mass of snarls and tangles.

Armed with iron bars and sledges, the companions hurried back to the cottage and, while the enchantresses looked on curiously, Taran raised his hammer.

She waved a hand and, with the other enchantresses, turned to enter the cottage.

For generations the daughters of the House of Llyr were among the most skillful enchantresses in Prydain, using their powers with wisdom and kindliness.

You know her ancestry and the blood of enchantresses that flows in her veins.