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The wise companion and guide of Sir Guyon in Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

The Knight of Temperance in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, commissioned by Gloriana to destroy the Bower of Bliss.

The mythical progenitor of the fairy race in Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Born of Prometheus and a fairy, Elf became the ancestor of Gloriana, the Fairy Queen.

The legendary rulers of Fairy Land in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

The title borne by the sovereign of Fairy Land in post-medieval Arthurian romances.

A powerful enchanter and one of the principal villains in Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

The enchanted realm ruled by Gloriana in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

The Fairy Queen who reigns over Fairy Land in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

An enchanted garden ruled by the sorceress Acrasia, where beauty, luxury, and sensual pleasure ensnared unwary knights.

A powerful enchantress who ruled the Bower of Bliss in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

An astrologer and dwarf at King Mark's court who uncovered the love affair between Tristan and Isolde.

A city in southern Italy renowned during the Middle Ages for its celebrated medical school. In Arthurian romance, Salerno is associated with learned physicians whose reputation for medical expertise was known throughout Europe.