FEAR FORTRESS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Fear Fortress An hypothetical castle in a forest near Saragossa. It represents that terrible obstacle which fear conjures up, but which vanishes into thin air as it is approached by a stout heart and clear conscience. The allegory forms the third part of the legend of Croquemitaine. "If a child disappeared, or any cattle were carried off, the trembling peasants said, `The lord of Fear-fortress has taken them.' If a fire broke out anywhere, it was the lord of Fear-fortress who must have lit it. The origin of all accidents, mishaps, and disasters was traced to the mysterious owner of this invisible castle."- Croquemitaine, iii. 1. "It sunk before my earnest face, It vanished quite away, And left no shadow on the place, Between me and the day. Such castles rise to strike us dumb; But, weak in every part, They melt before the strong man's eyes And fly the true of heart." C. Mackay: The Giant (slightly altered). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Anagrams: FEAR FORTRESS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-f-o-r-r-r-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: reafforests.
	-2 letters: reafforest.
	-3 letters: afforests, arresters, arrestors, foresters, fosterers, rearrests, reforests, resorters, restorers.
	-4 letters: afforest, arrester, arrestor, asserter, assertor, assorter, feasters, ferrates, forester, fortress, fosterer, offerers, oratress, rearrest, reassert, reassort, reforest, reoffers, resorter, restaffs, restorer, restores, retrorse, roasters, serrates, staffers, strafers, terrases, troffers.
	-5 letters: afreets, arrests, easters, efforts, erasers, fasters, fatsoes, fearers, feaster, ferrate, ferrets.
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