Motif
Affective and sleep-inducing music enabling escape
affective_and_sleep_inducing_music_enabling_escape
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH / CHAPTER II. THE SONS OF TUIREANN / CHAPTER III. THE GREAT BATTLE OF MAGH TUIREADH; lines 2511-2568 confidence: high
An unnamed player plays the crying, laughing, and sleepy tunes; listeners cry, laugh, and sleep, allowing three persons to leave through the Fomor.
Three named tunes produce crying, laughter, and sleep; the sleep lets the three pass safely through the Fomor.
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