Ancient Wisdom Atlas

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

  • 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.

    read in the book