Motif
Animate natural world responds to music
animate_natural_world_responds_to_music
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.
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finnish karelian
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Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 22275-22460 confidence: high
The sacred harp is finished; Wainamoinen plays it on the rock of joyance, the music is heard far away, and mountains, valleys, rocks, stones, pebbles, pines, lindens, alders, and aspen respond.
After the sacred harp is played, mountains dance, valleys listen, rocks are torn apart, stones move, pebbles swim, and trees laugh, skip, or sway.
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