Motif
Compulsive dancing caused by music
compulsive_dancing_caused_by_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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Jamaica Anansi Stories PREFACE. / ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.; lines 8189-8316 confidence: medium
Anansi plays a fiddle at a water-hole; men sent for water drop the gourd and dance, Assono dances until he falls, and Anansi cuts off his head to make a water-cup.
Anansi's fiddle-playing at the water-hole causes the water-fetchers and Assono to drop the gourd and dance; Assono dances until he falls.
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