Motif
enchanted music compels involuntary dancing
enchanted_music_compels_involuntary_dancing
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
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 15613-15705 confidence: high
The servant asks the dwarf for a gun that hits anything aimed at, a fiddle that compels dancing, and a favor no one can refuse; the dwarf grants the objects and the request-power.
The fiddle is defined as an instrument that compels hearers to dance, and the Jewish man’s legs begin moving when the servant plays.
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