Motif
Enchanting supernatural music
enchanting_supernatural_music
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family, within the sub-family General Supernatural Music. 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 CHAPTER VI. AOIBHELL / CHAPTER VII. MIDHIR AND ETAIN / CHAPTER VIII. MANANNAN / CHAPTER IX. MANANNAN AT PLAY; lines 3892-3967 confidence: high
The stranger plays a harp with music that would put women in pain and wounded men to sweet sleep; O'Donnell says he has not heard better since hearing of the music of the Sidhe in hills and under the earth.
The stranger's harp music induces sweet sleep in women in pain and wounded men, and O'Donnell compares it to the music of the Sidhe.
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