Motif
Magical music causing universal emotion or sleep
magical_music_causing_universal_emotion_or_sleep
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family, within the sub-family Sleep and Emotional Enchantment. 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 VII. ILBREC OF ESS RUADH / CHAPTER VIII. THE CAVE OF CRUACHAN / CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING AT CEANN SLIEVE / CHAPTER X. THE SHADOWY ONE; lines 9711-9745 confidence: high
At night Scathach asks for a harp with iron, bronze, and silver strings; the strings respectively cause crying, laughter lasting until the next day, and long sleep for all men of the world.
The harp has iron, bronze, and silver strings that cause crying, laughing, or long sleep; Scathach uses the silver string to put Finn, Bran, and the company into heavy sleep.
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