Motif
Music with sleep-inducing power
music_with_sleep_inducing_power
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.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
celtic (1) · celtic irish (1)
celtic
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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 1 BAILIE LUNNAIN, / BAILIE LUNNAIN. , 291 / BAILIE LUNNAIN. 293 / THE SLIM SWARTHY CHAMPION. 299; lines 13746-13836 confidence: high
The harpers' tunes are described as involving warriors, heroes, ghosts, spectres, illness, and fever, and as capable of setting the whole world in lasting sleep through calming sweetness.
Both the court harpers' music and the Champion's music are described as able to set the whole world in lasting sleep with calming tunes.
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celtic irish
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Gods and Fighting Men CHAPTER I. THE LANDING / CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF TAILLTIN / BOOK FOUR: THE EVER-LIVING LIVING ONES. / CHAPTER I. BODB DEARG; lines 2984-3048 confidence: high
Lir gives weapons; Angus Og gives a rath and town; Aine gives an inexhaustible cook; Bodb Dearg gives Fertuinne, a musician whose music causes sleep and is heard widely.
Fertuinne's music can make sufferers and wounded men sleep despite pain and noise and can be heard by people throughout the country around the house.
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