Motif
mysterious music from an unseen hidden place
mysterious_music_from_an_unseen_hidden_place
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family, within the sub-family Sleep, Trance, Music, and Liminal States. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki Canto I. The Hermitage. / Canto V. Sarabhanga. / Canto VIII. The Hermitage. / Canto XI. Agastya.; lines 27420-27561 confidence: high
At sunset the travelers see a large stream-fed lake with elephants, lilies, swans, saras, mallards, and other water-birds; music of singers and instruments rises from the waters though no singer is visible.
The travelers hear singers and instruments from the lake although no performers are visible; the sound is later explained as coming from nymphs beneath the water.
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