Motif
perilous enchanting music
perilous_enchanting_music
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family, within the sub-family Lethal and Perilous 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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Heroic Romances of Ireland FROM THE BOOK OF LEINSTER (TWELFTH-CENTURY MS.) / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN / INTRODUCTION / THE SICK-BED OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3437-3584 confidence: high
Laeg describes armed champions, richly clothed heroes, women of music at a feast, maidens, youths in a mountain wood, sweet song for a lady in a house, his own flight from weakening music, and Ethne Inguba's beauty.
Laeg says the sweet music at the feast would have weakened him if he had not fled.
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