Motif
Powerful music causing beings to fall or perish
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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 THE RAID FOR THE CATTLE OF FRAECH / TAIN BO FRAICH / Part I / LITERAL TRANSLATION; lines 9868-9987 confidence: medium
Boand wakes from sleep and accepts Uaithne's three sons, naming Suan-traide, Gen-traide, and Gol-traide, with reference to cows, women, and men who fall or perish through hearing their art.
Boand's speech links Suan-traide, Gen-traide, and Gol-traide with cows and women who shall fall by Medb and Ailill and men who shall perish by hearing art from them.
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