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• Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
• God of music. A465.2
• Goddess of music. A465.2.1
• Culture hero as poet (musician). A527.4
• Music of the spheres. A659.1
• Music in heaven. A661.0.2
• Heavenly music caused by four columns under Lord's chair. A661.0.2.1
• Music produced by precious stones in heaven. A661.0.2.2
• Acquisition of music. A1461
• Harp music makes merman restore stolen bride. B82.1.2
• Merman teaches music. B82.4
• Magic bitches (in human form) enchanted by fairy music. B182.1.7
• Boar makes music for holy man. B256.6.2
• Musical animals. B297
• Bull lows musically. B297.0.1
• Animal plays musical instrument. B297.1
• Transformed women enchanted by music. B297.2
• Women transformed to bitches enchanted by music. B297.2.1
• Animals attracted by music. B767
• Fish follow sound of music. B767.1
• The musician in the wolf-trap: meets wolf already trapped, and saves himself by playing music. (Cf. K551.3.1.) B848.1
• Tabu: playing music on sabbath. C631.6
• Music-box continues playing when it is touched contrary to tabu. C915.1.1
• Transformation: man to musical instrument. D254
• Transformation by playing musical instrument. D523.1
• Disenchantment by music. D786
• Magic musical instruments. D1210
• Magic horn (musical). D1222
• Magic pipe (musical). D1224
• Magic musical bow. D1233.1
• Magic musical instruments – miscellaneous. D1239
• Magic music. D1275.1
• Magic music gives weakness. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1336.3
• Love-producing music. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1355.1
• Magic love-producing pipe (musical). (Cf. D1224.) D1355.1.2
• Magic music causes mourning. (Cf. 1275.1.) D1359.2.1
• Magic music causes joy. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1359.3.1
• Magic (musical) horn (bell) relieves hearers of sorrow. (Cf. D1213, D1222.) D1359.3.1.1
• Magic musical branch soothes listeners. (Cf. D1615.2.) D1359.3.1.2
• Music causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1364.24
• Musical instrument causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1210.) D1364.25
• Musical branch causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1615.2.) D1364.25.0.1
• Pipe (musical) causes magic sleep. (Cf. D1224.) D1364.25.3
• Magic music causes longing. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1374.1
• Magic music kills person. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1402.11.1
• Magic musical instrument causes person to dance. (Cf. D1210.) D1415.2
• Magic musical instrument calls animals together. (Cf. D1210.) D1441.1
• Magic musical instrument tames animals. (Cf. D1210.) D1442.13
• Magic musical pipe causes food to fall from sky. (Cf. D1031.1.1, D1224.) D1472.2.8
• Magic musical instrument as cure for disease. (Cf. D1210.) D1500.1.27
• Music restores reason. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1508.2
• Magic music relieves pain. (Cf. D1275.1.) D1514.1
• Magic transportation on musical bow. (Cf. D1210.) D1520.33
• Fairy music causes earth to open (burst). (Cf. D1275.1, F262.) D1555.4
• Self-playing musical instruments. (Cf. D1210.) D1601.18
• Magic musical instrument reproduces songs sung in heaven. (Cf. D1210.) D1601.18.0.1
• Speaking musical instrument. (Cf. D1210.) D1610.34
• Magic musical branch. (Cf. D954, F811.6.) D1615.2
• Magic musical instrument plays only for owner. (Cf. D1210.) D1651.7
• Fairy music as evil omen. D1812.5.1.13
• Snakes put to sleep by music on harp. (Cf. B765, D1275.1.) D1962.5
• Day seems moment while saint listens to music made by bird's wing. D2011.1.1
• Flow of cow's milk increased by song (music). (Cf. D1275.) D2182.2
• Resuscitation by music. E55
• Ghost summoned by music. E384
• Invisible ghost plays musical instrument. (Cf. E548.) E402.1.3
• Sound of ethereal music. E402.4
• Wild hunt heralded by music. E501.13.2
• Dead make music on their ribs. E548
• Ghost plays musical instrument. E554
• Reincarnation as musical instrument. The Singing Bone. A musical instrument made from the bones of a murdered person, or from a tree growing from the grave, speaks and tells of the crime. E632
• Reincarnation: man-object-man. In most of the versions of E632 (Reincarnation as musical instrument) the hero (heroine) finally comes back to life in his usual form. E648
• Saved soul leaps from body on hearing heavenly music. (Cf. E754.) E722.2.5
• Life token: music box plays by itself as owner awaits burial. E761.7.11
• Door to otherworld island sounds sleep-bringing music. F156.1
• Musical fountain in otherworld. F162.8.3
• Magic music lures to otherworld journey. F175
• Fairies' musical instruments. F245
• Fairies make music. F262
• Fairy minstrel's music heard far and wide. F262.3.3
• Fairy music causes sleep. F262.3.4
• Fairy music causes mourning. F262.3.5
• Fairy music causes joy (laughter). F262.3.6
• Fairy music causes weakness. F262.3.7
• Fairy music compared to music of Heaven. F262.4
• Fairy music – person listening is without food or sleep for a year. F262.5
• Fairy music so potent it would cause wounded men to sleep. F262.6
• Fairy music makes seven years seem like one day to mortal hearer. (Cf. D2011.1.) F262.9
• Fairy music – miscellaneous. F262.10
• Fairy music issues from stone. F262.10.1
• Fairy music issues from fairy ring. F262.10.2
• Changeling dances wild dance to music, betrays maturity. F321.1.1.2.1
• Elephants become lean from listening too much to fairy music; cannot graze. F369.8
• Dwarfs have music. F451.6.3.3
• Dwarf musician (poet). F451.6.3.3.1
• Dwarfs emigrate because they dislike peasants' dancing and loud music. F451.9.1.9
• Giant plays musical instrument. F531.6.17.4
• Skillful musician plays nine mouth harps at once. F679.9
• Musical fountain in otherworld. F716.5
• Musical pillar. (Cf. A661.0.2.1.) F774.3