The Folklore of Stringed Musical Instruments: The Viola, Irish Harp, Violin, and Guitar

About this episode

This episode explores the folklore surrounding various stringed musical instruments.

Musical instruments appear scattered throughout various folktales. A drum lies at the centre of the Tedworth Drummer story. Pipers and drummers try to follow underground tunnels, only to mysteriously vanish. But what of the instruments themselves? What folklore or stories swirl around the physical items? A listener requested the folklore of musical instruments some time ago. Now we’re looking at Folklore and the Arts, it seemed like the ideal time to go looking! Let's explore some folk tales and legends featuring a handful of stringed musical instruments in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Listen to Jon O'Sullivan talk about the harp of An Dagda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-J4OuYyjw4 Find the blog post with all the images and references here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/stringed-musical-instruments/ Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Get weekly articles and bonus content at Substack: https://fabulousfolklore.substack.com/ Buy Icy a coffee or sign up for bonus episodes at…

People in this episode

Host: Icy Sedgwick

Topics covered

• folklore
• musical instruments
• stringed instruments
• cultural stories
• legends
• arts

Keywords

• folklore
• musical instruments
• viola
• Irish harp
• violin
• guitar
• legends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fabulous Folklore

Books & works: The Folklore of Stringed Musical Instruments: The Viola, Irish Harp, Violin, and Guitar

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