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| Like this, only covered in gems. |
I have to admit that as a musician, I am a sucker for stories with magical instruments. There are many stories with that theme and it makes perfect sense to me. Anyway, the Dagda's instrument is literally magical, not just metaphorically. The Dagda can basically do whatever he wants with this thing. I mean, he put the seasons in order with it. I'm surprised he had any enemies who would stand against him. I wonder who made this harp. We're never told, so it could have been anyone, I suppose. Well, anyone with a substantial amount of magic. And gems.
I also need to talk about the Dagda. I'm pretty sure there's a death chord on his harp, since it seems to have everything else. So he could have killed his enemies with music, which is pretty metal. Even if he didn't, his army could have killed the other army while they were all alseep. He could have stolen something from them. He didn't do any of these things. He got his harp back, messed with his enemies a bit, made them all sleep, and left. It's definitely the more honorable thing to do and the more merciful. The Dagda seems like a pretty legit king, which is a nice change from a lot of these other stories. All in all, I like this story.
The moral of this story would have to be: don't steal someone's instrument. Alternatively, if you do steal their instrument, you'd better hope they're nice about getting it back. I wouldn't have been.
Have another moral? Know of a fairy tale you'd like me to talk about? Are you a musician? Comment below!
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