Hobbididance

Hobbididance

A Hobbididance, or Hoberdidance, was a malevolent sprite mentioned in the traditional English morris dance. It was the name of one of the fiends in Shakespeare's "King Lear":

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text=Poor Tom hath been scared out of his good wits: bless thee, good man’s son, from the foul fiend! Five fiends have been in poor Tom at once; of lust, as Obidicut; Hobbididance, prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; Modo, of murder; and Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing; who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women. So, bless thee, master!
sign=King Lear, Act IV, Scene I

References

*"Hobbididance". "Oxford English Dictionary". Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.


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  • Obidicut — (o Hobbididance, o Hoberdidance) es un espíritu maligno mencionado en la danza tradicional inglesa danza Morris. También es uno de los demonios mencionados por Shakespeare en el Rey Lear: • cinco demonios se han aporderado del pobre Tom: Obidicut …   Wikipedia Español

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