Dancing mania (also known as dancing plague, choreomania, St John's Dance and, historically, St. Vitus' Dance) was a social phenomenon that occurred primarily in mainland Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time. The mania affected men, women, and children, who danced until they collapsed from exhaustion. One of the first major outbreaks was in Aachen, in the Holy Roman Empire, in 1374, and it quickly spread throughout Europe; one particularly notable outbreak occurred in Strasbourg in 1518, also in the Holy Roman Empire.
Wow, that's crazy. Good thing we don't have any mass hysteria events these days.
Wow, that's crazy. Good thing we don't have any mass hysteria events these days.
Huh, there's an event in Stellaris where this happens to one of your planets. Might be from a mod, but still, interesting to know it has an origin.
Holy Roman Tiktok would have been really cool.