μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 15references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Icel.Boberg
  • Irish mythCross
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s.v. "language"
  • HinduPenzer I 107 n. 1, VII 3 n. 2
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • JewishNeuman
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 101 No. 55
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 68, 153, 412
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 16 No. 8
  • BuriatHolmberg Siberian 427. – Africa (Benga): Nassau 227 No. 34.
  • general *Types 517, 670, 671
  • general *Toldo Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 18
  • general *BP I 321
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 145, II 340
  • general *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. LXI 316
Within the index

Filed under Speaking animals.

Filed beside it
Person frightened by animals successively replying to his remarks. Example: Man riding horse and followed by dog tells horse to jump over a hole. Horse says, "I will not." Man turns to dog and says, "Isn't that strange – a horse talking!" The dog says, "Yes, isn't it." Often the man runs, meeting other animals which answer him, until he falls exhaustedTalking animal or object refuses to talk on demand. Discoverer is unable to prove his claims: is beatenFormerly animals and man spoke the same language. God took the power of speech from the animals because men refused to kill speaking beastsAnimal uses human speechAnimal understands human speechAnimal whistles (sings, etc.)Animal languages. The various animals have languages of their own. (Cf. B251.1.2.)Animal language learned
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