Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them — Mythoi

Motif

Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Speaking animals. · view the constellation · filed as B216

Filed across the traditions

Icel. Boberg
Irish myth Cross
Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "language"
Hindu Penzer I 107 n. 1, VII 3 n. 2
India *Thompson-Balys
Jewish Neuman
Korean Zong in-Sob 101 No. 55
Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 68, 153, 412
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 16 No. 8
Buriat Holmberg 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 exhausted Talking animal or object refuses to talk on demand. Discoverer is unable to prove his claims: is beaten Formerly animals and man spoke the same language. God took the power of speech from the animals because men refused to kill speaking beasts Animal uses human speech Animal understands human speech Animal whistles (sings, etc.) Animal languages. The various animals have languages of their own. (Cf. B251.1.2.) Animal language learned

Carried in tale types

The Man who Understands Animal Languages (previously The Animal Languages) · ATU 670 3 recorded variants
The Boy who Understands the Language of Birds (previously The Boy who Learned Many Things) · ATU 517 2 recorded variants

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