Animal languages learned from eating animal — Mythoi

Motif

Animal languages learned from eating animal.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Speaking animals. · view the constellation · filed as B217.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross, *MacCulloch Celtic 166.

Within the index

Filed under Animal language learned.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Animal languages learned from eating serpent. (Cf. B176.) Animal languages learned from eating dragon's heart

Filed beside it

Animal languages learned from eating plant Animal languages learned from ghosts (spirits) Animal languages learned from carrying churchyard mould in hat Bird language learned by having ears magically cleansed Animal languages learned by exchanging tongues with helpful dragon Stone deity (image of) confers upon man powers of understanding animal language Language of animals learned by Adam from Eve

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