Speaking tree. (Cf. D950, D1317.20.)

Motif

Speaking tree. (Cf. D950, D1317.20.)

Magic. · Magic objects. · Characteristics of magic objects. · Automatic magic objects. · Magic speaking objects. · view the constellation · filed as D1610.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books , Book 4
Japanese / Shinto Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters , Section 160
Japanese / Shinto Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters , Section 23
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Historical Traditions — Myth 105 105. THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TRIBES
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua) Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated) , Part 2, Chapter 3

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys.
general Köhler Aufsätze 19ff.

Within the index

Filed under Magic speaking objects.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Tree asks to be shaken Speaking oak. (Cf. D950.2.) Speaking bush. (Cf. D964.)

Filed beside it

Magic powder makes objects speak what owner wants them to. (Cf. D1246.) Speaking sink-hole. (Cf. D933.) Speaking plant. (Cf. D965, F815.) Speaking flower. (Cf. D975.) Speaking head. (Cf. D992.) Speaking privates. Man given advice by his private parts. (Cf. D998.) Speaking loin of goat meat. (Cf. D1032.) Speaking ring. (Cf. D1076.) Speaking weapon. (Cf. D1080.) Speaking fruit. (Cf. D981.) Speaking ship. (Cf. D1123.) Speaking stove. (Cf. D1161.) Speaking dish. (Cf. D1172.) Speaking implement Speaking bell. (Cf. D1213.) Blood speaks. (Cf. D1003, D1318.5.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Tree warns of danger Magic tree Reincarnation in plant (tree) growing from grave. (Cf. E632, D1610.2.) Speaking forest. (Cf. D1610.2.)

Carried in tale types

The Singing Bone · ATU 780 6 recorded variants

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