44 motifs match “dumb”  ·  back to the chapters

• Formerly men dumb: birds and animals talked. A1101.2.3
• Why white crow is dumb. A2422.3
• Dumbness as punishment for breaking tabu. (Cf. C311.1.4.) C944
• Bell indicates place for settlement. Remains dumb until place destined for saint's final settlement is reached. (Cf. D1213, D1314.1.2, D1314.2.1.) D1314.4
• Magic gold taken from hill restores speech when it is laid under the tongue of dumb person. D1507.8
• Deaf and dumb man can see soul taken to happiness or punishment. D1821.7
• Magic dumbness. D2020
• Causes of magic dumbness. D2021
• Dumbness as curse. D2021.1
• Dumbness magically cured by astonishment. D2025.4
• Person abducted by Echo crazed and dumb. D2065.6
• Dumbness magically cured. (Cf. D2020.) D2161.3.6
• Dumb person brought to speak. F954
• Thread under dumb man's tongue cut. This permits him to speak. F954.1
• Dumbness cured by question. F954.2
• Dumb princess is brought to speech by tale ending with a question to be solved. F954.2.1
• Dumbness cured by saint's question. F954.2.2
• Chilli plant so hot it causes dumb man to speak: thus discovered for eating. F954.4
• Dumbness from disgust. F1041.19
• Deaf and dumb people speak. F1041.22
• Man forced to eat dead father's heart struck dumb. G91.1.1
• Witch makes person dumb. G263.4.4
• Suitor test: bringing dumb princess to speak. H343
• Dumb princess brought to speak by shepherd who insults her. H343.1
• B warns A not to tie his horse near B's. Horses fight and A's is killed. In court B plays dumb. A says B could talk the day before, and repeats conversation. Judge blames A for not taking advice. J1141.1.12
• Illness (madness, dumbness, etc.) feigned to escape unwelcome marriage. (Cf. K522.0.1, K523.1.) K523.0.1
• Sham dumb man wins suit. The trickster meets a man in a narrow place in the road and calls out to him to make room. The man refuses and the trickster turns over the cart. In court the trickster plays dumb. The plaintiff says, "He is not dumb; he called out to me several times to get out of the way." Damages are assessed against the plaintiff for negligence. K1656
• Deception by playing deaf and dumb. K1981
• Dumb hero. L124
• Dumbness as punishment for hiding children. Q451.3.1
• Dumbness as punishment for lying. (Cf. Q263.) Q451.3.2
• Dumbness as punishment for opposition to holy person. (*Cf. Q227.) Q451.3.3
• Son stricken dumb as punishment for father's opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q411.3.) Q451.3.3.1
• Dumbness as punishment for blasphemy. Q451.3.4
• Man who cuts off tongue of swallow has dumb children. (Cf. Q285.1.1.) Q552.5.1
• Girl punished for jeering at saint. Is stricken dumb and distaff sticks to her hand. (Cf. Q227.) Q559.5
• Man stricken dumb for surly speech. (Cf. Q327, Q451.3.) Q583.2
• Dumb man recovers speech in order to confess. V23.2
• Saint restores dumb man's speech. (Cf. D1507.) V221.2
• Saint cures dumb person. V221.11
• Jews protesting against marriage of Jewess and Christian are struck dumb. V343
• Pagan disputant with Christian stricken dumb. V352
• Lie: deaf, dumb, blind, and lame men catch hare. X1791
• Three trees called "Grief," "Dark," and "Dumb-Mouthless Oak." Z183.1