27 motifs match “languages”  ·  back to the chapters

• Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages. A1333
• Origin of particular languages. A1616
• Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. A1616.1
• Animal languages learned from animal. B165
• Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.) B165.1
• Animal languages learned by having ears licked by serpent. (Cf. B161.1.) B165.1.1
• Animal languages from stolen serpent's crown. (Cf. B176.) B165.1.2
• Animal languages learned from frog. B165.2
• Animal languages. The various animals have languages of their own. (Cf. B251.1.2.) B215
• Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them. B216
• Animal languages learned from eating animal. B217.1
• Animal languages learned from eating serpent. (Cf. B176.) B217.1.1
• Animal languages learned from eating dragon's heart. B217.1.2
• Animal languages learned from eating plant. B217.2
• Animal languages learned from ghosts (spirits). B217.3
• Animal languages learned from carrying churchyard mould in hat. B217.4
• Animal languages learned by exchanging tongues with helpful dragon. B217.6
• Tabu: revealing knowledge of animal languages. C425
• Magic object teaches animal languages. (Cf. D1268.) D1301
• Magic turf from church-roof teaches animal languages. (Cf. D934.) D1301.1
• Drinking blood teaches animal languages. (Cf. D1041.) D1301.2
• Bird's head (when eaten) teaches animal languages. D1301.4
• Quest assigned because of hero's knowledge of animal languages. H1214
• Dupe persuaded to scald self with hot water in order to learn languages. K1046
• Prophesying through knowledge of animal languages. M302.1
• Murder discovered through knowledge of bird languages. Birds point out the murder. N271.4
• Understanding of animal languages leads to discovery of a treasure. N547