28 motifs match “taught”  ·  back to the chapters

• Arts taught man by angel. A1460.1
• Sparrow taught to sing by lark but not sufficiently: where sparrow got voice. A2271.2
• Animals taught one another's language. B215.0.1
• People taught by God to work: claim they learned by own efforts. C53.1
• Power of prophecy lost by spitting. When possessor of power on request spits into mouth of man who has taught him, he loses the power. D1812.6.1
• Science of reincarnation taught. E600.2
• Young sparrows have learned to avoid men. Sparrow quizzes his four young as to how to avoid danger from men. Their year of experience has taught them enough. J13
• Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. J80
• Minister taught by parable to make obeisance to the new king. J80.2
• Wisdom taught by parable: cloud which gives rain to thirsting crops or drops it in ocean. J88
• Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. J99
• Relative pleasures of sexes in love taught by parable. J99.1
• Wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity. J100
• Wisdom taught by suicidal example. Man is ordered by Senate to make tyrant stop bloodshed. He kills himself and family to satiate tyrant of blood. J173
• Witness cannot speak language of accusation: discredited. Two parrots taught accusation of mistress in a particular dialect. They know nothing more of the language. (Cf. G1154.1.) J1152
• Teaching chickens to talk. Fool believes they can be taught. J1882.1
• Horse taught to live without food. Dies. J1914
• The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water. J2516.3.2
• Horse to be taught to speak. K491.2
• Dupe induced to incriminate himself. Taught incriminating song or persuaded to wear incriminating clothes. K1066
• Snake killed by incantation he has taught clever woman. K1613.5
• Curse of a woman against her caste: they should remain unclothed and untaught. M464
• Disguised king taught courtesy by peasant. P15.1.1
• Undutiful son taught lesson showing his mother has suffered from him. P236.7
• Children given in return for being taught magic. S233
• Bridegroom must be taught sexual intercourse. T166.2
• Woman taught that it is better to pray before Christ's image than before a saint's. V51.4
• Doctrine of immortality taught by druids. V311.0.1