108 motifs match “tongue” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Origin of tongue. A1316.5
• Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages. A1333
• Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." A1333.1
• What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.) A2236.1
• Magpie tells man he is to die next day: no tongue and long tail. God pulls out his tongue and makes his tail long for doing this forbidden thing. (Cf. A2344.2.6, A2378.3.1.) A2236.4
• Crocodile is punished for trying to attack man he is carrying: has only half tongue. A2239.7
• Origin and nature of animal's tongue. A2344
• Why animal has short tongue. A2344.1
• Why crocodile has short tongue. A2344.1.1
• Why crocodile has half a tongue. (Cf. A2239.7.) A2344.1.1.1
• Why crocodile has no tongue. A2344.1.1.2
• Why alligator has short tongue. A2344.1.2
• Why animal has no tongue. A2344.2
• Why gnat has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.1.) A2344.2.1
• Why eel has no tongue. A2344.2.2
• Why swallow has no tongue. A2344.2.3
• Why titmouse has no tongue. A2344.2.4
• Why cormorant has no tongue. (Cf. A2422.8.) A2344.2.5
• Why magpie has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.4.) A2344.2.6
• Cause of color of animal's tongue. A2344.3
• Why sheep's tongue is black. A2344.3.1
• Cobra writes letters on prince's tongue: "Having heard all kinds of creatures talk, you will understand them." B165.1.3
• Animal languages learned by exchanging tongues with helpful dragon. B217.6
• Tongue of woman who breaks tabu protrudes and entwines itself around a post in the home. C948.3
• Transformation: tongue to other object. D457.14
• Transformation: ogress's tongue to surfboard. D457.14.1
• Transformation: tongue to flame. D457.14.2
• Disenchantment by removing ring from under dead girl's tongue. Lover is thus freed from loving her. D765.1.1.1
• Magic object found under dead girl's tongue. D849.6
• Magic tongue. D992.5
• Magic tongue of animal. D1011.6
• Magic bird's tongue reveals truth. (Cf. D1011.6.) D1316.13
• Leek put under the tongue of supposed dead person preserves him from harm by burial. (Cf. D983.3.) D1389.12
• Magic gold taken from hill restores speech when it is laid under the tongue of dumb person. D1507.8
• Magic stone under tongue gives power of flying. (Cf. D931.) D1531.4
• Cleric's tongueless bell rings. D1601.18.1.1
• Magic speaking tongue. D1610.5.1
• Magic knowledge of strange tongues. D1815
• Gift of tongues received from ghosts. D1815.0.1
• Magic paralysis of tongue of a talkative wife. D2072.0.5.3
• Magic restoration of cut-out tongue. D2161.3.6.1
• Ghosts as dogs with glowing tongues and eyes. (Cf. E423.1.1, E522.) E421.3.6
• Dogs with fiery tongues in wild hunt. E501.4.1.2
• Substituted tongue. E782.5
• Person's tongue as path to sky. F57.2
• Person without tongue. F513.2
• Remarkable tongue. F544.2
• Golden tongue. F544.2.1
• Long tongue. F544.2.2
• Long tongue cut out and used to bridge a stream. F544.2.2.1
• Tongue with hair growing from it. F544.2.3
• Tongue with thorns. F544.2.4
• Voice made smooth by having ant bite tongue. F556.1.2
• Thread under dumb man's tongue cut. This permits him to speak. F954.1
• Books in church read without man's tongue. F1055
• Goat's tongue pierced with sharp needle; consequently, witch is sick with pierced tongue. G252.2
• Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue. G572.2
• Dragon-tongue proof. Dragon slayer cuts out the tongues and uses them later to prove his identity as slayer. H105.1
• False dragon-head proof. Impostor cuts off dragon heads (after tongues have been removed) and attempts to use them as proof of slaying the dragon. H105.1.1
• Tongue as proof that man has been murdered. H105.2
• Tongue of slain giant as proof of slaying. H105.2.1
• Symbolic meaning of spiced and bitter tongue served at dinner. (Cf. H605, H606.) H604
• Riddle: seven tongues in a head. (A horse's head in which a bird's nest is found with seven birds in it.) H793
• Quest for unknown magic words. Hero seeks them on the heads of swallows, the necks of swans, the backs of geese, and the tongues of reindeer. H1382.1
• Endurance test: scalding mush scattered on heroine's naked body; rasp-tongued dogs lick wounds. H1503
• Debate of tongue and other bodily members. J461.1.3
• Fools try to use buffalo tongue as a knife. J1971
• Wolf trying to catch tongue of camel puts head in camel's mouth: killed. J2131.5.5
• Camel has offered one pound of flesh to jackal for help. Camel's tongue demanded. K255.4
• Fox to crocodile who has caught him by the tongue: "Those are the dirty clothes I've been washing!" She lets go. K543.1
• Victim persuaded to hold out his tongue: cut off. Robbers induced by various excuses (to learn to sing, to learn foreign language, to have a hair taken off the tongue). K825
• Cormorant's tongue pulled out by putting louse on it. K825.1
• Victim persuaded to hold out tongue: bitten off. K825.1.1
• Man causes victim to bite his tongue off. K825.3
• Man dupes animals into turning their tongues upside down. K1064
• Teaching Latin. Cuts off tip of pupil's tongue or orders him to lick cold iron – pupil injures himself. K1068.2
• Dupe wishing to learn to play flute puts tongue in split bamboo. K1111.0.1.1
• Bad breath and forked tongue reveal identity of snake-king in guise of human. K1822.3
• Tongue of dead lawyer found to be lacking. P422.1.1
• Punishment for cutting off bird's tongue. (Cf. Q451.4, Q552.5.1.) Q285.1.1
• Man slits tongue of magpie so that it can learn to speak. His fingernails grow out like bird's claws as punishment. Q285.1.1.1
• Tongue cut off as punishment. Q451.4
• Tongue cut off as punishment for theft. (Cf. Q212.) Q451.4.1
• Tongue cut out as punishment for gossip. (Cf. Q314.) Q451.4.2
• Tongue cut off as punishment for incest. (Cf. Q242.) Q451.4.3
• Tongue cut off as punishment for treachery. (Cf. Q261.) Q451.4.4
• Tongue cut out as punishment for murder. (Cf. Q211.) Q451.4.5
• Tongue cut out as punishment for fault-finding (satire). (Cf. Q312.) Q451.4.6
• Man pulls out his own tongue in remorse. Q451.4.7
• Tongue cut off as punishment for alleged adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Q451.4.8
• Tongue cut (bitten) off as punishment for unfaithfulness to wife. Q451.4.8.1
• Hanging by tongue as punishment. Q451.4.9
• Punishment: stretching tongue to enormous length. Q451.4.10
• Heretic suddenly becomes tongue-tied. Q551.7.1.1
• Magic punishment: tongue protrudes from mouth of sinner and blindness follows. Q551.8.6
• Man who cuts off tongue of swallow has dumb children. (Cf. Q285.1.1.) Q552.5.1
• Palace in other world of the dead where are rooms full of tongues, hands, etc. of men committing sins in this world. Q561.4
• Lying woman's tongue swells. (Cf. Q551.6.1.) Q583.4
• Heads (tongues) of slain enemies as trophies. S139.2.2.1.1