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- 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
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