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Motifs — first 20 of 86
- Culture hero invents and teaches the Irish language. A541.1
- Language of heaven. A667
- Confusion of tongues. Originally all men speak same language. Because of a sin they come to speak different languages. A1333
- Origin of language. A1482
- Hebrew the language of the inhabitants of heaven. A1482.1
- Origin of particular languages. A1616
- Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. A1616.1
- Origin of Irish language. A1616.2
- 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
- Formerly animals and man spoke the same language. God took the power of speech from the animals because men refused to kill speaking beasts. B210.3
- All kinds of animals understand the language of heaven. B212.0.1
- First animals knew human language. B212.0.2
- Animal languages. The various animals have languages of their own. (Cf. B251.1.2.) B215
- Animals taught one another's language. B215.0.1
- Bird language. B215.1
- Dog language. B215.2
Tale types
- ATU 1322 Words in a Foreign Language Thought to be Insults
- ATU 1628 The Learned Son and the Forgotten Language
- ATU 1699 Misunderstanding Because of Ignorance of a Foreign Language (Including the previous Type 1699A)
- ATU 517 The Boy who Understands the Language of Birds (previously The Boy who Learned Many Things)
- ATU 670 The Man who Understands Animal Languages (previously The Animal Languages)
- ATU 670A The Woman who Understands Animal Languages
- ATU 671 The Three Languages
- ATU 924 Discussion in Sign Language