• Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. A1616.1
• Fly punished for failing to answer question: is speechless, buzzes and associates with foul things. (Cf. A2426.3.3, A2433.5.2.) A2239.2
• Owl reveals deity's secret: power of speech removed. A2239.3.1
• How animal lost voice (or power of speech). A2422
• Why dog lost his power of speech. A2422.1
• Speech of fireflies. A2426.3.6
• 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
• Animal uses human speech. B211
• Animal understands human speech. B212
• Fox understands human speech. B212.1
• Bee fetches balm from heaven to restore hero's speech. B514.2
• Marvelous ruby teaches bird's speech. (Cf. D1071.) D1301.3
• Magic object restores speech. D1507
• Magic ring restores speech. (Cf. D1076.) D1507.1
• Saint's gospel-book restores speech. (Cf. D1266.) D1507.2
• Saint's bell restores speech. (Cf. D1213.) D1507.3
• Saint's breath restores speech. (Cf. D1005.) D1507.4
• Magic cake restores speech. (Cf. D1031.2.) D1507.5
• Saint's blood restores speech. (Cf. D1003.) D1507.6
• Magic harp restores speech. (Cf. D1231.) D1507.7

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