• Three-bodied goddess. Hekate has three bodies standing back to back and looking in three directions. A123.1.1
• St. Peter as ruler for the air and rain. Often misunderstands the orders of God. A287.2
• Goddess standing on her head supports earth. A842.1
• Creator makes man out of butter first; it would not stand up and melted. A1226.1
• Sun, moon, and stars bring forth first parents. Sun and moon beget son; morning and evening star beget daughter; these, the first parents, are at first without understanding, but it is awakened later by demigods. A1271.1
• Origin of hair around mouth and eyes. Original dispute between Hair and Stomach. Stomach compelled to stay on inside of man. Hair stands on guard at mouth and eyes to see that Stomach does not escape. A1315.4
• Confusion of tongues partly due to lack of understanding of difference between the word for "stick" and the word for "stone." A1333.1
• Origin of physical defects. Wicked people entering heaven on rope fall to earth and are injured. St. Peter misunderstands what God says and lets them fall. A1338
• Why the guinea fowl has red feet. Cheated and could not stand the ordeal of hot oil poured on his feet. A2375.2.10
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• Cobra writes letters on prince's tongue: "Having heard all kinds of creatures talk, you will understand them." B165.1.3
• Animal understands human speech. B212
• All kinds of animals understand the language of heaven. B212.0.1
• Fox understands human speech. B212.1
• Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them. B216
• Stone deity (image of) confers upon man powers of understanding animal language. B217.7
• The courtship of the stork and the crane. Go a-courting one another across the marshes but never come to an understanding, as each time either one or the other changes his mind. (Cf. T91.) B282.23
• Helpful animal killed through misunderstanding. B331
• Faithful falcon killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn the king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1
• Faithful horse killed through misunderstanding. Tries to warn king against drinking water poisoned by snake. B331.1.1

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• ATU 1699 Misunderstanding Because of Ignorance of a Foreign Language (Including the previous Type 1699A)
• ATU 1700 'I Cannot Understand You
• ATU 1861* 'Keep your Seats!' A proud woman (mayor's wife, male student) arrives late in church (appears before an academic assembly) just as the congregation (audience) is standing up to pray
• 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 87A* The Bear Stands on a Heap of Wood