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- Deity teaches mortal. A185.3
- Culture hero teaches arts and crafts. A541
- Culture hero invents and teaches the Irish language. A541.1
- Dying culture hero. The culture hero teaches people how to die by dying himself. A565
- Culture hero teaches women how to rear their children. A1357
- God teaches people to work. A1403
- Acquisition of brandy. Devil teaches how to burn brandy. (Cf. A1456.) A1427.1
- Thrush teaches dove to build nest. (Cf. A2431.3.1.) A2271.1
- Merman teaches music. B82.4
- Frog returned to spring: grateful. Teaches hero animals' language (Cf. B217). B375.2
- Kite teaches rhyme by which he may be summoned for help. B501.2
- Magic object teaches animal languages. (Cf. D1268.) D1301
- Magic turf from church-roof teaches animal languages. (Cf. D934.) D1301.1
- Drinking blood teaches animal languages. (Cf. D1041.) D1301.2
- Marvelous ruby teaches bird's speech. (Cf. D1071.) D1301.3
- Bird's head (when eaten) teaches animal languages. D1301.4
- Magic object teaches magic. D1302
- Magic axe teaches magic. (Cf. D1206.) D1302.1
- Mountain-spirit teaches hero swordsmanship. F460.4.2.3
- The devil teaches man how to hang himself. G303.9.4.2.1
Tale types
- ATU 1163 The Devil is Tricked into Revealing a Secret (previously The Ogre Teaches the Smith how to Use Sand in Forging Iron)
- ATU 151 A Man Teaches a Wild Animal to Play the Fiddle (previously The Man Teaches Bears to Play the Fiddle)
- ATU 1682 The Horse Learns Not to Eat (previously The Groom Teaches his Horse to Live without Food)
- ATU 225 The Crane Teaches the Fox to Fly
- ATU 226 The Goose Teaches the Fox to Swim
- ATU 236 The Magpie Teaches the Dove to Build a Nest (previously The Thrush Teaches the Doves (etc