Jawnomicon

Speech

A power · Utility

12 figures have it.

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Kioh Twan

Two abilities are consistently attached to the type: extraordinary speed, sufficient to cover an enormous distance — described in terms of many thousands of li — in a single day, and the capacity for human speech or the understanding of human language, unusual among animals in the tradition.

Sea Monk

Some accounts suggest that the Sea Monk possesses an otherworldly intelligence, attempting to communicate with humans through gestures or eerie, hollow sounds that resemble Gregorian chants.

Adar Llwch Gwin

They possess an uncanny ability to understand human speech and intentions, often anticipating their companion's needs before they are expressed.

Huginn and Muninn

They are described as highly intelligent, possessing the ability to speak and reason.

Nekomata

It is said to understand human speech and even speak itself, often using this ability to deceive or manipulate humans.

Arion

This ability to communicate through both speech and song makes Arion not just a mount, but a trusted confidant and advisor to those fortunate enough to earn its loyalty.

Bakeneko

These may include the ability to speak human languages, walk on their hind legs, manipulate objects with their paws as if they were hands, and even raise the dead by jumping over corpses.

Valravn

The creature retains the ability to fly and communicate with other birds, but it can also walk upright and speak in human tongues.

Mušḫuššu

Its intelligence is said to rival that of humans, and in some tales, it is capable of speech and reason.

Homunculus

over which it is said to grow into a small human child, tiny in stature but reportedly capable of speech, movement, and even precocious intelligence.

Bayard

He understood human speech, and the romances credit him with intelligence, loyalty and speed beyond any other horse alive.

Dragon-Carp

The Dragon-Carp of Korean folklore is a hybrid in the plainest sense: the head of a dragon set on the tail and body of an enormous carp, and possessed of human speech.