Frog's croak. (Cf. A2275.4.)

Motif

Frog's croak. (Cf. A2275.4.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2426.4.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None , Chapter 38 XXXVIII. SCHOLARS.
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 1 1.— THE FROG-KINa, OR IRON HENRY.
Literary Crystallization Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None , Chapter 51 LI. ON PASSING-BY.

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman
Japanese Ikeda
Angola Chatelain 217 No. 38
general Liberia: Bundy JAFL XXXII 420.

Within the index

Filed under Other animal cries.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Frogs formerly were ducks stolen from Eden by Cain. God changed them to frogs; and so frogs sound like ducks in the spring. (Cf. A2162.) Why frog croaks in wet weather

Filed beside it

Toad's croak

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Animal cries recall ancient adventure. The ancient animal cries out in difficulty. The present animal has the same cry. (Cf. A2426.1.1, A2426.4.1.) Magic song causes chips from tree to return. (Cf. D1275, A2426.4.1.)

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