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

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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

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Chapter 38XXXVIII. SCHOLARS.
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 11.— THE FROG-KINa, OR IRON HENRY.
Literary CrystallizationThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Chapter 51LI. ON PASSING-BY.

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

JewishNeuman
JapaneseIkeda
AngolaChatelain 217 No. 38
general Liberia: Bundy JAFL XXXII 420.

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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

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Toad's croak

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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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