131 motifs match “frog” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• God of fate in shape of golden frog. A463.0.1
• Frog in moon. A751.3
• Man in moon a frog which has jumped into person's face and remains there. A751.3.1
• Earth supported by frog. A844.4
• Impounded water. Water is kept by monster so that mankind cannot use it. A hero defeats the monster and releases the water. (The monster is sometimes a giant frog.) A1111
• Mankind from mating of frog and "daughter of fire." A1221.5
• Animals from frogs sent as one of Egypt's plagues. A1734
• Origin of frog. A2162
• Frog fails to honor infant Jesus: loses tail. (Cf. A2221.1, A2378.2.3. A2231.4
• Rabbit (frog) eats seed-grain from fields: nose closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2335.2.4.) A2238.1
• Animal punished for hardheadedness (frog toothless, mole sightless). A2239.8
• Devil's animals devour God's. God makes white fish, devil a pike to eat it up; God a worm, devil a frog to eat it, etc. (Cf. A1751.) A2286.2.1
• Why frog has rough skin. A2311.8
• Why frog's eyes bulge out. A2332.4.3
• Why frog has no teeth. (Cf. A2239.8.) A2345.7.2
• Why frog has hunchback. A2356.2.1
• How frogs lost tails. (Cf. A2231.4, A2236.3.) A2378.2.3
• How frog lost tail. (Cf. A2242, lent to squirrel.) A2378.2.6
• Color of frog. A2411.5.2
• Why frog is spotty all over. A2412.5.2.1
• Why frogs cannot speak. A2422.7
• Frog's croak. (Cf. A2275.4.) A2426.4.1
• 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.) A2426.4.1.1
• Why frog croaks in wet weather. A2426.4.1.2
• Habitation of frog. A2433.6.6
• Friendship between frog and cricket. A2493.20
• Enmity between frog and snake. A2494.16.1
• Mythical frog. B98
• Frog with magic knowledge. B126.1
• Animal languages learned from frog. B165.2
• Magic frog. B177.2
• Speaking frog. B211.7.1
• Singing frog. B214.1.7
• Frog language. B215.4
• Community of frogs. B226.2
• King of frogs. B245.1
• War between toads and frogs. B263.1
• Wedding of frog. (Cf. B283.1.) B284.1
• Wedding of frog and mouse. ("Frog went a-courtin'"). B284.1.1
• Frog works in fields for benefactor. B292.9.1
• Dance of frog(s). B293.2
• Frog returned to spring: grateful. Teaches hero animals' language (Cf. B217). B375.2
• Helpful frog. B493.1
• Mythical frog as host to woman. B530.1
• Frog as nurse for child. B535.0.6
• Frog rescues man from kingdom of the snakes. B547.4
• Frog recovers keys from sea. B548.2.2.1
• Frog recovers Sacred Host from water. B548.5
• Person carried by frog. B557.14
• Marriage to frog. B604.5
• Marriage to person in frog form. B645.1.2
• Frog living in person's stomach rises into throat, croaks every spring. B784.0.1
• Person drinking from brook swallows animal eggs (frog or newt). B784.1.1
• Girl swallows frog spawn; an octopus grows inside her with tentacles reaching to every part of her body. B784.1.4
• Snake (frog) in human body enticed out by milk (water). B784.2.1.1
• Frog is enticed from patient's mouth by offering it a piece of cheese. B784.2.3
• Giant frog. B876.1
• Transformation: man to frog. (Cf. B643). D195
• Transformation: frog to person. D395
• Transformation: frog to object. D428.1
• Transformation: frog to tree. D428.1.1
• Transformation: apples to pig bristles (frog legs). D451.3.4
• Frog-woman disenchanted by sight of water. D789.3.1
• Magic plague of frogs drawn down on foe. D2091.2
• Magic army of snakes and frogs drawn down on foe. D2091.2.1
• Revenant as frog. E423.4
• Reincarnation as frog. (Cf. D195.) E615.1
• Soul in form of frog. E736.1
• Fairy in form of frog. F234.1.6
• Water-spirit as frog. F420.1.3.10
• Trolls eat from golden dishes, but food is frogs and snakes. F455.4.2.2
• Frog eats a rat, a baker, a man, and a horse. F911.3.4
• Frog pierces hardest metals and marbles. F989.23
• Frogs cast themselves into oven-flames and devour bread. F989.24
• Man dies from frog's bite, thinking it snakebite. F1041.1.11.4
• Frogs croak at prince's command. H71.10.3
• Task: carrying water in leaky vessel; frog sits in hole. H1023.2.1.2
• Task: placing frogs in a tree. H1024.2
• Snake is willing to suffer the indignity of serving frog king as mount because frog king gives him frogs to eat. J352.2
• Friendship of snake and frog ceases when snake wants to eat frog. J426.2
• Frog wants to be shod like a horse. J512.12
• Frogs want to collect honey like bees. J512.15
• Frogs fear increase of sun's power which will dry up all their puddles. J613.1
• Frogs fear defeated bull. See two bulls fighting; know that the loser will take refuge in their marsh. J613.2
• Frogs demand a live king. King Log. Zeus has given them a log as king, but they find him too quiet. He then gives them a stork who eats them. J643.1
• Frog persists in living in puddle on road. Disregards advice of another frog and is run over. J652.1
• Rat and frog tie paws together to cross marsh. Carried off by falcon. J681.1
• Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up. J752.1
• "But by a fine fellow!" Dying toad thus comforts his paramour, the frog, whom he is leaving neither married nor widow nor maiden and pregnant. J865.1
• More timid than the hare. Hares take heart when they see that frogs are more timid than they. J881.1
• Frog heaps abuse on bullock, who scorns him. J952.5
• Frog tries in vain to be as big as ox. Bursts. J955.1
• Frog as beauty doctor unable to cure his own ugliness. J1062.1
• Man bathing rich man uses sand instead of sandalwood: "Consider the sand of the Ganges to be sandalwood." When man asks for his fee, other takes a frog and gives it to him: "Know that the frog of the Ganges is a cow." J1511.2.1
• Frog thinks cattle are distant country. J1772.13
• Frog leaps into water after elephant's reflection. J1791.5.3
• Frog's cries misunderstood. J1811.2
• Gifts to frogs. J1851.1
• Numskull throws money to frogs so that they can count it. J1851.1.1
• Numskull feeds his wheat to frogs. He has been sent to mill to have it ground. J1851.1.2