33 motifs match “frogs”  ·  back to the chapters

• Animals from frogs sent as one of Egypt's plagues. A1734
• How frogs lost tails. (Cf. A2231.4, A2236.3.) A2378.2.3
• Why frogs cannot speak. A2422.7
• 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
• Community of frogs. B226.2
• King of frogs. B245.1
• War between toads and frogs. B263.1
• Magic plague of frogs drawn down on foe. D2091.2
• Magic army of snakes and frogs drawn down on foe. D2091.2.1
• Trolls eat from golden dishes, but food is frogs and snakes. F455.4.2.2
• Frogs cast themselves into oven-flames and devour bread. F989.24
• Frogs croak at prince's command. H71.10.3
• 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
• 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
• 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
• More timid than the hare. Hares take heart when they see that frogs are more timid than they. J881.1
• 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
• Numskull throws money to frogs to repay them. They have frightened his fleeing ass from the water. J1851.1.3
• Wool taken to pond for frogs and toads to weave. J1851.1.4
• Frogs to eat insects, snakes to eat frogs. Snakes eat numskull's family. J2102.8
• Protecting the prince's slumber. To keep croaking frogs from disturbing him, the fools shoot at the frogs all night. J2105
• Frogs reprove ass for lamenting when he falls into morass. "What would you do if you had to live here always?" J2211.1
• Big voice: little creature. (Frogs, crickets.) U113
• Water of stream or lake freezes just as frogs jump into lake. The frogs are caught in the ice. X1130.3
• Lies about frogs. X1342
• Lie: bullfrogs several years old cannot swim – have never had water to learn in. X1643.1
• Bird avenges caged mate. Builds cart, yokes frogs to it, arms himself with piece of reed, and proclaims war with king. Collects cat, ants, rope, club, and river. He is put by king into fowl house; cat eats up fowls. In stable rope and club beat up horses. In elephant-house ants get into their brains and kill them all. Tied to king's bed, river floods king in his bed. King gives bird back his mate. Z52