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Motifs — first 20 of 131
- 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
Episodes
- Australian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales · 54 The Frog Heralds of the Flood
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 1 1.— THE FROG-KINa, OR IRON HENRY.
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica · THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE
- Myths of the Cherokee · ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 13 13. THE GREAT YELLOW-JACKET: ORIGIN OF FISH AND FROGS
- Myths of the Cherokee · Snake. Fish, and Insect Myths — Myth 60 60. WHY THE BULLFROGS HEAD IS STRIPED
- Myths of the Cherokee · Snake. Fish, and Insect Myths — Myth 61 61. THE BULLFROG LOVER
Tale types
- ATU 1231 The Attack on the Hare (Crayfish, Toad, Frog)
- ATU 1339F Frog Eaten as Herring
- ATU 150A* The Frog's Counsels
- ATU 238 The Dove and the Frog Boast to Each Other (previously The Keen Sight of the Dove and the Keen Hearing of the Frog)
- ATU 242 The Crow's Oath (previously The Frog Enticed out of his Hole)
- ATU 275C* The Race of Frog and Snail
- ATU 277 The King of the Frogs
- ATU 277A The Frog Tries in Vain to be as Big as the Ox
- ATU 278 The Frog and the Mouse Tied Together (previously Rat and Frog Tie Paws Together to Cross Marsh)
- ATU 278A The Frog Persists in Living in Puddle on Road