Frog Tales in other cultures

[Tatjana Gornostaja]

Dear Lily,

Aleksey Panteleev "Dve Lyagushki" ("Two frogs" in EN),

Regards,
Tatiana

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Thank you Everybody who answered!

On another frog topic - the two frogs in a pot with sour creme - one  
gave up and another was kicking until it became a butter. It is  
considered to be a Russian "folk tale" - the author unknown.

Anybody has anything on its sources and origin?

Are there any famous - really really famous and paradigmatic - tales  
about the frogs in other cultures, including English / American?

Many thanks again,

Lily Alexander

Quoting Eric Metz <eric.metz at UGENT.BE>:

> Dear Lily,
>
> The author of this tale - "Lyagushka-puteshestvennitsa" - is   
> Vsevolod Garshin.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Eric Metz
> Ghent University
>
> Citeren lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA:
>
>> Dear Seelangers,
>>
>> Could anyone remind me of the well known tale - who authored it, etc.?
>>
>> It is about a frog that decided to fly south with the geese by holding
>> a twig in her mouth, carried by two helpful birds. Naturally she was
>> supposed to keep silent, but could not help herself and started
>> talking, and therefore fell down.
>>
>> Who is the author? It it a folk tale?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Lily Alexander
>>
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