Frog Tales in other cultures

[William Ryan]

Most stories have analogues. You will probably find most of what you 
want by referring to Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-literature, 
and the various other local motif indexes.

Will Ryan


lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA wrote:
> 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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