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  2. Frogs in culture - Wikipedia

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    Folklorist Andrew Lang listed myths about a frog or toad that swallows or blocks the flow of waters occurring in many world mythologies. [1]On the other hand, researcher Anna Engelking drew attention to the fact that studies on Indo-European mythology and its language see "a link between frogs and the underworld, and – by extension – sickness and death".

  3. Lycian peasants - Wikipedia

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    Latona transforms the Lycian peasants into frogs, Palazzo dei Musei ().. The Lycian peasants, also known as Latona and the Lycian peasants, is a short tale from Greek mythology centered around Leto (known to the Romans as Latona), the mother of the Olympian twin gods Artemis and Apollo, who was prohibited from drinking from a pond in Lycia by the people there.

  4. Cultural depictions of amphibians - Wikipedia

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    A plague of frogs is seen as a punishment in the Old Testament of the Bible. A frog being eaten by King Stork, by Milo Winter to illustrate a 1919 Aesop anthology. Two fables attributed to Aesop, The Frogs Who Desired a King and The Frog and the Ox feature frog characters. The Frogs is a comic play by Aristophanes.

  5. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Frogs: Leto: Some peasants in Lycia prevented Leto and her newborn twins from drinking from a pond in Lycia, and meddled the water, stirring the mud in the bottom so it was undrinkable. Leto, in anger, turned them all into frogs, forever doomed to swim in the murky waters of ponds and rivers. Lyncus: Lynx: Demeter

  6. Endangered frog daddies transported 7,000 miles to ‘give ...

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    Eleven endangered male frogs that traveled 7,000 miles in a bid to save their species from extinction have “given birth” to 33 froglets at London Zoo. Endangered frog daddies transported 7,000 ...

  7. Boiling frog - Wikipedia

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    A frog sitting on the handle of a saucepan on a hot stove. The frog in this photo was unharmed. [1] The boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will ...

  8. Forget eggs, frogs give birth to live tadpoles

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    This makes the species even more unique, as PLOS One said, because other frogs that skip the egg step typically give birth to froglets, or baby frogs, but these frogs still give birth to tadpoles.

  9. Dreaming about frogs? Why these dreams are actually ... - AOL

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    Frogs spend most of their time in water, so this kind of dream may be telling you to move toward what is nourishing for you. Pay attention and act in a way that is good for your overall health and ...