jmd
Apart from frogs actually being used in this manner in prestigitative acts (better than a huntsman spider - the size of a human adult hand - used by a person I know of!), it may also be worth remembering the symbolic significance of the frog as a creature of metamorphosis.
In one of the subscriber forums, Aoife and firemaiden give some wonderful description of the role of frogs... (unfortunately, this thread is only available to subscribers - but Aoife and firemaiden may be pursuaded, with a little bit of encouragement, to share their thoughts here
).
I agree, by the way, that the depiction is clearly of a frog...
In one of the subscriber forums, Aoife and firemaiden give some wonderful description of the role of frogs... (unfortunately, this thread is only available to subscribers - but Aoife and firemaiden may be pursuaded, with a little bit of encouragement, to share their thoughts here
).I agree, by the way, that the depiction is clearly of a frog...
