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A salamander unharmed in the fire (Bestiary, 14th century) The salamander is an amphibian of the order Urodela which once, like many real creatures, often was suppositiously ascribed fantastic and sometimes occult qualities by pre-modern authors, as in the allegorical descriptions of animals in medieval bestiaries.
Il Belliegha - (Malta) Eel like monster with a frog tongue and a hand on the tip of its tail that eats children who get too close to open wells. Isonade; Namazu; Ningyo; Kun; Salmon of Wisdom; Shachihoko (Japanese) – a creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp; Mug-wamp - Canadian giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake ...
Crazy Frog; The Hynerians from Farscape [14] The Hypnotoad from Futurama [14] Kermit the Frog [14] and Robin the Frog from The Muppets; Michigan J. Frog, star of the Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB; Queen Oona from Disenchantment belongs to a race of amphibious humanoids called Salamanders.
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California mule deer; California myotis; California night snake; California Oak Moth; California pocket mouse; California quail; California red-legged frog; California rock lizard; California scrub jay; California slender salamander; California thrasher; California tiger salamander; California tortoiseshell; California towhee; California tree ...
The Greeks and Romans associated frogs with fertility and harmony, and with licentiousness in association with Aphrodite. [4] The combat between the Frogs and the Mice (Batrachomyomachia) was a mock epic, commonly attributed to Homer, though in fact a parody of his Iliad. [8] [9] [10] The Frogs Who Desired a King is a fable, attributed to Aesop.
Has Halloween come early? Monstrous deep sea angler fish have washed up on the shores of a park in California
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.