Friday, August 31, 2012

Frogs.

So on my second vacation, we are surrounded by Native American land, and all the gift shops sell their wares.  One shop, was unique in it explained all the different gifts. When I stumbled upon their meaning for the frog I was shocked.  So now that I have a second to breathe I started looking them up a little more.

Frogs were also worshipped in the Americas. In many areas in ancient times the patron goddess of fertility and childbirth was a frog or a toad. Again they were associated with the rains. One Peruvian tribe placed statuettes of frogs on hilltops to call down the rain. To the early Aztecs the great mother goddess was a toad. In representations she often appears in a squatting position, giving birth to the world.

Now a priest who I used to work for, always gave couples at their weddiing a frog, that he instructed them to be prominently placed in their kitchen, so they both could see it everyday.

I'm going to look for a frog very sooon !!

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