The Frog Princess - Jewish Tale Sources and Parallels

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 316

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 17, 2025

Frog Princess.

Eisenstein, Oser, p. 344. Maase Buch No. 143. Helvicus, Historien I, ch. 14, p. 64. Eisenmenger, I, p. 399. Tendlau, Fellmeier,

No. 1.

Griinbaum, Jiid. Dtsch.

Chrest. p. 407.

Levi, R. E. J. XXXIII, p. 239 ff.

Ben Gorion II, p. 225,

354-

239

Bolte & Polivka, An- merkungen, II, p. 19 ff.

Cosquin, Contes No. 73, II, p. 290—303.

Gas ter, in F oik Lore, VI I, 1896, p. 232 ff. Kohler, Kl. Schriften,

I, p. 581.

Kohler, Germania, XI, p. 398 ff.

Liebrecht, Zur Volks- kunde, p. 29 f. cf. Grimm, No. 62.

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Wisdom Conversion Royalty

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