I've been into giving quotes that matches the topic fairy tale and here I will say that this one we got here is the perfect one for "Don't make promises that you can't keep." The "Frog Prince" or in its original German translation, "The Frog King" or the "Iron Heinrich"; still written by our favorite the Brothers' Grimm. Either way it's till the same. A short story of finding a true love; but not so good of the characters. Personally, this is the most boring story for me, because I see no essence of true love in it. But as I go along the research, well, as always, there's more than meets the eye.
As everyone is familiar of the story, I will jump to the first favorite branch: mythology.
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I found an article entitled "Frog, Toad - Dream Symbol" written by Lori Phillips from the site BellaOnline.com. Phillips talked about the different interpretations of a frog in various mythologies such as it being a symbol of transformation or fertility. In Egyptian Mythology, there was a frog goddess named "Heket" and she symbolizes life and fertility to the Egyptians and her image was worn for pregnant women in belief that they would give a safe birth. In Native American mythology, they are believed to control the rain. While when they appear in dreams, frogs symbolizes the deeper aspect of one's self, may it be thoughts, emotions, or creative aspects. As stated earlier, they also symbolize fertility since they lay a lot of eggs and also can mean birth of ideas. The leaping frog in a dream are seen as positive symbols, but may also mean inattentiveness because of the frog leaping around, it may mean of things incomplete or undone that we have missed.
Phillips also said that "When thinking of animals associated with rebirth or transformation in mythology, it may be easy to overlook the lowly frog. But the frog has a prominent place in the mythology of many world cultures as a symbol of transformation or fertility meaning that the little green gal also has a firm footing in the collective unconscious, the place where dreams are made."
Looking back, we might have ignored the value of frogs in tales but really, this little guys have declared some special value for themselves. I never experienced of encountering a frog in a dream; or I might have but I can't really remember. The frog had always been that tiny subject that is passed out from judgement. And now that we know that they mean a lot, maybe it's time to take a look on the little creatures.
It seems like I haven't gotten enough from sexual topics that I found the article entitled "The Individuation Process: The Shadow" by Carl Jung from the site MythsDreamsSymbols.com.
In the site, there's a part that stated that the story of Frog Prince shows the meaning of a young woman overcoming her fear of sex. It said that the frog has a connection to dragons and monsters that guards treasures; where the treasure is the true self; the princess's kiss on the prince is the acceptance of the shadow (the underside of one's personality); and the transformation of the prince is the wholeness of discovering true self-hood. In other words, it sort of symbolizes maturity of a woman to overcome her own fears, not just sex.
If you had read the story, the princess was a stubborn and irresponsible kind of girl at the beginning when she broke her promise to the frog. While she ignores the callings of the frog to let him inside her room, it took him 3 tries for her to finally allow him to her bed. But by then, the princess already accepted him and that's why he was given the kiss that released him from his spell. We may hate the princess, but yeah, she had proven something.
I'll hate the princess for all she cares, but still she got the last laugh. But not only that, there's still some morals though. A girl in order to become a woman should come out of her cave and explore what's outside, her fears and beliefs included. To grow, it doesn't take us overnight, (well yeah the princess kind of did but that's not the point), there's always that little lesson that should slap us back to our senses. And also for the prince's part, to be fully free on our self-inflicted spells, we must endure sacrifice and spin a lot of hope and patinece in order for us to achieve the dreams we have been waiting.
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