Eye of newt and toe of frog, adder's fork and lizard's leg : the lore and mythology of amphibians and reptiles / Marty Crump ; in collaboration with Dante B. Fenolio.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: viii, 320 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226116006 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 597.8 23
- QL644 .C73 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Talk to the animals -- In the beginning : creation myths -- Snakes : "good" or "evil"? -- Songs and thunderbolts : frogs, snakes, and rain -- A second chance : frogs, snakes, and rebirth -- Of love, morals, and death : amphibians and reptiles in folktales -- The lighter side : trickster tales and "how" and "why" stories -- Tailless wonders, naked serpents, and fire lizards : perception of amphibians -- Through folk beliefs -- Marshmallow-eaters, methuselahs, spiny-backs, were-lizards, and protectors : perception of reptiles through folk beliefs -- Move aside, Viagra : reptile sexual power -- Pick your poison-blood, venom, skin, or bones : folk medicines -- Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble : witchcraft and magic -- "How 'bout them toad suckers" : other ways we use amphibians and reptiles -- Singing tuatara from their holes.