frogs are in general deeply feared. No one dares to kill a frog, one old women said to me. she also told me, that if one dares to hold a frog in their hand, one is very brave indeed. The person who walks barefoot, and steps on a frog, will express their terror through screaming
ethnologist Johan Nordlander (1883) mytiska sÀgner ifrÄn norrland. link http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/handle/raa/8818
an old lady tells a swedish ethnologist during the 1880s about a deep terror of frogs, ethnologists declares that âthe terror of frogsâ is an widespread belief in all of Ă„ngermanland, north sweden landskap.
frogs, apperntly, the most scary things ever.
(i just.... are we really sure this was a general belief. or was this lady just very afraid of frogs? but to other proofs are taken forward, i must assume that frogs in general, was the greates fear of all people of sweden, the original text says âallmĂ€n stor fasaâ afterall. the text from random mister ethnologists 1883 said so! what is source critism ;P)
originial swedish text
âFör grodor har man i allmĂ€nhet stor fasa.Ingen vill slĂ„ ihjĂ€l en groda, yttrade en gumma. Att vĂ„ga taga i en sĂ„dan och hĂ„lla henne i handen, visar stort mod. Den som gĂ„r barfota och rĂ„kar trampa pĂ„ en sĂ„dan, ger sin fasa tillkĂ€nna genom skri. â
