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=== Cultural significance === {{Main|Frogs in culture}} Frogs have been featured in mythology, [[fairy tale]]s and popular culture. In traditional Chinese myths, the world rests on a giant frog, who would try to swallow the moon, causing the [[lunar eclipse]]. Frogs have been featured in religion, folklore, and popular culture. The [[ancient Egyptian]]s depicted the god [[Heqet]], protector of newborns, with the head of a frog. For the [[Mayan civilization|Mayans]], frogs represented water, crops, fertility and birth and were associated with the god [[Chaac]]. In the [[Bible]], [[Moses]] unleashes a [[Plagues of Egypt|plague of frog]]s on the Egyptians. Medieval Europeans associated frogs and toads with evil and [[witchcraft]].<ref name=culture>{{cite book|author=Mattison, Chris|year=2011|title=Frogs and Toads of the Worlds|publisher=Princeton University Press|pages=91β92|isbn=978-0-691-14968-4}}</ref> The [[Brothers Grimm]] fairy tale ''[[The Frog Prince]]'' features a princess taking in a frog and it turning into a handsome prince.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sleigh, Charlotee|year=2012|title=Frog|publisher=Reaktion Books|pages=40β42|isbn=978-1-86189-920-0}}</ref> In modern culture, frogs may take a comedic or hapless role, such as [[Mr. Toad]] of the 1908 novel ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'', [[Michigan J. Frog]] of [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]], the [[Muppet]] [[Kermit the Frog]] and in the game ''[[Frogger]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sleigh, Charlotee|year=2012|title=Frog|publisher=Reaktion Books|pages=167β175|isbn=978-1-86189-920-0}}</ref> {{clear}}
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