{"id":21692,"date":"2022-08-01T17:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21692"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:44:27","slug":"conte-tlingit-the-woman-who-married-a-frog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-tlingit-the-woman-who-married-a-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlingit Story: The Woman Who Married a Frog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21692\" class=\"elementor elementor-21692\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a336f5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a336f5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3415c3d\" data-id=\"3415c3d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233c274 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"233c274\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Mythology<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-127b0d0\" data-id=\"127b0d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00f3d04 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"00f3d04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/TheWomanWhoMarriedAFrog-Tlingit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wiki<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d08bdb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d08bdb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07b041b\" data-id=\"07b041b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-211ff29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"211ff29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/\">Tlingit<\/a><\/strong> are an indigenous North American ethnicity, specifically an Alaska Native people. Here is their tale: The Woman Who Married a Frog.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9347 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"The Woman Who Married a Frog\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46b2172 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46b2172\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f22e77\" data-id=\"0f22e77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82214b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82214b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/haida-tlingit-tsimshian-mythology\/tale-tlingit-the-woman-who-married-a-frog\/#The-Woman-Who-Married-a-Frog\" >The Woman Who Married a Frog<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The-Woman-Who-Married-a-Frog\"><\/span>The Woman Who Married a Frog<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d4f0ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d4f0ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80a2b1a\" data-id=\"80a2b1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffe638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ffe638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There once was a young woman who was very vain. Her father was<br \/>the village chief and her family was very respected. many young<br \/>men wanted to marry her, but she thought that she was too good for<br \/>all of them. One day, she and her sister were walking beside the<br \/>big lake in their village. That lake had many frogs. Several of<br \/>them were sitting on a mud bank, in the middle of the lake, and<br \/>she started making fun of them.<\/p><p>\u201cHow ugly those frogs are,\u201d she said. Then she stooped<br \/>over and picked up one which was sitting on the shore and looking at her.<\/p><p>\u201cYou are so ugly,\u201d she told that frog. \u201cEven another<br \/>frog wouldn&#039;t marry you!! With that, she threw the frog back into the lake.<\/p><p>That very night, when the young woman stepped outside of her lodge<br \/>to walk, while everyone else was sleeping, she was surprised to<br \/>see a young man standing there. His clothing was decorated with<br \/>beautiful green beads and he was very handsome.<\/p><p>\u201cI have come to marry you,\u201d the young man told her. \u201cCome<br \/>with me to my father&#039;s house. \u00bb<\/p><p>The young woman agreed. She had never seen such a handsome young<br \/>man and wanted to be his wife.<\/p><p>&quot;We must climb this hill to get to my father&#039;s house,&quot;<br \/>the young man said and he pointed to the lake. They started to walk<br \/>down to the water, but to the young woman, it felt as though they<br \/>were climbing a hill. When they got to the water, they didn&#039;t stop\u2026they<br \/>went under.<\/p><p>The next morning, the young woman&#039;s family noticed that she was<br \/>missing. They looked everywhere for her and when they discovered<br \/>the footprints leading to the water, they decided that she must have drowned.<\/p><p>They beat the drums and held a death feast. People, in the village,<br \/>cut their hair and blacked their faces and mourned the loss of the<br \/>young woman.<\/p><p>One day, however, a man was walking down by the lake. When he looked<br \/>at the middle, he saw a lot of frogs sitting on the mud bank. And<br \/>there, in the middle of all those frogs sat the chief&#039;s lost daughter!!!<br \/>He began to wade out towards the frogs, but they leaped into the<br \/>water, and took the young woman with them.<\/p><p>The man went very quickly to the chief&#039;s home. \u201cI have seen<br \/>your daughter! he said. \u201cShe has been taken by the frogs.<br \/>I tried to get to her, but the Frog People took her with them under<br \/>the water. \u00bb<\/p><p>The young woman&#039;s mother and father went down to the lake. There,<br \/>they saw their daughter sitting on the mud bank surrounded by the<br \/>Frog People. Just like before, when the chief tried to reach her,<br \/>the frogs leaped in and carried her under the lake with them.<\/p><p>Then, the chief&#039;s other daughter spoke.<\/p><p>\u201cMy sister insulted the Frog People,\u201d she said. That<br \/>is why they have taken her.<\/p><p>The chief knew then what he must do. He made offerings to the Frog<br \/>People, asking them to forgive his daughter. They placed dishes<br \/>of food on the surface of the water. The dishes floated out, to<br \/>the middle of the lake, and then sank. But, the frogs wouldn&#039;t give<br \/>the young woman up.<\/p><p>Then, the chief placed robes, of fine skins, on the bank. The young<br \/>woman and the Frog People came to the bank and took the robes. Aim,<br \/>when the chief came close, the Frog People drew her back into the lake.<\/p><p>The Frog People just wouldn&#039;t give up. At last, the chief had<br \/>plan. he gathered together all of the people in the village.<\/p><p>\u201cWe will dig a trench,\u201d he said. &quot;We&#039;ll drain all<br \/>of the water out of the lake, and rescue my daughter. \u00bb<\/p><p>The people dug for a long time and the water began to drain away.<\/p><p>The Frog People tried to fill the trench with mud, but they couldn&#039;t<br \/>stop the water from flowing out of the lake. The Frog People tried<br \/>to drive the people away, but the people only picked up the frogs<br \/>and dropped them back into the water. They were very careful not<br \/>to hurt any of the frogs, but they didn&#039;t stop digging the trench.<br \/>The water kept flowing out and the homes of the Frog People were<br \/>being destroyed.<\/p><p>At last, the chief of the Frog People made a decision. Afterall,<br \/>it was his son who married the young woman.<\/p><p>&quot;We aren&#039;t strong enough to fight these humans,&quot; he said.<br \/>\u201cWe must give my new daughter-in-law back to her people. \u00bb<\/p><p>So, they brought the young woman to the trench. Her father and<br \/>mother saw her and pulled her out. She was covered with mud and<br \/>smelled like a frog!<\/p><p>One frog leaped out of the water after her. It was the frog that<br \/>had been her husband. But, the people carefully picked him up and<br \/>put him back into the lake.<\/p><p>The chief took the young woman home. For a long time, she could<br \/>only speak like a frog does.<\/p><p>\u201cHuh, huh, huh!! \u00bb<\/p><p>But, finally, she began to speak like a human again.<\/p><p>\u201cThe Frog People know our language,\u201d she told the people.<br \/>\u201cWe must not talk badly about them. \u00bb<\/p><p>So from that day on, the people showed great respect to the Frog<br \/>People. They learned the songs that the woman had brought from the<br \/>Frog People and they used the frog as an emblem.<\/p><p>They learned a great lesson. They never forgot what happened to<br \/>the young woman who was too proud. To this day, when the people<br \/>of the village hear the frogs singing, they say that the frog people<br \/>are telling their children this story too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mythology Haida-Tlingit-Tsimshian Wiki The Tlingits are an indigenous ethnic group of North America, more specifically an indigenous people of Alaska. 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