FroggyBack
May 8, 2008 1:02 PM Subscribe
Is anyone familiar with ancient Native American legends of giant frogs riding people?
Well. That's about it. This is yet another one of those books I remember reading as a little kid. Giant, malevolent frogs that got on people's backs and forced them (the people) to carry them (the frogs) around piggyback. This wasn't a work of fiction -- well, I mean, it was, in the obvious sense that giant frogs probably never enslaved humanity, but the book itself was about folklore. ...Anybody?
Well. That's about it. This is yet another one of those books I remember reading as a little kid. Giant, malevolent frogs that got on people's backs and forced them (the people) to carry them (the frogs) around piggyback. This wasn't a work of fiction -- well, I mean, it was, in the obvious sense that giant frogs probably never enslaved humanity, but the book itself was about folklore. ...Anybody?
Best answer: I remember this story as a child. I think they were horned toads that kidnapped men and forced them to race around a track, riding on their backs? I think it was a Navajo or other Southwestern tribe. Google was no help.
posted by wrnealis at 4:16 PM on May 8, 2008
posted by wrnealis at 4:16 PM on May 8, 2008
Response by poster: Wrnealis, that sounds like it.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 6:09 AM on May 9, 2008
posted by kittens for breakfast at 6:09 AM on May 9, 2008
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I'm sure that's not what you're thinking of, but it reminded me of this nonetheless.
posted by Cochise at 2:42 PM on May 8, 2008