TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeGraaff, Robert M
TI  - The book of the toad: : a natural and magical history of toad-human relations
SN  - 0892812613
AV  - QL668.E227 D44 1991 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Rochester, VT
PB  - Park Street Press
KW  - Toad--Symbolic aspects
KW  - FAST
KW  - Toads
KW  - Toads in religion, folklore, and mythology
N1  - Part 1: a natural history. Toad or frog?. Toad evolution. Toad music and mating. Toad navigation. Toad the hunter. Toad the hunted. Part II: Toad-human relations. The pharmaceutical toad. Bufotenine, shamanism, and toad the earth mother. The oriental toad. The evil medieval toad. Toads and witchcraft. Queen Elizabeth and the frog/toad duke. Toad folk and fairy tales. The enduring toad. The toad among children. Real toads in real gardens. The toad today. Appendix A: The Great Toad Hunt, by Howard McCord. Appendix B: Le Crapaud, by Victor Hugo
N2  - 'This comprehensive and entertaining compendium of toad lore surveys the history of toads as biological entity, literary and artistic subject, mythological symbol, and threatened species. It brings to light a multitude of unexpected details regarding the life of the toad, ranging from its role as insect eater in gardens and pharmaceutical ingredient in shamanic hallucinogens, to its time-honored place in witchcraft and its apotheosis in the stars as the constellation Bufo.'
ER  -