Talk:The Frog Prince

message: Re  JUNG.  For once, an article that sets the right priorities. What could be more relevant to The Frog Prince than the opinion of Carl Gustav Jung. Savannasharticle in Wikipedia could be improved by displaying Jung's opinion on its subject in a prominent position. And, as everybody familiar with Jung's writings will tell you, there is no subject - in this or any other world - that this great scientist has failed to comment on.
As to his views on virgins, I have to admit that I was unable to find the exact passage but I trust that the author of the article has checked his sources well. So if Jung really states that virgins tend to see men as frogs a reader might well exclaim Nonsense! or in Jung's beloved Swiss German: Huereblöde Seich! But think again! Jung wrote in German. And in German we have the two terms Jungfrau and Jungfer. With the exception of Jungfrau Maria (Virgin Mary) the term Jungfrau denotes a virgin that will not remain a virgin if it is up to her. A Jungfrau will never see a man as a frog. Never. As a wolf or a rat maybe, as an ass or a chicken quite often, as a pig nearly always, but never as a frog. On the other hand, a Jungfer, i.e. a true or "dedicated" virgin (and this is what Jung must have had in mind), will indeed see men as frogs. All men. We might even go one step further and state that she became a Jungfer BECAUSE she sees men that way.
I hope that I have not bored anyone with my explanations. But if I have managed to convince a reader, and be it only one, that it pays to read Carl Gustav Jung closely and, above all, in GERMAN, my work will not have been in vain.
--BZ(Bruno Zollinger) 09:19, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Carl Jung Interpretation 

message: Hello! I am wondering if any reference to Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971) was omitted on purpose or if this is something that can be added to this page? 
From IMBD, the synopsis reads as follows:
Enchanted by an evil witch, a beautiful princess is forced to speak only in nonsense phrases. One day, she finds a small frog who can understand what she says. The frog claims to really be a prince, also enchanted by an evil witch. Together they must try to break their spells.
I'm guessing that this movie has been actually lost from the commercial hemisphere, since I cannot find any copies of it for sale anywhere. This was a magical story that has been lost for a long time but which brings up memories to anyone between 35 and 45 when you say 'Bake the hall in the candle of her brain'
or 'Sweetums lay your ugly head down upon your wretched bed'
I plan to contact Jim Henson productions and will update with any news here.
Louern (talk) 00:33, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971) 

message: Why in the hell is the "In popular culture" section longer than the entire rest of the article? For that matter, why is there no actual synopsis of the tale, especially the part about Iron Heinrich? This article is a disgrace.Not even Mr. Lister's Koromon survived intact. 13:30, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the vast majority of the pop culture section, as being nn. carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 00:13, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re:This article 

message: Note that in fairy tales, often to undo a shape-shifting, all you have to do is kill the the thing. However, it will change to its true form unharmed. See The Story of the Seven Simons, which is in The Crimson Fairy Book (edited by Andrew Lang); also see The Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for examples (although the latter is technically an epic poem, it does read like a fairy tale). However, the intention is usually not to undo the transformation, but rather to kill some magician, from what I've read—but that's fascinating that some people do it on purpose to remove a curse. Anyway, I'd love someone to add some information about this to the article. —76.27.43.136 (talk) 03:28, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  On shapeshifting