>>27152513From here, it would only make sense that the two symbols, each deemed by the myth makers as devious, dubious, and ominous as the other, would be eventually lumped together as it was in Medieval and Reformation era Europe.
Within Puritan England and British America especially, Toads and frogs were commonly seen as evil spirits, who accompanied witches and would assist them in their malevolent designs and deeds. In the annals of the witch trials at St. Osyth, in England, 1582, Ursula Kempe's younger son testified that one of her four daemons, a black toad by the name of Pigin, had once caused an illness in another young boy. Toads and frogs were also commonly used as poisonous ingredients in potions. It was said in the 15th to the 17th centuries that "the women-witches of ancient time which killed by poysoning, did much use toads in their confections." Male witches were also purported to use toads for their poisonous magic.
It appears that no matter what dogma we turn to, what period we ponder upon, or soil we visit, we seem to find, at its core, the same concepts of both good and evil regarding both the humble frog and the majestic woman. This will form the baseline, and the main ideas to keep in mind throughout the course of this dialogue.
