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The Frog God
| "The Frog God" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by Pu Songling | |||
 Xue Kunsheng burning the Frog God Temple, in a 19th-century illustration from Xiangzhu liaozhai zhiyi tuyong (Liaozhai with commentary and illustrations; 1886) | |||
| Original title | 青蛙神 (Qingwashen) | ||
| Translator | Sidney L. Sondergard | ||
| Country | China | ||
| Language | Chinese | ||
| Genre(s) | Zhiguai Romance | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio | ||
| Publication type | Anthology | ||
| Publication date | c. 1740 | ||
| Published in English | 2014 | ||
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"The Frog God" (Chinese: 青蛙神; pinyin: Qīngwā Shén) is a short story by Pu Songling collected in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1740). It revolves around a Chinese bachelor who encounters the locally revered frog god and his subsequent romance with its daughter. The titular frog deity makes an immediate reappearance in the following story, a semi-sequel simply titled "You" (Chinese: 又; lit. 'Again') in Chinese or "Another Frog God Tale" in the 2014 English translation by Sidney L. Sondergard.
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