Bheki

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Bheki (Sanskrit: भेकि) is the name given to a frog that symbolises the sun on the horizon in Sanskrit legend. Related myths can be found in Germanic and Celtic culture.^[1]

In the legend, Bheki was originally a beautiful woman. A king asked her to be his wife, so she married him, but only on condition that he should never show her a drop of water. One day she grew tired, and asked for water. The king gave it to her, and she sank out of his sight, just as the sun sinks when it touches the water.

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↑ Lang, Andrew (2015) [1884]. "'Cupid, Psyche, and the "Sun-Frog"', Custom and Myth (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1884)". In Teverson, Andrew; Warwick, Alexandra; Wilson, Leigh (eds.). The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang. Vol. 1: Anthropology, Fairy Tale, Folklore, The Origins of Religion, Psychical Research. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 66–78. ISBN 9781474400213. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt16r0jdk.9. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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[1] Lang, Andrew (2015) [1884]. "'Cupid, Psyche, and the "Sun-Frog"', Custom and Myth (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1884)". In Teverson, Andrew; Warwick, Alexandra; Wilson, Leigh (eds.). The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang. Vol. 1: Anthropology, Fairy Tale, Folklore, The Origins of Religion, Psychical Research. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 66–78. ISBN 9781474400213. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt16r0jdk.9. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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