Comments on: Prince of Cups (Traditional: Page of Cups): Animal messengers, frog kisses and recognizing sacred time. http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/01/25/prince-of-cups-traditional-page-of-cups-animal-messengers-frog-kisses-and-recognizing-sacred-time/ The Mythic, Tarot & Fairy Tale musings of Lisa Hunt Sun, 13 May 2012 19:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Diane http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/01/25/prince-of-cups-traditional-page-of-cups-animal-messengers-frog-kisses-and-recognizing-sacred-time/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Diane Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:51:14 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=51#comment-10 Are these ladylike topics to be discussing!? ;) Ha ha ha!! Very interesting blog post and follow-up comments! Are these ladylike topics to be discussing!? ;) Ha ha ha!!

Very interesting blog post and follow-up comments!

]]> By: Lisa Hunt http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/01/25/prince-of-cups-traditional-page-of-cups-animal-messengers-frog-kisses-and-recognizing-sacred-time/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Lisa Hunt Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:20:30 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=51#comment-9 Excellent points and you're right, there are sexual overtones in this story and other animal bride narratives, although in this particular context I did want to focus more on emotional growth rather than sexual maturation--but it's something to consider as I approach the edits. Perhaps enchantment serves as a metaphor for those natural impulses that we deny, repress and distort. We can see these kinds of symbolic suggestions in Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and even Sleeping Beauty: enchantments appearing in the form of beast, tower, or a prick of the needle (and subsequent bleeding)--complete with phallic/sexual connotations. Fairy Tales are loaded with interesting symbolism and offer endless material for analytical conversation, don't you think? As far as who posed? I think it was a combination of us--I'll have to retrieve the reference and post it on my fairy tale site. And now we know why the frog chose to turn into a prince! Racy indeed! Thanks for pointing that out. :) Excellent points and you’re right, there are sexual overtones in this story and other animal bride narratives, although in this particular context I did want to focus more on emotional growth rather than sexual maturation–but it’s something to consider as I approach the edits. Perhaps enchantment serves as a metaphor for those natural impulses that we deny, repress and distort. We can see these kinds of symbolic suggestions in Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and even Sleeping Beauty: enchantments appearing in the form of beast, tower, or a prick of the needle (and subsequent bleeding)–complete with phallic/sexual connotations. Fairy Tales are loaded with interesting symbolism and offer endless material for analytical conversation, don’t you think?

As far as who posed? I think it was a combination of us–I’ll have to retrieve the reference and post it on my fairy tale site.

And now we know why the frog chose to turn into a prince! Racy indeed! Thanks for pointing that out. :)

]]> By: kris waldherr http://lisahuntart.com/blog/2009/01/25/prince-of-cups-traditional-page-of-cups-animal-messengers-frog-kisses-and-recognizing-sacred-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8 kris waldherr Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:35:27 +0000 http://lisahuntart.com/blog/?p=51#comment-8 Love the painting! The pose looks familiar - was this one of the ones I posed for? ;) What a fun post. I've always considered the Frog Prince a particularly resonant tale. Anyway, here's what comes to mind for me. Yup, there's definitely the "nature as messenger to access our higher self" aspect of the story. However, in some symbolism, the frog represents sexuality and fertility. For example, there's Heket, an Egyptian frog fertility goddess. Others consider the frog to look like a fetus, especially in tadpole form; also male genitals (very Freudian, I know!). Anyway, taking this symbolism into consideration, one can look upon the Frog Prince fairy tale as a parable about the feminine acceptance of the masculine, in the form of a sexual/romantic coming of age story. After all, once the princess accepts the frog into her bed, he turns into a prince (even if she does initially throw him out in a fit). Pretty racy stuff! Love the painting! The pose looks familiar – was this one of the ones I posed for? ;) What a fun post. I’ve always considered the Frog Prince a particularly resonant tale.

Anyway, here’s what comes to mind for me. Yup, there’s definitely the “nature as messenger to access our higher self” aspect of the story. However, in some symbolism, the frog represents sexuality and fertility. For example, there’s Heket, an Egyptian frog fertility goddess. Others consider the frog to look like a fetus, especially in tadpole form; also male genitals (very Freudian, I know!). Anyway, taking this symbolism into consideration, one can look upon the Frog Prince fairy tale as a parable about the feminine acceptance of the masculine, in the form of a sexual/romantic coming of age story. After all, once the princess accepts the frog into her bed, he turns into a prince (even if she does initially throw him out in a fit). Pretty racy stuff!

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