Talk:The Frog Prince (story)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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. In fact, every article 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) f