The Golden Frog Creation Myth
In the beginning, the earth was submerged in a boundless ocean. When the lord of the universe, Buddha Sakyamuni, flew over the ocean seeking to create land, he saw a golden-bodied frog swimming from north to south. Using his bow and arrows, he shot the frog's east side, turning it northward. Fire gushed from its mouth and water from its rump. Buddha threw golden sand on the frog, which became the earth. The arrow's protruding part became a forest, the arrowhead that passed through became a metal area. The fire from the frog's mouth made the north a region of fire, and the water from its rump m