Re: ancient giant frog Beelsebufo ampinga

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Adrienne Mayor writes: 

> New York Times, February 19, 2008
> Paleontologists Reconstruct a Monster Frog 
>
> By KENNETH CHANG
> ... Beelzebufo ampinga. (Thatâs Latin for âarmored  devil toad.â)

'Armoured Lord of the Flies Toad' might be a more accurate translation. 

Even then, the name of Beelzebub is thought to be a deliberate corruption of 
one of the appellations of Ba'al (a pre-semitic storm/fertility god). The 
word "Ba'al" literally means 'the lord'. Ba'al-Zebul (Prince Ba'al) became 
Baal-Zevuv (Lord of Flies). So it could also be interpeted as 'Armoured 
Prince-Lord of Toads'. 

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