According to Vietnamese folklore, the Jade Emperor was so impressed by the courage demonstrated by Toad when he traveled all the way to Heaven in order to plead for rain to end a drought that he bestowed the title of “Uncle of Heaven” upon the amphibian. #MythologyMonday

📷: John Cameron

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