{"id":4065,"date":"2023-03-22T17:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/?post_type=product&p=4065"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:22:19","slug":"the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspired by the classic fables of the scorpion and the frog, and the earlier Persian tale of the scorpion and the turtle, this artwork brings both versions of the story together in a single imaginative design. These timeless tales explore the idea that some individuals act according to their nature, even when it leads to harm for themselves and others. Through detailed animal imagery and thoughtful composition, this piece captures the enduring message and symbolism of these well-known fables. Perfect for lovers of folklore, storytelling, and meaningful art, this unique design offers a creative interpretation of two classic moral tales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fable the scorpion and the frog originates in Russia. A
\nprecursor to this fable is a Persian fable about the scorpion and the
\nturtle. Both fables have the moral of the story being that vicious people
\ncan’t help but hurt others even if it doesn’t benefit them. Here is my
\ndesign showing both versions with animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,23],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4065","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-design","product_cat-uncategorized","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle - Imagine My Universe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle - Imagine My Universe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The fable the scorpion and the frog originates in Russia. A precursor to this fable is a Persian fable about the scorpion and the turtle. Both fables have the moral of the story being that vicious people can't help but hurt others even if it doesn't benefit them. Here is my design showing both versions with animals.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Imagine My Universe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/imaginemyuniverse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-01T10:22:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@imaginemyuniver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle - Imagine My Universe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-22T17:09:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-01T10:22:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1920,\"caption\":\"The fable the scorpion and the frog originates in Russia. A precursor to this fable is a Persian fable about the scorpion and the turtle. Both fables have the moral of the story being that vicious people can't help but hurt others even if it doesn't benefit them. Here is my design showing both versions with animals.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/product\\\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Imagine My Universe\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"http:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/logo2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/logo2.png\",\"width\":211,\"height\":127,\"caption\":\"http:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/imaginemyuniverse.com\\\/imageUniv_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/imaginemyuniverse\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/imaginemyuniver\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle - Imagine My Universe","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle - Imagine My Universe","og_description":"The fable the scorpion and the frog originates in Russia. A precursor to this fable is a Persian fable about the scorpion and the turtle. Both fables have the moral of the story being that vicious people can't help but hurt others even if it doesn't benefit them. Here is my design showing both versions with animals.","og_url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/","og_site_name":"Imagine My Universe","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/imaginemyuniverse","article_modified_time":"2026-06-01T10:22:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@imaginemyuniver","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/","url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/","name":"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle - Imagine My Universe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp","datePublished":"2023-03-22T17:09:51+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-01T10:22:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/scorpion-and-frog-jpg.webp","width":1920,"height":1920,"caption":"The fable the scorpion and the frog originates in Russia. A precursor to this fable is a Persian fable about the scorpion and the turtle. Both fables have the moral of the story being that vicious people can't help but hurt others even if it doesn't benefit them. Here is my design showing both versions with animals."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/product\/the-scorpion-frog-and-turtle\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"shop","item":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Scorpion, Frog, and Turtle"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/","name":"Imagine My Universe","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/#organization","name":"http:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/","url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/logo2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/logo2.png","width":211,"height":127,"caption":"http:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/imaginemyuniverse","https:\/\/x.com\/imaginemyuniver"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4065"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imaginemyuniverse.com\/imageUniv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}