This myth has been circulated for a long time, but do you know why the stork wants to deliver?
We all know how babies are born. People can see the stork flying over the roof with a small cloth bag, and then landing in front of a happy couple's door, they open their baby, smiling newborn-right? This myth used to be an ordinary story, telling children who were considered too small to tell you anything different.
Storks have been associated with babies and families for centuries. In Greek mythology, Hera turned her rival into a stork, and after the stork tried to steal her son, they were associated with stealing the baby. In Egyptian mythology, a person's soul "Ba" is usually represented by a stork. The return of the stork means the return of the soul, at which time people can become active again. In Norse mythology, storks represent family values and commitment to each other.
In some myths, the stork is also a symbol of loyalty and monogamous marriage, because it is generally believed that the stork is a life-long companion. In fact, they do not mate for life, but they return to the same nest every year, and they usually mate with the same partner.
Storks also appear in Chinese, Israeli and various European cultural myths, but the association of storks bringing new babies to couples is believed to have started in Germany hundreds of years ago.
The natural behavior of storks provides clues to their birth. As a migratory bird, the white stork will fly to the south in autumn and return to Europe in 9 months. They can usually be seen northward to build nests around March and April. Babies born in 3, April are likely to be pregnant in June of the previous year. The Midsummer Eve on June 21 is a festival to celebrate the summer solstice, but it is also a festival for pagan marriages and childbirth. Since many marriages and other unions will take place during this time, many babies will be born when the white stork is flying north, which links "the white stork brings the child". Atene combined their history in myths and legends probably contributed to the popularity of this story today.
The fable in the short story "Stork" written by Andersen in the 19th century is widely circulated.In this story, a stork flies over a village and is teased by a little boy. In order to take revenge, they send a dead baby to the child's home. In this version of the story, white storks grab babies from their dreaming pond and send them to families with good children. Another popular version of this story is that the baby was found in a cave called Adeborsteines-in German, Adeborsteines literally means "stork's stone". They are thrown on their heads to tell the storks that they want a sibling; or they can pick up the baby from the sea and place it on a stone to dry.
The spread of this story is probably due to people's awareness. It's a bit strange that humans need to stop children from embarrassing problems for as long as possible. In Andersen's time, having children was a taboo topic. Even today, many children have siblings before they are considered ready to "talk," but their curious nature means that parents must tell them something. Because of their long history with babies and families, Storks are a simple story to tell children sometimes at the same time teaching them valuable life lessons, such as always being honest.
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