Where did the image that "a stork brings a baby" come from?

The image "The baby carries by the stork" is not just in Japan and the United States, but rather globally applicable. Indeed, when we drilled down the origin of such an image from where, there was a part that leads not only to fairytales but also to myths.

What's Behind the Myth That Storks Deliver Babies?
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It is no doubt that it is Hans Christian Andersen of the 19th century fairy tale writer who has greatly influenced the image of the modern day "The baby carries by the stork." A piece of "Fairy tales and stories of new books Volume 1 second volume" published in May, 1858The daughter of the swamp king"Indeed the image street came out that the stork will deliver the child to the couple with no children in the Vikings.


The idea that "a stork carries a baby" is not the creation of Andersen itself but is thought to have been established in medieval Germany and Norway. At that time, the marriage of the couple was common during the summer solstice, the case that pregnancy in the summer and giving birth in the next spring overlapped with the return of migratory bird storks in spring, "When the stork gets the baby The image that has been brought in has been established.


Meanwhile, Paul Quinn, an English literatureist at the University of Chichester in the UK, has been linking "Pelican" to rejuvenation and youth growth in medieval European literature, so this "pelican" was replaced by "stork" It shows that it is a viewpoint.


The ancient Greek writerAntoninus · Liberalis"Metamorphoses" comes out in Chapter 16Pygmai oi (dwarf group)Of womenOinoe (Oenoe)Is also an interesting opinion that it is the origin that leads to the image of "birds carry children".

Oinoe was "a beautiful woman without innocence", but there was not only faith, he did not try to respect Hera or Artemis which are goddesses. This bought the anger of Hera, and it was changed to a crane that, when there is, Hera should "be a high-flying bird". Oinoe flew back to the house worried about his son Mopsus, but Pugmai oii did not notice that the crane was Oinoe, and he took away weapons, and after that, the crane and Pyugomaii fell into a relationship to fight is. Although the story being recorded is up to here, it seems there is room to draw out the image that "Oinoe who became a bird will take his son" from the assumption that "Oh Nooe was reunited with his son".


By the way, when "Stork conveys a child", there is an image that you put in a basket or wrapping it on a cloth, but you can refer to a bruise at the back of a newborn baby as "Bite mark of the storkIt seems to call it, so it may be that you are holding it directly.