The legend of the stork and the babies

The legend of the stork is a story that the parents told their children, and they in turn, when they became parents, told their children. A story that has been passed down from generation to generation and that helped modest parents avoid touching the issue of sexuality with children . And, for year

The legend of the stork is a story that the parents told their children, and they in turn, when they became parents, told their children. A story that has been passed down from generation to generation and that helped modest parents avoid touching the issue of sexuality with children. And, for years, the story most told to children about where babies come from had a stork as the protagonist.

The origin of the legend of the stork

The history of the stork is very old. Do you know where it comes from? The first time this legend was heard was in Scandinavia hundreds of years ago, because in those lands, mothers told their children that the stork had brought them. Why this bird? For them it symbolized motherhood due to the great protection they devote to their offspring or even to older or sick birds.

In addition, the fact that they nested in the chimneys and roofs of the houses and returned year after year to lay their eggs and care for their young, made them the perfect character to 'bring children' to families eager to have children.

However, it was literature that contributed to spread this legend and make it very popular. More specifically it was the writer of children's stories, Hans Christian Andersen who helped in the task thanks to his story: The Storks. It is a story that talks about the customs of this bird, but like other stories of the nineteenth century, it has passages of great hardness.

The legend of the stork grew and settled little by little in popular culture, to such an extent that the peculiarity was added that they came from Paris to give it a more romantic character.

The history of the storkthat brings the baby in an aillo and leaves it in front of the door of the house, gave way in many families to explain the conception using metaphors with seeds that grow, but nowadays more and more parents are turning to reality and face natural and direct issues of sexuality with their children.

To this day, it is a symbol of motherhood and many companies dedicated to baby products use the stork as their identity mark.