where did the stork come into the question of birth?????

Answer 1

i dont think a lot of the people understand whats being asked. to answer ur question, i would guess storks are capable of flying while carrying something of 7 or 8 pounds and thats how it got started. other than that i dont see any correlation between the two either. check wikipedia, it might say something lol.

Answer 2

Just why do we have this myth that new babies are brought to their parents by a stork? Why not an eagle, or a duck?

First, it's important to know a bit more about the stork! This bird is quite the family bird, very dedicated to its wife and child. Storks can live up to 70 years, and often care for sick friends or parents as well as their own children.

The Greeks named this loyal bird "storage", which meant "strong natural affection". That's where we get our current name stork from.

Storks were common in Scandanavia and would even nest on the rooves of homes. The Scandanavians felt that new baby souls came from a watery pool that storks lived in.

Combining these two ideas, the parents had a simple explanation for other children in the family. When a baby was about to be born, the parents explained that the loving stork would bring that soul from the pool to the new parents, dropping it down the chimney. When the siblings returned from Grandma's house after the birth, there was the new baby, all ready and fresh. Sometimes parents would even tell the siblings that the mom had been bitten on the leg by the stork, and that's why she had to rest in bed for a few days.

This story reached the rest of the world through the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Hans gathered up many classic tales in the 1800s and put them together in books. These books became popular world wide, and the tales that were once folk tales in quiet corners of rural countries now had an international audience!

In fact, even in modern days, some babies are born with red patches on their face where blood vessels have clumped. These fade over time as the baby grows, but they are often called "stork bites" and attributed to where the stork bit the baby while bringing him or her to the new mother.

Answer 3

The Legend of The Stork


For a long time, the stork has been associated with childbirth. The stork is a fertility symbol and is associated with birth as well as spring. The delivering of newborn babies to their mothers by the Stork is taught to children throughout America and Europe, with some people even believing that the stork can cause a woman to become pregnant merely by looking at her.


The stork tale revolves around the folk legend that the souls of unborn children lived in watery areas such as marshes, wells, springs, and ponds. And since storks are known to visit such areas frequently, they were thought to have gathered the babies' souls and delivered them to the parents.

Answer 4

Its just so that parents don't have to explain sex to children at a young age when they want to know where babies come from. Especially if they are to young to understand.

Answer 5

So liberals could take God out of birth as well, just like everything else.

Answer 6

well,its something thats cmoes to the parents to tell the young ones

Answer 7

Just so the parents could delay talking to their kids about sexual intercourse.

Answer 8

i dont know but its in the movie dumbo- very cute

Answer 9

when little johnny asked mommy and daddy where do babies come from.