In the folklore of many peoples, there are myths and legends that storks bring children. Poets compose poems about these beautiful legends, and writers - literary works. “Thank you, stork, thank you, bird,” the song is sung to verses by Vadim Semernin. The poet thanks the stork for not forgetting his mandate and for "bringing his first-born son." In the tale of G. H. Andersen "Storks" these birds took tiny children in the pond and took them to good families. They brought a dead child to evil people.
Folk beliefs and signs about storks
In Slavic folklore, the stork was revered as a sacred bird. Our ancestors noticed that storks and humans have many similarities. They, like humans, have five fingers. These birds know how to cry, tears drop from their eyes. Storks are very caring parents, they always protect their chicks.
In ancient myths, there are often examples of the transformation of birds into people or gods. The stork was considered an angel for its large white wings.
Popular beliefs say that if a stork flew to the house, this is good: people were waiting for good news and the addition of a family. If a stork has built a nest on the roof of a house, marital happiness and prosperity will reign in it. And in a happy family, children must be born.
It was considered how many chicks the stork will have, as many children will be born in the house. A dream in which a woman dreamed of a stork predicted the onset of pregnancy.
Our ancestors left a treat for storks on the window of their house to attract them. In their yard, people made nests for storks. The basis for the nest was a pillar or tree, on which something large and round was installed, for example, a wheel from a cart.
It is a well-known sign that lightning will never strike a house that a stork has chosen for itself.
Stork legends
One of the legends about this amazing bird says that in ancient times the stork was a man.
The legend says that God decided to cleanse the earth of snakes and all kinds of reptiles. They brought many misfortunes and evil to people. God collected them in a large bag and told the man to throw it into the sea. But the man opened the bag to see what was in it. Snakes and reptiles have spread all over the world. For this, God turned man into a stork bird. Since then, storks have walked the ground collecting snakes and frogs.
A very beautiful legend was invented that storks put a baby in a bundle or in a basket. They carry children in them, holding them tightly in their beak. Storks fly up to the chimney on the roof of the house and bring the child into the house through the chimney.
How storks live
It is no coincidence that these beautiful birds are associated with the birth of children.
Storks will never live in a house with poor energy. These birds are distinguished by the constancy in the choice of their nesting.
From northern latitudes, storks fly away to winter in India and the African tropics. There they are provided with food suitable for them: frogs, snakes, earthworms, snails, insects.
In foreign lands, they wait out the winter. Arriving home in the spring, they return to their nest and hatch their chicks.
The male finds his native nest, strengthens it with new branches and lining it with fresh moss. The female lays up to four eggs in it. Parents take turns incubating them. As a rule, the male incubates the chicks during the day, and the female at night.
A pair of white storks have lived together all their lives.
