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Here are some possible explanations for the origin of the "stork story" for where babies come from:
Storks are fertility symbols and are associated with springtime and birth. Children throughout Europe and America are taught that the stork delivers newborns to their mothers. In some areas, it is thought that the stork can cause a woman to become pregnant merely by looking at her. If the presence of a stork could be believed to induce pregnancy in a woman, it's not much of a stretch to suggest that the stork "brought" the baby. It was believed that the souls of unborn children lived in watery areas such as marshes, wells, springs, and ponds. Since storks frequented such areas, they were thought to fetch the babies' souls and deliver them to their parents. In Germany, storks found human infants called "stork-children" dwelling in caves hidden in rocky steeps called "Adeborsteine" or "stork-stones," and carried them to their expectant parents. Children who wanted a baby brother or sister were encouraged to sing their desires to the stork. Naughty little boys were carried in the bird's bill while nice ones rode upon its back.
Also, in Scandinavia, storks - gentle birds with strong family ties, habitually nested on top of peoples chimneys. So when Scandinavian parents needed to explain to youngsters how babies arrived, the stork was a handy answer. This traditional tale was spread in the 1800s by Hans Christian Anderson, in his fairy tales.
The Dutch once believed that if a stork was encouraged to nest on a house it would leave one of the young ones for the owner. The returning of the mated pair of storks made them a symbol of fidelity and it was thought that when a stork became old, it was cared for by one of its offspring. Storks were sacred to Venus in Roman mythology. If a stork builds a nest on your roof, you have received a blessing and a promise of never ending love from Venus. Aristotle made killing a stork a crime, and Romans passed a stork law, saying that children must care for their elderly parents.
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Where did the story about a stork delivering a baby start?
The story about the stork delivering a baby can be found in many different cultures back in history. The image of the stork often represents fertility and mothers in Europe and North America would tell their children the stork would bring newborn babies.
Name of bird delivers newborn babies to people?
stork
If the stork brings the babies whofucks the stork?
the bookmobile driver in south park colorado
Where do kids think babies come from?
The stork
What is a bird called that delivers babies?
The Stork and it is not fictionally haha kidding. But the animal is real
If a stork brings white babies and a swan brings black babies what brings no babies?
MY mom tells me she's gana sellMe to the gay magic pet stork of Micheal jacksom
What is that large bird to bring newborn babies?
Stork
How do babies arrive?
Not by "stork". Babies are born from the mother after growing inside the mother for 9 months.
Why is it called the birds and the bees when it has nothing to do with birds or bees?
There is actually a story about making babies called Birds, Bees, Babies in which the birds and the bees make a baby and then the stork delivers it. They use frogs and snails and puppy dog tails. The story is a way to satisfy the curiosity of children who are asking where babies come from. The birds and bees story is called Birds, Bees, Babies and was written by J.L. Sweat.
What is that bird out of Dumbo called that drops the babies to their mothers?
That would be a Stork.
What is a large bird said to bring new born babies?
Stork
What does a stork mean as a symbol?
The stork has become a symbol for birth or new life in modern society. This is because of the old tale parents tell their children where babies come from (delivered by a stork in a blanket)
