Stork Leaving Nest
by Taiche Acrylic Art
Title
Stork Leaving Nest
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Taiche Acrylic Art
Medium
Photograph - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
According to northern European legend, the stork is responsible for bringing babies to new parents. The legend is very ancient, but was popularised by a 19th century Hans Christian Andersen story called The Storks. German folklore held that storks found babies in caves or marshes and brought them to households in a basket on their backs or held in their beaks. These caves contained adebarsteine or �stork stones�. The babies would then be given to the mother or dropped down the chimney. Households would notify when they wanted children by placing sweets for the stork on the window sill. From there the folklore has spread around the world to countries such as the Philippines and South America.
The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100�115 cm (39�45 in) from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155�215 cm (61�85 in) wingspan.
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