The Legend about Storks Delivering Babies
All of Jeff’s life lesson stories offer special messages and meanings.What is the Legend Connecting Storks with the Delivery of Babies?
The Legend about Storks Delivering Babies started in European countries, specifically in the Netherlands. Seen as a symbol of good luck, storks liked to nest with their own baby storks on people’s roofs and chimneys. People believed that storks on the roof would result in good luck for the family living in the home too.
How would families see the evidence of that good luck? In the form of new babies in the family. Therefore, the Legend grew between storks and the arrival of babies. In some of these countries, it was even believed that placing sweets in the window was a signal to the storks that the family in that home was ready for a new baby.
Stork nests can’t be missed due to their size and space taken on the roofs. Here’s an actual picture today of one of these nests:
