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A swineherd is a person who raises and herds

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Swineherds in literature

* In the

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are mentioned shepherd of pigs, mentioned in the Pig (Gadarene) the story shows

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exorcising a demon or demons from a man and a flock of pigs, as well as in the parable of the Prodigal Son in a son who wastes his father's fortune and is forced to work as a Swineherd. * Hans Christian Andersen wrote a

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called

The Swineherd "The Swineherd" ( da, Svinedrengen) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd to win an arrogant princess. The tale was first published December 20, 1841 by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen ...

. * In

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Eumaeus In Greek mythology, Eumaeus (; Ancient Greek: Εὔμαιος ''Eumaios'' means 'searching well') was Odysseus' swineherd and friend. His father, Ktesios son of Ormenos was king of an island called Syra (present-day Syros in the Greek islands ...

(or Eumaios) was Odysseus' swineherd. * In the Parable the Prodigal Son, the younger son wastes his

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and eventually has to become a swineherd. * In

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's books ''

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'', based on

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, the

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is a pig keeper, or swineherd. * The character Gurth, in Sir

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's novel '' Ivanhoe'' is a swineherd. * The main character in the Disney film '' The Black Cauldron'' is a swineherd. * Among

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's most famous work is the poem "Swineherd". * The protagonist in H. P. Lovecraft's story “

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“ has reoccurring nightmares of a bearded daemon swineherd. * Mentioned as a class of labourer in the Statute of Labourers 1351. * In the Senchas Fagbála Caisil "The Story of the Finding of Cashel", one of the earliest medieval Irish texts, the legend of the kingship of Cashel is told through several visions experienced by two swineherds, Duirdriu and Cuirirán.

Swineherds in paintings

* The Swineherd, a 1888 painting by French artist

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Swineherds in history

* Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester from 878 or 879 until his death in 908, began his life as a swineherd. *

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, a swineherd who spearheaded a peasant uprising and became tsar of Bulgaria (1277–1278). *

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, President of Guatemala 1844-48 and 1851-65

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