Swineherd

Engraving of the Prodigal Son as a swineherd by Hans Sebald Beham, 1538.

A swineherd /ˈswaɪnhɜrd/ is a person who looks after pigs. The term has fallen out of popular use in favour of pig farmer.

Swineherds in literature

Hans Christian Andersen wrote a Fairy tale called, "The Swineherd".
In Greek mythology, Eumaeus (or Eumaios) was Odysseus' swineherd.
In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the younger son wastes his inheritance and eventually has to become a swineherd.
In Lloyd Alexander's books based on Welsh mythology, The Chronicles of Prydain, the hero is a pig keeper, or swineherd.
The character Gurth, in Sir Walter Scott's book "Ivanhoe" is a swineherd.
The main character in the Disney movie The Black Cauldron is a swineherd.
Among Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin's most famous work is the poem "Swineherd".
The protagonist in H.P. Lovecraft's story, "The Rats In the Wall," has reoccurring nightmares of a bearded daemon swineherd.

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