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A swineherd 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swineherd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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