Editing Swineherd (section)

==Swineherds in literature==
* In the [[New Testament]] are mentioned shepherd of pigs, mentioned in the [[Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac|Pig (Gadarene)]] the story shows [[Jesus]] exorcising a demon or demons from a man and a flock of pigs,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 8:28-34, Luke 8:26-37 - New American Standard Bible|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208%3A28-34%2CLuke%208%3A26-37&version=NASB|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Bible Gateway|language=en}}</ref> as well as in the [[Parables of Jesus|parable]] of the [[Parable of the Prodigal Son|Prodigal Son]] in a son who wastes his father's fortune and is forced to work as a Swineherd.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bible Gateway passage: Luke 15:11-32 - New International Version|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2015%3A11-32&version=NIV|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Bible Gateway|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Hans Christian Andersen]] wrote a [[fairy tale]] called [[The Swineherd]].
* In [[Greek mythology]], [[Eumaeus]] (or Eumaios) was [[Odysseus]]' swineherd.
* In [[Lloyd Alexander]]'s books ''[[The Chronicles of Prydain]]'', based on [[Welsh mythology]], the [[Taran (character)|hero]] is a pig keeper, or swineherd. So he is in the Disney film adaptation ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]''.
* The character Gurth, in Sir [[Walter Scott]]'s novel ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' 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 Walls]]“ 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.