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Fictional shepherds, persons who tend, herd, feeds, or guard herds of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations, and existing in agricultural communities around the world and an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry .
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The Famous Five: Enid Blyton: All three names are found interchangeably. George Kirrin's dog. Toto: Cairn Terrier: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum: Dorothy's pet dog Tock: The Phantom Tollbooth: Norton Juster "Watchdog" (the name is a pun, because the dog has a large clock on his side) Walter: Walter the Farting Dog: William ...
The pastoral is a literary style that presents a conventionalized picture of rural life, the naturalness and innocence of which is seen in contrast to the corruption and artificiality of city and court. Although pastoral works are written from the point of view of shepherds or rustics, they are always penned by highly sophisticated, urban poets.
Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania. A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry.
The pastoral genre of literature, art, or music depicts an idealised form of the shepherd's lifestyle – herding livestock around open areas of land according to the seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. The target audience is typically an urban one. A pastoral is a work of this genre.
Lad, a Rough Collie made famous by three of the novels, including Lad, A Dog, written by owner Albert Payson Terhune. Marley, a yellow Labrador Retriever, was featured in the memoir Marley and Me. [151] Rin Tin Tin, the famous dog actor who had films written for him and who was the subject of the 2007 film Finding Rin Tin Tin.
The twelve eclogues of The Shepheardes Calender, dealing with such themes as the abuses of the church, Colin's shattered love for Rosalind, praise for Queen Elizabeth, and encomia to the rustic Shepherd's life, are titled for the months of the year. Each eclogue is preceded by a woodcut and followed by a motto describing the speaker.