shepherd
Sign in to savethumb|Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India thumb|Spanish shepherd on horseback herding sheep in Murcia (1880). thumb|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.
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A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, and guards flocks of sheep, and this occupation has been practiced for thousands of years across many regions of the world. Shepherding remains an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry, which is a way of raising livestock that continues to be significant in various parts of the globe today.
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thumb|Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India thumb|Spanish shepherd on horseback herding sheep in Murcia (1880). thumb|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.
Because the occupation is so widespread, many religions and cultures have symbolic or metaphorical references to shepherds. For example, Jesus called himself the Good Shepherd, and ancient Greek mythologies highlighted shepherds such as Endymion and Daphnis. This symbolism and shepherds as characters are at the center of pastoral literature and art.