shepherd boy
Youth tending flock
A shepherd boy is a young male who tends sheep, guiding them to pasture and protecting them from predators.
The figure appears frequently in pastoral literature, folklore, and religious texts—David was a shepherd boy before becoming king of Israel.
The term evokes rural simplicity and innocence: The shepherd boy played his flute on the hillside.
- flockAnimals gathered together
- crookBent implement or criminal
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- green pasturesFertile grassy land
- hillsideSloping terrain face
lamb · wool · grazing · David · David and Goliath · sling · meadow · open fields · staff · psalm · innocence · rural · fields · watchful · solitary · pipe · flute · pan flute
- Shepherdingcrook, flock, sheepdog, sheepfold, ewe
- Aesop's FablesAesop's fables, moral tales, fable, Greek fables, sour grapes
- Bible StoriesAdam and Eve, David and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity
shepherd boycity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
merchant · factory worker · office worker · nobleman · soldier
shepherd boyprince
Royal family male
aristocrat · king · royal heir · young master · lord
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