Foundlings and Feral Children
Andal, Genet, Jean, McNab, Andy, Maui, Michener, James Albert, Nebuchadnezzar II, Oedipus, Rabbit Boy, Romulus and Remus, Francisco, Peter, Foundlings, Feral Children, d'Alembert, Jean le Rond, Bear Woman, Blood Clot Boy, Church, John, Cyrus the Great, Day, Sabrina Sidney (see Hannibal, Abram Petrovich), Dodson, Patrick, Enkidu, Semiramis,
Foundlings
Foundlings are children abandoned, almost always by their mothers, soon after birth. There is rarely any intention that the child should die, but the mother is usually in such a mental stat... [more]
Feral Children
These are children, almost always babies, who are taken and raised by wild animals. Occasionally they find their way back to society. They may be carried off from their villages by females ... [more]
d'Alembert, Jean le Rond
d'Alembert was a foundling , discovered near the church of St. Jean-le-Rond in Paris (hence his name), but he was in fact the son of Madame de Tencin and General Destouches-Canon. His fath... [more]
Bear Woman
Bear Woman was an Inuit girl who became lost while playing hide-and-seek with her brothers. She was found near death by a large bear, who took her home and raised her as his own (see also ... [more]
Blood Clot Boy
The Southern Ute version of the story of Blood Clot Boy tells how he arose from a blood clot found by an old, childless hunter, who brought it home to his wife. When boiled it tur... [more]
Church, John
Church was a foundling , discovered on the steps of St. John's Church Clerkenwell, (hence his name) or St. Andrew's Church Holborn as a young toddler, barely able to walk. He was sent to t... [more]
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus was the founder of the Achaemenid empire, one of the greatest of the ancient kingdoms, centered on Persia. According to legend Cyrus was the son of prince Cambyses and the daughter o... [more]
Day, Sabrina Sidney (see Hannibal, Abram Petrovich)
Hannibal was born an African prince, but kidnapped as a young boy about 1692 and sent to Istanbul as a hostage. A year late he was sent as a present to Tsar Peter of Russia, who used him as... [more]
Dodson, Patrick
According to the account given in chapters 11-13 of Chatwin's The Songlines, Dodson (called Dan Flynn by Chatwin) was a foundling, left in a store at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, by... [more]
Enkidu
Enkidu is one of the central characters in the Epic of Gilgamesh, a 5,000-year-old poem from Mesopotamia. He was a wild man of the hills (see Feral Children), created from the earth by a go... [more]
