Christofoor - Stories and fairy tales around birth

'Verhalen en sprookjes rond de geboorte' (Stories and fairy tales about birth) is a collection of over seventy fairy tales and legends from various countries and stories from mythology, the Bible, (children's) books, and biographies, divided into three themes: on the way to earth; birth; entering the world. The birth of a child is a touching and impressive event. While the 'beschuit met muisjes' (Dutch rusks with sprinkles for birth) goes around, the baby is admired by parents, family, friends, and acquaintances, and the one holding the child in their arms looks affectionately at this little miracle. At such a moment, the question might arise: 'Where do you come from and what will your path look like?' The imagery in 'Verhalen en sprookjes rond de geboorte' allows us to experience that pregnancy and birth are stages in a process that a human child undergoes as it makes its way to earth to undergo development there. These images can offer a golden thread that connects us with the world before conception, pregnancy, and birth, and they can also help us not to forget this golden thread on earth.