A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherd derives from Old English sceaphierde. 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.
Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India
Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania
Middle Age livestock shelter or paridera in a natural cave in Piedra River in the monk's old path from the monastery to the roe deer salt ponds, Aragon, Spain
Shepherd's crook
The Good Shepherd is an image used in the pericope of John 10:1–21, in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23 and Ezekiel 34:11–16. The Good Shepherd is also discussed in the other gospels, the Epistle to the Hebrews, the First Epistle of Peter and the Book of Revelation.
The Good Shepherd, c. 300–350, at the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome
Allegory of Christ as the Good Shepherd, 3rd century.
Late Roman marble copy of the Kriophoros of Kalamis (Museo Barracco, Rome)
At the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome