Before revision: 2 p. 126 Pliny the Elder also comments at length about the phenomenon of postpartum maternal impression in bears, i.e., the folk belief that newborn bears must be licked and molded into bear-shape by their mothers.Pliny Natural History VIII:126
After revision: LiteratureExamples of maternal impression in literature can be found in the Aethiopica of Heliodorus and in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.2 p. 126 Pliny the Elder also comments at length about the phenomenon of postpartum maternal impression in bears, i.e., the folk belief that newborn bears must be licked and molded into bear-shape by their mothers.Pliny Natural History VIII:126