Hey dear community, as always I hope you are all doing well and that you had a day that has been full of positive experiences! In this post I would like to write something about Greek mythology and hope you can expand your knowledge a little.
When I was outside today, I had the opportunity to discover a pigeon and used this opportunity right away to take some pictures and this animal is strongly anchored in Greek mythology. In ancient Greece, the pigeon was considered a typical symbol of love or fertility and was also associated with the goddesses he love Aphrodite and according to a legend she hatched from an egg of a pigeon. By the way, you will often find legends in mythology as well as alchemy in which there is talk of a being that has hatched from an egg and in alchemy there are numerous pictorial representations and are often considered as a reference to experiments such as the creation of artificial humans like the homunculus. In alchemy, the pigeon is also associated with a black raven which had turned into a white pigeon and this also describes the process of dyeing substances white and this process was also known as albedo. In numerous artistic representations you can find Aphrodite with pigeons and sometimes she is even depicted in a chariot which has been pulled by pigeons and also in many other works of art you can see her together with pigeons as one of her most important symbols. Pigeons are also known as bearers of messages and also in ancient Greece pigeons were probably used for these purposes and they were bred at that time especially for these reasons and in some disputes it were pigeons who delivered messages that led to associations and therefore it was also considered a sign of friendship. As a divine animal, it is one of the most important in ancient Greece and it was also sometimes considered a bringer of wisdom as well as a symbol of femininity or beauty.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about mythology! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens!