Just like the crow, the butterfly is an animal full of meaning. If you see one in a dream or in your garden, or if one lands on you, it is bound to be hiding something.
What does the butterfly mean, and what message does the color of its wings carry? Here are the answers.
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The butterfly through history: love and the soul
Many beliefs surround this little creature. In China, it was first a symbol of marital happiness and joy. Among the Hopi of the American Southwest, young girls wore their hair in butterfly whorls to show they were of marrying age. For many Native American peoples, the butterfly is a symbol of change, joy and color.
In the Old World, on the contrary, people believed the butterfly was the spirit of the dead: sailors who saw one before setting sail feared shipwreck, and in some parts of England it was said to carry the souls of children. The Greeks had a single word for both the soul and the butterfly: psyche. But if you come across one today, its message is quite different.
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