Let's start with a curiosity: the white dove is not, strictly speaking, a species. In everyday language, it is the white form of the rock pigeon or of the domestic dove. But since Antiquity, the dove, and even more so the white dove, has carried immense symbolism.
Love, peace, a link with the divine: what does the dove mean, and what message does it bring you? Here are the answers.
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The dove, a symbol of love and faithfulness
Since Antiquity, the dove has been the attribute of Aphrodite, goddess of love. In the Middle Ages, it symbolized courtly love: a modest and above all faithful love, because the dove always returns to its home.
At some weddings, two white doves are still released to symbolize the couple's flight into their new life together. Sometimes three doves fly away to bless the newlyweds, echoing the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And as at the Olympic Games ceremonies, a dove taking flight celebrates love, peace and hope.
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