12 Days Two Turtle Doves
Two for a Quarter
The Lovers II, 1928 by Rene Magritte
Turtle doves symbolize love and faithfulness because they mate for life, work together to build nests and raise their young together.
In the Biblical Sense
Turtle doves are associated with the Christmas tradition. The Bible depicts doves as loyal, honest and loving. In Leviticus 12:8, two turtle doves replaced a lamb sacrifice. Mary and Joseph sacrificed two turtle doves in Jerusalem at Christ's birth. The two turtledoves are accepted as a pair for entry into covenant with God. The blood of the two turtledoves is sprinkled not on the altar but against the sides of the altar. This is the very same altar upon which the Sacrifice Lamb is offered. In Egyptian, Roman and Chinese societies, doves symbolized innocence, long life, peace, devotion and love, and caring for one's family. Turtle doves spend winters in Africa and breed in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The springtime brings the blooming of the flowers and the budding forth of new life. And with that the coming of the mourning doves with their plaintive cooing. Popular culture thinks of this as the cooing of the morning dove, yet the sound of the dove is distinctly mourning or pining for its long lost love. In the Song of Songs (of Solomon) there are many allusions to the dove. The cooing of the dove is an unmistakable expression of pining and wooing. In the valley of Jordan an allied species, the palm dove, or Egyptian 'Turtur Aegyptus' (from which 'turtledove' is phonetically derived) is still common today. From its habit of pairing for life it was a poetic type and symbol in the Hebrew mind of that character quality of fidelity and faithful love in betrothal. In darker times
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Did Romeo and Juliet Really Have Sex?
The Reflections-Just Like Romeo And Juliet 1964
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove sung at the Carmel Mission in Carmel, California on July 25, 2012 by the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, director Dr. David Skinner.
According to Solomon, her breasts were like two doves ready to take flight! Er, I mean her eyes... were like two doves... Oh how beautiful!
Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle
that browse among the lilies. ~ Songs of Solomon
; ) ♥ ♫
Peace love & enjoy!
dr. π (pi)
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The Lovers II, 1928 by Rene Magritte
Turtle doves symbolize love and faithfulness because they mate for life, work together to build nests and raise their young together.
In the Biblical Sense
Turtle doves are associated with the Christmas tradition. The Bible depicts doves as loyal, honest and loving. In Leviticus 12:8, two turtle doves replaced a lamb sacrifice. Mary and Joseph sacrificed two turtle doves in Jerusalem at Christ's birth. The two turtledoves are accepted as a pair for entry into covenant with God. The blood of the two turtledoves is sprinkled not on the altar but against the sides of the altar. This is the very same altar upon which the Sacrifice Lamb is offered. In Egyptian, Roman and Chinese societies, doves symbolized innocence, long life, peace, devotion and love, and caring for one's family. Turtle doves spend winters in Africa and breed in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The springtime brings the blooming of the flowers and the budding forth of new life. And with that the coming of the mourning doves with their plaintive cooing. Popular culture thinks of this as the cooing of the morning dove, yet the sound of the dove is distinctly mourning or pining for its long lost love. In the Song of Songs (of Solomon) there are many allusions to the dove. The cooing of the dove is an unmistakable expression of pining and wooing. In the valley of Jordan an allied species, the palm dove, or Egyptian 'Turtur Aegyptus' (from which 'turtledove' is phonetically derived) is still common today. From its habit of pairing for life it was a poetic type and symbol in the Hebrew mind of that character quality of fidelity and faithful love in betrothal. In darker times
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Did Romeo and Juliet Really Have Sex?
The Reflections-Just Like Romeo And Juliet 1964
Click to viewRalph Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove sung at the Carmel Mission in Carmel, California on July 25, 2012 by the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, director Dr. David Skinner.
According to Solomon, her breasts were like two doves ready to take flight! Er, I mean her eyes... were like two doves... Oh how beautiful!
Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle
that browse among the lilies. ~ Songs of Solomon
; ) ♥ ♫
Peace love & enjoy!
dr. π (pi)
<- 1st Day of Christmas...❄.⛄.❅... 3rd Day of Christmas +>
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