The Golden Peacock is a wondrously beautiful mythical bird that crosses cultures and whose origins are in the ancient myths on the creation of Man and the world and the meaning of life. In Greek mithology, the peacock was the reincarnation of the legendary creature Argos of the Thousand Eyes. After it was slain by Hermes, Hera put its eyes on the peacock's tail. Although peacock is not mentioned by name in the Bible, the ancient Aramaic translations of the Scriptures Translate the world "Tukian", "Tussin", from the Persian, and it is mentioned that King Solomon brought them from afar. An ancient belief, mentioned by Augustine, holds that the peacock's flesh never rots, and it's feathers that are renewed every spring, gave rise to the ancient Christian belief that it symbolizes the resurrection of the dead.
In Islam, the peacock intermingles with Iblis (Satan) and the Serpent of original sin. When Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, the serpent and the peacock were expelled with them and the peacock took the former's beautiful voice.
In India, the peacock is a secret bird and it is forbidden to harm it. There are those who perceive it as their totem, seeds are sacrificed to it but looking at it is to be avoided lest it harm you.
In Judaism, the idea of the Golden Peacock developed which symbolizes the lost links with the past. Di Goldene Paveh mentioned in Yiddish literature is not the common, zoological, colorful peacock, but an ideal, a kind of meta-peacock that bears a special message for mankind. The "eyes" that are part of its feathers seems to provide a perspective and panoramic view of the world, eyes that fly in the spirit, looking both back into the past and into the future. The Jewish Golden Peacock is able to soar and climb to the heights and it is , perhaps, the bird that is closest to the Heavenly Throne, Its eyes hold an ancient secret.
When the Golden Peacock is linked with its ancient sources and traditions while aspiring to fly towards a future of growth and renewal, its wingspan with its fabric of feathers is revealed to us and with it a source of beauty, magic and grandeur.
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