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“Peacock

Ancient Greeks believed that the flesh of peafowl did not decay after death, and so it became a symbol of immortality. This symbolism was adopted by early Christianity, and thus many early Christian paintings and mosaics show the peacock. The peacock is still used in the Easter season especially in the east.[22] The “eyes” in the peacock’s tail feathers symbolise the all-seeing God and - in some interpretations - the Church. A peacock drinking from a vase is used as a symbol of a Christian believer drinking from the waters of eternal life. The peacock can also symbolise the cosmos if one interprets its tail with its many “eyes” as the vault of heaven dotted by the sun, moon, and stars. By adoption of old Persian and Babylonian symbolism, in which the peacock was associated with Paradise and the Tree of Life, the bird is again associated with immortality. In Christian iconography the peacock is often depicted next to the Tree of Life.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_symbolism

http://themeaningofsymbols.blogspot.com.au/2009/03/peacock-symbolism.html
http://www.jesuswalk.com/christian-symbols/peacock.htm
http://www.catholic-saints.info/catholic-symbols/peacock-christian-symbol.htm