It is not clear if the dove was only a symbol of a divinity or an attribute for a certain goddess in the Pre-Hellenic mythology. As well, we have no evidence if in the Minoan religion only one universal goddess was worshipped with various aspects, or if many goddesses shared a spiritual realm and governed over the sacred world of these people. The symbol of the dove spread out from Crete to the mainland of Greece and to Cyprus and to the other Aegean places.