"An egg of wondrous size is said to have fallen from heaven into the river Euphrates. The fishes rolled it to the bank, where the doves having settled upon it, and hatched it, out came Venus, who afterwards was called the Syrian Goddess"--that is, Astarte. Hence the egg became one of the symbols of Astarte or Easter; and accordingly, in Cyprus, one of the chosen seats of the worship of Venus, or Astarte, the egg of wondrous size was represented on a grand scale.
http://philologos.org/__eb-ttb/sect32.htm

És mindenhol a galambok, és a galamb-áldozat, most már erről is lehet majd írnom egy kicsit.
Korábban említetted futólag a galambáldozást, szerinted ez is szerves része volt a vénuszi misztériumoknak?