Symbol necklace Michelle Obama was wearing

[Muttocracy]

Scrolling through some photos on TIME's website.

I get the peace, hope, and Obama logos, but what does the other logo symbolize? the one that sort of looks like wings?

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1855131_1791708,00.html

caption "Michelle Obama plans on wearing these four symbols around her neck until election day."


I also like the one entitled
"Crisis --
Backstage at the rally, Obama tries to calm a young supporter whose brother had taken his pretzel goldfish. "
edit -forgot that link
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1855131_1791536,00.html

[FrenchieCat]

1. Aren't those wings signifying Freedom?

"Wings stand for peace, love, and the link between earth and sky -- between the human and the divine -- and as symbols of transcendence and liberation."
http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoos_designs_symbols_wing_tattoos.htm

[stillcool]

2. probably more than, or not what you wanted..

but I found it interesting..

Wings, often associated with birds, represent speed, elevation, freedom and aspiration.

Wings associated with angels are spiritual, symbolizing enlightenment, guidance and protection - to be taken under the wing - and inspirational.




The winged disk emblem is found in many ancient cultures around the world. The winged sun disk is one of the oldest religious symbols on earth, and invariably a solar symbol. The Assyrian winged disk represents the sun God Shamash; the Egyptian figure, the sun God Re.

Some believe the depiction of the winged disk is based on the appearance of the sun's corona during a solar eclipse, as seen below:





Wings represent the ability of our souls and our minds to take flight and to rise above our emotions so that we can see the larger view with clarity and intellect. They also symbolize freedom and the immortality of the soul.
http://www.tween-the-shadows.com/magick/symbols_magick/wings.php

[jules1962]

3. it is a dove