What religion was Dali 's painting " Galatea of the Spheres " symbolic of ?
Galatea ( mythology ) : * Galatea , a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son , Leucippus ( daughter of Galatea ) * Galatea , a sea - nymph in Ovid 's story of Acis and Galatea ( mythology ) * Galatea , name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion ( mythology )