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TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - RATTLESNAKES
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake, Diamondback, Sidewinder, Rattler Tattoos
 For the Native American, the indigenous rattlesnake (commonly
known as the 'rattler', but also as the diamondback or sidewinder)
is a symbol of potency and fertility. With a strike as fast as
lightning, it has become associated with rain and the act of
entering the earth and bringing forth life. It is regarded as the
male symbol of creation. It is also a symbol of death and
transformation, since its venom has the power to turn life towards
death, delivering humans to the edge of one world and to the brink
of another. In some cases the victim returns, since the bite of the
rattler is not always deadly.
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Because it rattles its tail before
striking, as a warning, this poisonous snake has been called
courageous. Appalachian fiddlers are said to place the rattle of the
snake inside their fiddles to improve the sound.
The snake's phallic shape has long made it a symbol of fertility, as
well as the fact that many species of snakes mate in large balls of
intertwined individuals, and the young emerge from eggs. Conversely,
the widespread distribution of poisonous snakes have long made men
have a healthy respect for the power that snakes have - literally
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In many myths, snake bites and snake venom
are featured as representations of life and death. This duality
often has snakes as symbols of the Underworld, or Underground.
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See also:
Snakes,
Cobra Tattoos,
Caduceus Tattoo,
Caduceus Tattoo,
Staff of Asclepius
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