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Snake tattoo design

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A snake coiled in a loop with its head raised and tongue out, among maple leaves.
Style
Japanese
Suggested placement
Upper arm
Suggested size
Medium, 5 to 15 cm
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What it means

In Japanese work the snake is a guardian: it protects, wards off illness and bad luck, and is associated with good fortune. It is not a warning.

That is the opposite of the Western reading, where the snake comes from Genesis and means temptation. The two can be drawn similarly enough that people read yours the other way, which is worth settling before the drawing is finished.

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