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Emoji are not only faces with expressions of various emotions, but also symbols, arrows, markers, as well as pictures of products, plants and animals. Today we just want to draw your attention to one of the emoji with the image of an animal, namely a snake. And if with such animals as a cat, dog, or turtle, everything is more or less clear, because they can represent just pets, then the snake – a rather mysterious symbol. So let’s find out in what situations it is appropriate to use Snake Emoji.
🐍 The Snake Emoji was assigned the code U+1F40D, with which it was added to the Animals and Nature section of the Unicode 6.0 standard in 2010.
The emoticon depicting a long green snake resembles a cartoon character. By the way, on different platforms and operating systems this emoticon looks differently – somewhere more detailed and realistic, and somewhere very abstract and cartoonish.
The serpent is one of the oldest and most common mythological symbols. For thousands of years, the image of the serpent has been used in art and mythology all over the world, in almost every civilization, culture and time period. While there are many commonalities in the symbolic interpretation of the snake, there are also many differences. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to mankind and represent the dual expression of good and evil.
The snake symbolizes wisdom (sacred animal of the ancient goddess of wisdom Athena-Minerva), vitality, immortality, healing powers, fertility, home, masculinity – and at the same time an emblem of guile, evil, duplicity, femininity, rain and water in general, death.
Although, historically, snakes represent fertility or creative life force. Because snakes are always in or close to the earth, Native Americans believed that these animals were so harmoniously connected to the earth as no other living creature.
The Snake emoji is both synonymous with wisdom and sneakiness or cunning. Accordingly, there is a kind of duplicity lurking here. This emoji can be a kind of hint or warning to the interlocutor. It is also just a sign of the Chinese horoscope.
In Western culture, the snake is the personification of evil, cunning, death, destruction, sin and the devil. It is also a symbol of wisdom, healing, renewal and rebirth of life.
Snakes have fascinated people at all times: in India, in China, in European countries they were attributed various symbolism, the belief in the magical powers of these reptiles was also strong. Today we got acquainted with the meanings of Snake Emoji, one of the most mysterious and rarely used emoticons. The image of a snake is contradictory and depends on the cultural heritage of the area, traditions and beliefs, geographical location of the country. So, when using this emoji in correspondence it is better to be sure that your interlocutor fully shares your understanding of this symbol.