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Cunning

The meaning of shrewdness, especially shrewdness that wins by outmanoeuvring rather than by force. Attested for two different motifs by two different sources, which is why it is one meaning node rather than two adjectives.
Attested
Medium confidenceresearched

2 attested2 sources · T2

Registry entry only

The corpus has no enrichment row for this concept (symbols), so it carries its label, description, aliases and provenance and nothing further. No visual traits or cautions are recorded — not because they failed to load, but because that data does not exist in the corpus.

Provenance

2 resolved

  • Snakes tattoo: eternal symbols immortalised in ink (opens in a new tab)

    Tier 2

    Tattoo Life Crew, Tattoo Life

    Tattoo magazine feature surveying snake symbolism across several traditions. Verbatim: "The snake remains one of the most ancient and widespread mythological symbols, present in various cultures and associated with similar themes among peoples all over the world." It attributes to the venom "the power to heal, poison, alter consciousness or an actual elixir of life"; states "The way in which it sheds its skin also shows how this creature is the ultimate symbols of renewal and continual rebirth." (the plural 'symbols' is the source's own); records that "the famous serpent in the Garden of Eden tempted Eve, the first woman, with the metaphor of the apple and forbidden knowledge", making the snake "a symbol of cunning or, depending on your viewpoint, persuasion of others through lies"; records the tantric Hindu reading, "This power called Kundalini is often described as a sleeping serpent coiled upon itself, waiting to awaken with the aid of our consciousness."; and "This enormous energy possessed by the snake symbolises a hidden force, mysterious and dangerous." THIS IS THE PRIMARY EVIDENCE for the multiple can_symbolize edges on motif_snake. LIMIT: a trade magazine, not a scholarly or community source; the Hindu Kundalini material describes a LIVING religious tradition and is flagged for T11.10 rather than treated as settled.

    industry source · published 2021-03-22 · retrieved 2026-08-29

  • Fox Tattoo Meaning: Cunning, Adaptability & Folklore Across Cultures (opens in a new tab)

    Tier 2

    iNKPPL Tattoo Magazine

    Tattoo magazine meaning article. Verbatim: "Three words come up consistently: cunning, intelligence, adaptability."

    industry source · retrieved 2026-08-29

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  • ← incomingSnakeMotifAttested
    strength 0.50researched

    Follows from the same Genesis narrative: the source calls the snake "a symbol of cunning or, depending on your viewpoint, persuasion of others through lies" - and its own 'depending on your viewpoint' is the reason this is an edge and not an adjective.

  • ← incomingFoxMotifThin
    strength 0.75researched

    The source: "Three words come up consistently: cunning, intelligence, adaptability." - the three edges on this motif are that one sentence, split.