Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Traditional-Symbolisms

Architectures	Calendars and Clocks	Calligraphies and Typefaces	Concepts and Values	Cookwares and Tablewares	Clothings
Currencies	Dances	Foods	Furnitures	Games	Hairstyles
Jewellries	Literatures	Martial Arts	Miscellaneous Handicrafts	Musics	Musical Instruments
Occupations	Organisations	Paintings and Sculptures	Regalia Items *	Religions and Folklores *	Social Practices
Stationeries	Symbolisms	Symbols and Motifs	Textiles	Theatres	Units of Measurement
Vehicles	Weapons and Armours	Writings *

• contains entries that can also belong to other articles

Hi, all. In this lesson, we will see the implied meanings of objects in different cultures.

In progress.

Animals

object	culture	meaning	explanation
bird	Tibetan Buddhist	attachment, greed
pig	Tibetan Buddhist	ignorance
rattlesnake	US American	self-defense, patriotism right-libertarianism, Tea Party movement	rattlesnakes are not aggressive but still threatening
snake	Greek	wisdom	snakes shed skin, which is seen as a medical wisdom
snake	Iranian	holiness, power
snake	Chinese	auspiciousness	snakes are seen as the little lóng
snake	Christian	seduction, evilness	the snake in Paradise caused Adám and Eúa to eat the fruit of wisdom, making them expelled from Paradise by God
snake	Hindu	holiness
snake	Hopi	fertility, rebirth	snakes are seen as the umbilical cord joining the human to Mother Earth
snake	Norse	evilness
snake	Tibetan Buddhist	aversion
tortoise	Chinese	longevity cuckold
white snake	Japanese	holiness

Plants

object	culture	meaning	explanation
bamboo	Ruist	humbleness adhering to moral codes being proud and bold	bamboos are hollow inside bamboos have “segments”, which has a derived sense “integrity” bamboos stand upright
bodhi tree	Buddhist Hindu	holiness	Buddha and Sadhu used to meditate under bodhi trees
cherry blossom	Japanese	beauty in short life Japanese militarism
linden	Germanic Slavic	holiness	linden trees used to be located at the centre of villages, where the judgement was conducted
lotus	Buddhist	enlightenment	lotuses grow from muddy water unstained
lotus	Christian	Thomas the Apostle	Thomas the Apostle has been to India
lotus	Egyptian	portal to other realms of existence	lotuses live below and above the water surface
lotus	Hindu Jain	womb for the universe
lotus	Isma'ili	purity
lotus	Iranian	holiness
lotus	Ruist	elegance
orchid	Ruist	delicacy
plum	Ruist	steadfastness	plums bloom in winter

Architectures	Calendars and Clocks	Calligraphies and Typefaces	Concepts and Values	Cookwares and Tablewares	Clothings
Currencies	Dances	Foods	Furnitures	Games	Hairstyles
Jewellries	Literatures	Martial Arts	Miscellaneous Handicrafts	Musics	Musical Instruments
Occupations	Organisations	Paintings and Sculptures	Regalia Items *	Religions and Folklores *	Social Practices
Stationeries	Symbolisms	Symbols and Motifs	Textiles	Theatres	Units of Measurement
Vehicles	Weapons and Armours	Writings *

• contains entries that can also belong to other articles