Other variations show a staff entwined with twin serpents, topped with a pair of wings, or a winged sun and no snakes.
Originally, those twin snakes may have been ribbons attached to the wings, eventually evolving into serpents...
The cherry has come to represent chastity and purity as the fruit ripens on the tree.more - If you are Irish, Scottish, or Welsh, the Celtic Cross as a tattoo may be more symbolic of your ethnic heritage than of faith.And that goes for other Celts as well, in Brittany, Cornwall, Galicia and the Isle of Mann.more - The origin of livestock branding goes back several thousand years.The ancient Egyptian, Greeks and Romans marked livestock - and slaves - with hot irons.