Actually the significance of an Elephants trunk being raised up is a symbol of good luck, fortune, and basically optimistic.You might hear various explanations, but none is reliable. There is no significance to either raised or lowered trunks.
In Thailand it is the Elephant that is considered good luck, regardless of the trunk position.
Other sources:See related linksAn Elephant Tattoo design is generally considered a symbol of good luck. In many cultures these animals are symbols of good fortune. Elephants once ranged widely all over Africa and Asia and as such, they were familiar creatures with legendary and even mythic qualities, due probably in no small part to the awe they inspired because of their immense size and power. Elephant ivory has also always been highly valued and prized but is now a prohibited product from a threatened species.
In dreams -Perception of your own power, or you are not letting anyone near you. A destructive force (an elephant in a china shop). Warning of one's own repressed sexuality. A need for more patience (being thick skinned). Tusks & trunks are seen as having sexual meaning.
In a tea cup they are seen as symbols of strength, wisdom an a slow ascent to success, as well as long life and endurance.
It is said that yes, elephants with their trunk up are good luck. That is why lots of people always buy fake elephants with their trunks up because it gives good luck to them. This is mostly just a legend though, so it doesn't mean that you will always get good luck from an elephant with its trunk up.
Because someone saw an elephant with it's trunk up and then something very lucky happened to them, so they told people that it was lucky.
ELEPHANT SYMBOLISM TRUNK UP MEANING
iT SYMBOLIZES ENERGY
LUCK
PROSPERTY
GOODNESS
AND LOVE
An elephant symbolizes marriage.
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Superstition states that an elephant (or figure of one) with its trunk up is good luck.
Is it bad luck when an elephant trunk is pointing down instead of up
After studying many years of ELephant beliefs i understand them quite well. I believe that an elephant with it's trunk up symbolics the Canadian elephant. This was welll researchedby dr dolittle
Elephant (trunk up) Long life, luck, remover of obstacles, self-preservation. As interpreted in Tassography - Advise needed, good luck (trunk up), obstacles overcome, remembrance, slow ascent to success, strength, wisdom.
The symbolism of an elephant with a trunk lifted is said to mean good luck. An elephant with its elephant down is said to be bad luck.
An Elephant trunk can hold a minimun of 8 litres and more.
Scoops up in trunk then puts in mouth, which is behind the trunk.
The trunk of an Indian elephant ends in one 'finger' while the African elephant's trunk ends with two.
The amount of muscles an elephant has in its trunk varies on the size of the elephant, as an elephant grows larger it will build more muscles. The average elephant has approximately 40,000 muscles in its trunk.
They suck it up and it stays there
trunk and tail
An elephant has just one trunk.