▁running ▁water ▁() ▁similarly ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁resource ▁literally . ▁The ▁desire ▁to ▁tie ▁a ▁family ▁or ▁lo vers ▁together ▁could ▁be ▁dep icted ▁with ▁a ▁f etter ▁mot if ▁( ). ▁Similarly , ▁a ▁tomb stone ▁mot if ▁may ▁indicate ▁not ▁simply ▁death , ▁but ▁the ▁desire ▁to ▁die ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁part ▁from ▁the ▁bel oved . ▁Several ▁mot ifs ▁represented ▁the ▁desire ▁for ▁good ▁luck ▁and ▁happiness , ▁as ▁for ▁instance ▁the ▁bird ▁() ▁and ▁the ▁star ▁or ▁Sol omon ' s ▁se al ▁( ). ▁The ▁orient al ▁symbol ▁of ▁Y in / Y ang ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁love ▁and ▁un ison ▁( ). ▁Among ▁the ▁mot ifs ▁used ▁late ▁in ▁life , ▁the ▁Tree ▁of ▁Life ▁() ▁symbol izes ▁the ▁desire ▁for ▁imm ort ality . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁plants ▁used ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁Tree ▁of ▁Life ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁symbols ▁of ▁fruit ful ness , ▁fert ility , ▁and ▁abund ance . ▁Thus ▁the ▁pom eg ran ate , ▁a ▁tree ▁whose ▁f ruits ▁carry ▁many ▁se eds , ▁implies ▁the ▁desire ▁for ▁many ▁children . ▁ ▁Symbol s ▁are ▁often ▁combined , ▁as ▁when ▁the ▁femin ine ▁el ib elin de ▁and ▁the ▁mascul ine ▁ram ' s ▁horn ▁are ▁each ▁drawn ▁twice , ▁over la pping ▁at ▁the ▁centre , ▁forming ▁a ▁figure ▁( some ▁variants ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁or ▁fert ility ▁mot if ) ▁of ▁the ▁sacred ▁union ▁of ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁the ▁sex es . ▁ ▁Mot ifs ▁All ▁these