What You Should Know About Marines Tattoo Designs

The art of tattoo has spread all over the world mainly due to sailors. They travelled everywhere, visited exotic countries and brought home unusual souvenirs – and tattoos were among them. First owners of tattoo shops were mainly retired sailors. In the beginning of the 19th century tattoos had come even to the British Admiralty, a lot of military men that occupied high positions suggested tattooing all soldiers. They deemed it to be very helpful during the identification of the dead and the wounded. Military tattoos also served as a uniting thing for all soldiers. Wearing the same design, shedding first blood and withstanding first pain made them all closer.

Most popular design for marines is probably an anchor that can be combined with the letters “USMC” or “USN”. Many people have an anchor tattooed in the Popeye manner.

What You Should Know About Marines Tattoo Designs

Eagle also prevails in designs of marine tattoos – it’s an eternal symbol of freedom.

A special symbol of marines is a bulldog – it is also can be found in different combinations and variants.

Tattoos of pinup girls will never be out of fashion – dressed in marine uniform or without it – as long as they do have some clothes on. According to some new laws introduced by the brass, such tattoos should not be obscene. And these laws affect not only pin ups. No marine or other soldier can have a tattoo that is extremist, indecent, racist or sexist. The U.S coast guard also has a limitation of 25% of a body part that can be covered with a tattoo. Other 75% should be left without ink. Sleeves are also banned in the U.S. Navy.

Actually there are no limits to your imagination – a lot of things exist that represent the navy forces – ships, submarines, periscopes, nautical stars, sea animals, sailor caps, meat tags – and many-many more. And when a person has got some unusual experience or very dear memories during the service, he or she can make up a good idea for a unique marine tattoo design.

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Deer Tattoo Pictures And Meaning

Today’s topic will bear some coonection with Sagitarius tattoo design. Centaurs and deer have a bit in common, don’t you think? This graceful animal has always enchanted men with its beauty, power and speed. Deer are indispensable characters in mythology and culture of many nations as well as one of the most favorite them for tattoo design.

A deer is considered to be a lucky symbol of the East, sunrise, light, purity, renewal, creation and spirituality. A grown-up deer is the symbol of abundance, American Indians believe that its antlers embody the Tree of Life, sunrays, longevity and rebirth. Deer is included in their national Zodiac for those who are born between 05.21 and 06.20. Deer is also associated with virtue and passion. In China the word ‘deer’ is pronounced the same way with the word ‘abundance’.

Most typical features of a deer are swiftness, grace and beauty. That’s why it is sometimes associated with music and poetry. When people have learned about the deer habits, it has got another association – solitude. Ancient Celts believed that deer are the main cattle of Gods (probably, this can be an explanation for eight deer of Santa Claus). In ancient mythologies deer are messengers and guides that show heroes the way to their goals. Deer are believed to have the ability to find medical herbs. A tattoo design of a wounded deer with some herbs in his mouth is a symbol of love languor. Deer also symbolize carefulness and a quick ear.

Deer is related to Christianity also. A deer trampling down a snake means destruction of the evil. Psalm 42:1 reads: “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.” And Psalm 18:33: “He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights.” It’s a symbol of piety and devotion, and is often depicted drinking from a stream near the cross. Of course, for many people deer have their own meaning and associations. In any case – a deer tattoo is one of the most beautiful you can get.

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Sagitarius Tattoo Design: Why A Centaur?

I’ve decided to continue the topic of Zodiac signs, and after having described a ram head tattoo and other possible variants of an Aries tattoo design I am going to proceed with Sagittarius tattoo design.

Sagittarius is a sign of the fire element. A person born under this sign can be quite independent and energetic, such person will do everything possible to reach its goal, it is very sociable and curious. Though a Sagittarius gets along with everybody easily – it can be a hard task to win this person’s heart.

Sagitarius Tattoo Design: Why A Centaur?

If we search for such designs on the Internet we’ll find a lot of common images with an arrow sign. They are very popular because they can be of different sizes, thus a Sagittarius tattoo can be hidden so that it could be seen only by chosen ones. Due to certain simplicity of this sign it can be combined with other designs, for example – with other Zodiac signs. This idea will be great for you if you want to show the bond between you and other person dear to your heart.

Sagitarius Tattoo Design: Why A Centaur?

Nevertheless, such tattoo designs can be huge and impressive – like the one on this picture.

Sagitarius Tattoo Design: Why A Centaur?

But the most popular design for a Sagittarius sigh is a centaur with a bow that is about to shoot an arrow. It all goes back to the ancient Greek mythology. According to a Greek legend, the wisest of all centaurs, Cheiron, created the first model of celestial sphere and left one place in the Zodiac circle for himself. But he was outstripped by an artful centaur Crotos that took his place and became a Sagittarius sign that protects the place with the help of a bow and an arrow. Poor Cheiron, though, managed to get on the celestial model, too – as the Centaur constellation. There’s also another, more logical explanation. A centaur symbolizes the unity of a man’s wisdom and a horse’s power – those two qualities that every Sagittarius possesses.

Sagitarius Tattoo Design: Why A Centaur?

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Scandinavian Tattoo Ideas

Scandinavian tattoos are very popular nowadays, and sometimes one can find it difficult to get a suitable and unique Scandinavian tattoo design. In this post I offer you some ideas about such designs that you may use in creating your own tattoo.

First of all – there are some charms, such as “Aegishjalmur” - “helm of awe” and “Vegvisir” (runic compass), which is a variant of the Aegishjalmur.

Aegishjalmur is believed to bring protection and resistance in battles, while Vegvisir shows its owner the way and guides him or her. Below you may see a tattooed variant of this charm.

Another charm is Valnott – it is the symbol of those who dedicated their lives to the main Scandinavian god – Odin. It has a complex meaning of triple nature of Odin and three worlds – Asguard, Midgard and Utgard. Nevertheless, when one consciously wears the valknot, one is saying “it is a good day to die.” In other words, the wearer is ready to come to Odin whenever He calls. So, as you can see, valnott is not very popular tattoo design and should be chosen with care.

Another variant of Scandinavian tattoo is runes – the ancient alphabetic script used by the peoples of Northern Europe from the first century until well into the Middle Ages. Right here you can find their meanings and make up your own runic signs. Runes can also go well with the charms described above or with any others as well.

You can also design a tattoo of Odin or any other Scandinavian god that you like. Odin is the creator of the world, god of war, storms, trade and seafaring. His wife Frigg is the goddess of love, marriage and home fire. Loki is a canny god whose actions are hard to predict. Einherii are the fallen soldiers that after their death come to Valhalla – a heavenly hall for chosen ones, where the sit near Odin and celebrate their eternity. By the way, it seems to be a good design for a fallen soldier tattoo. Valkiries – women fighters that bring the fallen soldiers to Valhalla are a good choice for a tattoo, too.

Another interesting tattoo design, to my mind, can be wolf Fenrir – a monstrous creature that will devour Odin when the world will end. Among popular Scandinavian animals are also Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin and ravens that represent wisdom, intelligence, the ability to see all, swift travel, and magic. On the picture below you can see Odin riding his horse.