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Delicate yet meaningful Christian Tattoos

Today in this modern era when you think of tattoo a picture of men or women with paintings on their body appear. This change has happened in recent few years. Previously tattoo was not considered a good practice. Almost all religions have the practice of tattooing for one or the other reason. You will find in some religions prisoners and criminals were tattooed to recognize them.


Tattoo is originated from the word tattu in Tahitian language. It means to mark. The tattoo is painted on the body with the help of needle which sprayed ink on the body. The ink is made from burned fats of animals or metal oxides which left a permanent mark on the body. The tattoo comes in various colors and there particles are of various sizes giving different effects.


In older times tattoos on girls were considered to be rebellious. It is just in recent years or last few decades tattoos on girls are being acceptable. Today, feminine beauties simply beautify their finesse with attractive Christian Tattoo Designs.





Tattoos are made from simple small structures to complicated designs showing the cultural background, religious belief, and character of the person. In some cultures tattoos are believed as a passage to heaven and in some they show the rank and position of the person in society or the work place. Tattoos have been prevalent and popular in women. They also form the cultural designation of women in society. Women used tattoos to lure, a symbol of love, to show there beauty and sensuality.





Tattoos for girls are generally delicate and more feminine. Butterfly is the most popular tattoo sign in girls. It might be symbolizing the transformation. Fairies are also popular among girls. The small cute fairies with wings remind of their childhood. Star tattoos are also one of the popular tattoos. They represent power and mystery. Kanji tattoos which are Japanese characters are also popular representing love, courage, strength, etc.



Tattooing is not just a painting but has powerful spiritual essence. Today among majority of Christian tattoos are very popular. Majority of tattoos done are related to the religion and God. It is one of the ways to get connected with the Almighty and declare their faith in God. The symbols like praying hand, cross, Doves and Angels are more prevalent. Even though there is a clear cut prohibition of tattooing in Bible still today many of them have put that prohibition back and made it a way to get connected to the God. Even the churches are modernizing to attract the young population to churches.


Crosses, angles, Rosary Beads, Madonna, Crown of Thorns, and sacred hearts are some of the frequently used tattoos among Latin culture. Even animals with great power and strength were used as a tattoo. It was believed that the recipient of tattoo of animal will be brave and courageous like that animal and the spirit of that animal will enter his. Different tribesmen used different tattoo to symbolize their tribes.



Tattoos also represented the passage or passport to afterlife. In some of the tribes it was believed that only person who was tattooed will be allowed to enter the gates of Heaven.


In the eleventh, twelfth centuries the warrior of crusaders had tattoos of cross on their hands as an everlasting salvation to Gods and religion. The pilgrims of Jerusalem who reached there would tattoo there hands with the sign, symbol, or the date on which they reached there so that they can show this to the people back home. There are many other Christian symbols that are hard to resist like the painting from The Last Supper, portraits of church, paintings of Mary and Jesus, the Virgin Mary holding a child in her hands. The symbols of God on your body make you feel connected and there is no need of shame or prohibition.



It is believed that restriction to tattoo your body is not because tattooing is shame but it is to indirectly prohibit the nonbelievers to convey their message. It is a reverse psychology. Another interesting fact found was that among the Coptic Christians who belong to Egypt. For them tattooing was the part of their religion. People who went to pilgrimages tattooed on their hands commonly with the wooden blocks on the inner side of their wrists. The common sign of tattooing was the small cross. The privilege of tattooing was only given to the priests. Only the pilgrims who had this tattoo were believed to have reached and worshipped in the shrine. So even though tattooing thousands of pilgrims was rather rough, but it was worth it.


Egypt was the first country to adopt Christianity as their official religion and they adopted ankh as their sign of cross. So, Christian tattoo design with the sign of ankh is common in modern Egypt.


Not only Christians but almost all the religions had their prohibitions towards tattooing, which were unleashed in recent decades.

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