Nautical Star Tattoos, what do you know about them?

i just found this great article all about them, it has so much info it is great.

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Nautical Star Tattoos

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"Nautical Star Tattoos the History, Meaning and Symbolism: What a Strange Mix!

"The history, meaning and symbolism of nautical star tattoos is a hotly debated topic. Today many different groups have adopted the Nautical star tattoo as a symbol for their own movement and they have all ascribed their own meaning and history to the symbol. Thus has lead to a wide disagreement as the the meaning of the tattoo.

"Historically most everyone agrees that Sailors were the first people to get nautical star tattoos. In fact the very word nautical relates back to sailing. So this connection has been pretty firmly established. Most people would agree the sailors were a pretty superstitious group historically and sailor lore abounds with superstitious and fantastical stories of life and death and being lost at sea. Early on sailors navigated by the stars at night and the north star became the symbol for finding ones way home. Once you know where the north star is you can point your ship in the right direction to get home. So the star became a symbol for finding ones way home or more symbolically even finding ones path in life. Therefore many sailors would tattoo nautical stars on their forearms as a good luck symbol in hopes of returning home."

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tribal tattoo designs

A Modern Twist on a Primitive Art

It’s no wonder that tribal tattoo designs have become so popular in today’s culture. In fact, the art has been practiced and handed down for thousands of years. For this reason, it’s highly likely that a great many of the tattoos you’ll see today will have a tribal slant to them. The majority of tribal tattoos are created using a black ink and your natural skin tone to create intricate designs, patterns and pictures.
Some popular designs include:

* Tribal suns (some of the first tribal tattoos were of suns, to honor sun gods and the element of fire)
* Flames
* Celtic knots
* Dragons
* Butterflies
* Tribal armbands
* Crosses
* Flowers
* Hearts
* Scorpions
* Totems

However, modern tribal tattoo art doesn’t have to limit itself to ancient or primitive designs. It’s just as easy to find tribal fairy tattoo designs, tribal skull tattoo designs, tribal angel tattoo designs and tribal barbed wire designs.

from tattooblast.com