Dove Tattoo - Back Tattoo Design

Dove Tattoo Design
The flight of doves as soon as they are released is a breathe taking moment to watch. Their wings opened to the wind as they fly to the open skies, releases an emotion that is very much spiritual. But what does a dove tattoo mean?
There are many meanings that are associated with dove tattoos. Dove tattoos can convey meanings of purity, innocence, love, the holy spirit, and is a symbol of peace. Tattoos of doves being released is a symbolism that refers to releasing a person or one's soul to the heavens. White doves tattoos are beautiful in their simplicity nature and are very popular among bird tattoo designs.

Bird Tattoos - The Black Crow

Black Crow Tattoo
Have you ever wanted a bird tattoo? When most of us think of bird tattoos, what usually comes to our mind is white doves or sparrows. But another popular bird tattoo design is the "black crow" or "Raven". The tattoo meanings of the black crow is very much the opposite of what the dove symbolizes. The Raven or black crow is commonly associated with darkness or a bad omen. Despite it's meaning black crow tattoos are beautiful and unique.

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Nice Bird tattoo designs have taken precedence over all other forms and types of tattoo designs universally. Across time, space and cultures, the bird has stood as a symbol of freedom, of spirit, of soul, of beauty. Flying high in the blue skies, birds are said to be closer to the gods and the heavens, and in many cultures, are viewed as creatures that carry the spirits of the departed to the heavens above.

In the days of old, heroes were always accompanied by birds as they went in pursuit of fiends, ogres, dragons and monsters. In most tales of yore, the birds would fly ahead to spy and return to inform the hero of looming obstacles, thus bringing about the famous phrase, 'a little bird told me'!

Nice Bird tattoos are also very popular due to their connection with religion as well as the mystical. Birds can be found in every era of history; stick figurines of birds have been discovered in the ancient Egyptian tombs in the pyramids, bedecking Arapaho Ghost Dance costumes, at African traditional rituals and weddings across all religions. Christian portrayals of cherubs and angels show them having wings, which are synonymous with birds. In almost all instances, birds are symbols of all the positive things in life, which is why many people tend to go for bird tattoo designs, especially for their first tattoos.

Generally, a bird tattoo design will consist of a pair of birds, depicted together. They tend to be opposites in characteristics; fair to dark, black to white, big to small. This merely shows the dual nature of the universe; where sadness exists, so does happiness. Where night exists, so does day. In other cases, good and evil are also portrayed by birds, for example, when we have a bird tattoo design of a bird fighting a serpent.

Decidedly, there are some implications to birds that are not completely normal. In China, the bird is called the niao, which also means penis, thereby bringing in sexual overtones into bird tattoos. Also, the double meaning of a cock as either a rooster or a penis dates back to eras past in the Rome of old. Some portrayals of birds are quite negative in impact. In Germany, to be insane can be put politely as to 'have a bird'! 'Bird-brain' is also one of the most famous insults in the Western World, although most people do not associate these negative impressions with bird tattoo designs

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Back Neck Tattoo: Swallow Tattoo

Upper back and neck tattoo of a swallow and cross tattoo design.

"Swallow Tattoo" originally uploaded by Nowhere Fast Tattoo.