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Norse Mythology (Viking)

Norse Mythology (Viking)

Tattoos that pay homage to the Norse cultures; Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish ancestors are commonly referred to as "Viking" tattoos. This could realistically extend to Greenland and the Faroe Islands, due to the nature of their founding as well.

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Wiccan Symbolism

Wiccan Symbolism

The nature and spirit based religion of Wicca. It includes many ancient beliefs but was founded openly as a religion by Gerald Gardner in 1954.

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XXX definition

This little trio of Xs has multiple meanings and its translation is all about context. One of the oldest is for moonshine, booze, what have you. It's often seen on the sides of corked jugs and the like to let you know that it's knock your d**k in the dirt alcohol.

Next up we have the obvious pornography aspect, XXX is a rating that was applied to only the filthiest of porn movies back in the day. This also sometimes included excessive bloodshed or violence without sex. The rating system started with X, then double X, and of course followed by the aforementioned. It is pretty much a run of the mill label now.

More recently, it has been associated with the straight-edge movement. This movement represents purity of self, in one form or another, generally relating to abstaining from alcohol, drugs, promiscuous sex, meat, tobacco, or any other thing deemed impure by whichever group you talk to. So we would guess that the irony in symbol choice is intentional.

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Yin Yang

Yin Yang

This Taoist symbol represents balance. Dark and light, ebb and flow, absorption and penetration, female and male, pretty much any opposite forces may be used to form a yin yang but it is traditionally a circle with equal curving teardrops of black and white with circles of the opposite color within those teardrops.

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Zoomorphic Tattoo Designs

Zoomorphic Tattoo Designs

From the time that humans became self aware and started decorating we began trying to represent the world around us. One of the many categories of things in our vast world is animals.

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