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A celtic tattoo design is often a pattern, like
a series of knots, spires and mazes that are derived from
ancient Irish culture. These designs can often represent a
larger, more defined object, like a cross. A celtic cross
tattoo design often represents the bridge between heaven and
earth.
Celtic tattoo art and design is a subset of tribal tattoos.
There are a tribal tattoo designs from Polynesia, Ireland
(Celtic), American Southwest and elsewhere. The symbolism
of tribal artwork and tribal tattoo designs are that of belonging,
to a group, of related or like-minded people.
One has alot of freedom whne creating a custom
tribal tattoo design and many cultures and meanings can be
created into your tattoo design. Some popular tribal
designs can be found here. While tribal designs are more
often requested by men (not by that much) a popular design
for women is the tribal
butterfly.
The very word tattoo, in fact, comes from the
Polynesian word "tatao" which means "to tap."
The Tahitians used the word "tatu" which meant "to
mark."
For a detailed history of "tattoos" check out these
two sites:
History
of Tttoos.com
Read
more about tattoos at Wikipedia.org
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