Guitar themed tattoos

We are living in times where tattoos and body modification are more associated with fashion than related to the original idea of getting your body permanently marked for magic, spiritual or personal reasons.

Guitar themed tattoos

Actually many believe that the first tattoos were created by accident. The most viable theory that I read was that some tribes used to treat open wounds by rubbing or patching them with some kind of herb or flower elixir, which probably produced some kind of ink. This ink while in touch with the cut created a permanent mark and at the same time due to the phototherapeutic use of it helped the wound to heal.

Guitar themed tattoos

In other barbarian cultures, which became famous for their cruelty, before killing their tattooed prisoners the warriors were given the right to de-flash their prisoners and use the adorned skin as a protection charms. The same procedures interestingly enough were repeated during the WWII, but with non adorned skins. What says tons about development and modern civilization.

At this time tattoos, scarification and insertion of seeds and pits under human skin were well seen around the primitive world. Unfortunately in Persia, due to its non erasable character; Tattoos became a way of marking slaves. This idea somehow pleased the Greeks and the Romans which not only marked their slaves; they also tattooed thieves and outlaws.

Guitar tattoos designs

With the spreading of Christianity and the believe that body marking was a sin, tattoos together with pagan culture slowly started vanishing from western European culture. During the Inquisition Tattoos were seen as direct contact with the devil. Becoming even more unaccepted by the Catholic Church, that was threatened by the lost of followers and contributors to other religions.

Guitar themed tattoos

So if you are not sure about the meaning of that great looking symbol, you better stick with flowers, skulls, guitars, etc...actually try to do a bit of research about the meaning of the flower that you chose, because most flowers do have meanings, pagans used to believe in the power of nature.