The concept and the idea of mermaid
tattoos has always been attributed to sailors of the earliest centuries
and folklore. They were the ones who made this really beautiful and
mythical creature known to people, which over time, has been
incorporated into millions of tattoo designs. The origin of the tales
surrounding this alluring and mysterious creatures have traveled
throughout time and have strengthened with each reported sighting of
them. Even today, in the age of YouTube, more and more people are trying
to capture real life footage of these amazing creatures on tape to
prove to the world that they are more than just a fantasy tattoo design.
A Few Facts About Mermaids:
Mermaids have been part of marine folklore in both the western and
Japanese countries. The Romans and Greeks have many a tales about these
creatures which are supposed to be half woman and half fish. It was
believed by them that these beautiful creature would sit on rocks while
playing with their hair to draw sailors and ships closer to them.
They
would use the power of their looks and lovely voices to come closer.
Once the men and the ship were in their clutches they could never go
back. The Greeks believe that mermaids came about due to the mating of
Zeus and Poseidon who are water gods with Aphrodite who is the Goddess
of Love, sexuality and fecundity.
The
sailors after days of being cooped up with only male companionship
would be drawn to these creatures. Scientifically it has been explained
that the sailors must have mistaken manatee like creatures sunning
themselves on rocks to be mermaids due to days of poor food and lack of
outside contact.
No
matter how the concept of mermaids came about, they assumed a lot of
importance in a sailor’s life. Many men of the sea would get tattoos
depicting these mythical creatures. It was partly fear, partly
superstition and also a certain amount of fascination. Fear because the
association of a sailor with a mermaid would mean sure death.
Superstition, because the mermaids portended the end of the ship’s and
sailors’ life. Fascination, because Mermaids were supposed to be
beautiful and magical.
Sailors would either get a mermaid on its own or along with other symbols of the sea.
Today
Mermaid tattoos have gained a certain cachet among the people who love
tattoos. This is not necessarily limited to the people associated with
the sea. Now even women are going in for tattoos featuring mermaids. We
definitely the film “The Little Mermaid” did bring a log focus on
mermaids. Women get tattoos with mermaids usually want to display their
femininity, their independence and a playful spirit. It definitely helps
that mermaids can be portrayed in several ways and are inevitably very
good to look at.
They
can be shown poised to jump into the sea, shown as sitting on a rock
doing their hair or shown half in and half out of water. Plus the lower
part of their bodies which emulate the fish and is covered with scales
can be made to look really interesting and colorful.
No
matter for what reason you are getting a mermaid tattoo, it would make
good sense to do some research on the subject. If not for any symbolic
reasons, you will find the magic and myths around the mermaid to be very
fascinating reading. If you are one of those people who are drawn by
everything to do with the sea, it will make really interesting reading.
You
are therefore well advised to do some research, look at all the
options, carefully consider the location for your tattoo, before
proceeding to ask the tattooist to go ahead with the actual tattoo. You
will find that having a mermaid tattoo does have a certain magic to it.
A plenty of Mind Blowing and Beautiful Examples of Mermaid Tattoo Designs are presented below:
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