Sparrow tattoos

A Sparrow Tattoo, and any other tattoo for that matter, is a significant move that stays with you for a long time, so if you choose to have a Sparrow Tattoo you should know what it represents.

(Some say a tattoo stays for life, but you can always hide a tattoo under a bigger one )
Historically, the sparrow tattoo started as a sailors’ tattoo.
Sailors used to get a sparrow tattoo for every 5,000 nautical miles they traveled.
Sparrows were also believed to bring a sailor good luck, so sometimes the sailor got his Sparrow tattoo before leaving the docks, hoping it would act as a talisman, and help bring him safely home again.

The ancient Egyptians believed that sparrows would catch the souls of those who had died.
This belief was another cause for a sailor to have the sparrow tattoo, as if the sailor had the misfortune of dying at sea, according to the legend the sparrow would carry his spirit to heaven.

In modern times, the sparrow tattoo is sometimes used as memorial designs for loved ones who have passed away.
The sparrow tattoo can be inked holding the ends of a banner that bears the name and birth/death dates of the person being memorialized.

Sparrow Tattoo is a very popular tattoo for a lot of good reasons:

• The sparrow tattoo come in a variety of sizes and can feet most parts of the body.
• One of the beauties about the sparrow tattoo is that even in small sized it can be very rich in details and colors.
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• I gave it as a gift to my wife and she already picked two tattoos from the flash
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• The way the sparrow is pictured also defines a lot about its meaning -
• A sparrow singing a song symbolizing Freedom and a sparrow diving toward a nautical star represents freedom to love and to find your true love
• When someone chooses the sparrow tattoo, he usually chooses to add details to the “scene” ant not go for a plain sparrow.
• Some popular ideas are to have the sparrow flying near a flower, have it sitting on a branch of a tree, hold the name of a beloved one who passed away and more

Beside its advantages as an artwork, the sparrow tattoo has a deep and wide symbolic to it:

• Sparrow is different from most birds, when they find their soul mate, they stay with them till the end of their life.
• For that reason, a sparrow is a symbol of finding your true love as Sparrows symbolize love, dedication and trust
• A sparrow is a symbol of finding your freedom
• Sparrows are known for traveling great distances, but always returning home
• Captain Jack Sparrow in “The Pirates of the Caribbean” had a sparrow tattoo on his arm with the name “Jack”.
• The great success of the movie, along with the appealing character of captain contributed a great contribution to the popularity of the Sparrow tattoo

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Bird Tattoos Designs Have Taken Precedence

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'!

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.

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 tattoos designs.

You can get plenty of bird tattoo designs on the internet. In the animal kingdom, bird tattoo designs are only a small part of the entire spectrum. To see other types of animal tattoos, do visit our pages on animal tattoos, insect and reptile tattoos, and sea world tattoos!