Skull Tattoo Designs, Why They've Been Used For Centuries

 Skull tattoo Designs have always been popular from the beginning of time. Many nations past and some more primitive nations today still cut up the skull of their enemies.

 This is one reason why skull tattoo designs are still so popular. One main reason that skull tattoo designs are so popular is that many bike gangs still have their own unique skull tattoo designs for their private clubs tattooed on them.

  There seems to always have been this fascination with skull tattoo designs and it definitely comes across especially if you are considering one. Skull tattoo Designs go well with tribal tattoos, Maori tattoos, scorpion tattoos, gang tattoos, sleeve tattoos, tarantula tattoo designs and can be incorporated with animal tattoos, like a snake coiling its body around the skull Tattoo Designs

  Centuries ago many tribes that invaded other territories, used the skulls of their victims to also pacify them into surrender. Perhaps the skull was back then to what smokers try to portray these days, that it was macho to walk around with all your enemies skulls of your shoulder or waist.

There of course other spiritual and artistic side to getting skull tattoo designs.

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  It must have been quite a sight seeing people walking down hills placing skulls way up on a mast for everyone to see when attempting to seize a new town. It must have been terrifying for those people but what is even more terrifying is knowing that perhaps your own tribe might take your head and keep it as an ornament.

 Skull tattoos were usually worn by bikers, though there were the exception's ofcourse. Many gangs wore these skull tattoo Designs on their shoulders to be part of the gang. The most common areas being upper shoulder and the forearm with skull tattoo designs.

 
  There are many different varieties of skull tattoo designs and i have also seen them put on the wrists though they are obviously smaller. You should be sure where you want to put a skull tattoo Design as showing a skull in public or at work would have a different perception than someone showing for instance a flower tattoo or dragonfly tattoo. This should be though of as it is quit important if you are working in a corporate environment.

 Choosing Where To Place The Skull Tattoo Designs Is Also Important

  Many witch doctors found in south America and Africa believe that the skull has mystical powers. They usually crush the skulls of tiny animals and sell them to their clients as they are supposed to have healing properties.

  They believe that the skull has special powers because it housed the spirit of that individual for some time and still contains traces of the spirit. they usually mix these potions and then sell them as either blessings for good luck, or for fertility.

  During the Zulu wars in south Africa with both local tribes and with the British they used to cut of the heads of the soldiers called impis.

  This they used just like the other tribes in Europe to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies in the hope that the psychological effect would weaken the spirits of their enemies. In the case of the Zulu's it worked on many occasion's with both the Boer's, the British and the other tribes mainly Xhosa and swazis.

  Don't forget that pirates also used skulls extensively, for the life of a pirate was usually short a few centuries ago, not so much from battle but that of scurvy and im sure alcohol poising.

They look a lot different to the skull tattoos of the biker, which is usually a skull with fire coming out of it!

  The skull tattoo of a pirate was that with two bones in front of it. Pirates were aware of the death of both being a pirate and being at sea.

 Skull Tattoos, Which One Are You Going To Choose?

  seems if we look back at the cultures in the past, those that were accepting death as part of a way of like, the skulls played a more prominent role. Its almost as if it was a way of accepting ones own fate, so they used to have these skull tattoos to make them more consciously aware of death.

 whether a skull tattoo is the tattoo for you, is totally up to you. As i said earlier where you place it can have an impact on other people, as first impressions last.

  They do come in many different shapes and sizes like every other tattoo out there. You will have to decide if you want a combination of a skull and something else like an animal tattoo or by its own.

Skull Tattoo Designs can either be filled, that is with dye or you could simply have the outline of the skull.

 IF you want to a skull tattoo design, then you will need to decide if you want it by itself, or you will have to decide, if you want it to be a pirate tattoo or a biker tattoo.