Tribal Tattoos and Tattoo Designs are touted as the first tattoos to
ever see the earth's face, and their beginnings can be abrogated to
Africa, Japan, Cambodia, New Zealand, North America, Taiwan, South
America, Philippines and Europe. The tattoos were also a defense of
sorts against evil spirits that many tribes believed would attack a
tribesman if he did not arm himself with the right tattoos. In fact, the
tattoos were considered as a means to getting intimate with the gods as
they were believed to carry powers of magic that the tribes people
believed came from their gods. With such a superstitious streak, you can
begin to appreciate the importance and paramount feeling of tribal art
tattoos. The designs there of were a reflection of the magic, spirits
and presence of gods in different shades and forms, all in a bid to make
an abode of the gods.
The western culture can be said to have killed the cultural inclinations
and meanings of the tribal tattoos and done away with the gods and evil
spirit that the said tattoos expressed and valued. As earlier
mentioned, the tattoos are now viewed and marked simply for decorative
and aesthetic reasons alone. The rest could be said to be now sealed in
the deep annals of history, only to be thought over and not to be
reincarnated.
When you think of Tribal Tattoos and Tattoo Designs, the most renowned
tattoos are the Tribal Dragon Tattoos that you could see, especially in
the Kung Fu movies or action movies with the Yakuza "Mafia." Then, there
is the Tribal Sun Tattoos and the Tribal Cross Tattoos that were more
of a religious, god's agent of expression, and lastly the Tribal
Scorpion Tattoos of especially Asia and South America origins showing
the strength of the warrior and his "scorpionic" stealth. Of course the
four are just representatives of the so many other tribal images that
graced the earth with their full glory and splendor.
