A Swallow Tattoo Gallery for Heroism
Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Having a tattoo on your body makes a statement - it tells the world something about yourself. Some people have many designs each with different symbolic meanings and associations with different people in their life. A swallow tattoo is one such design, albeit often controversial in nature.
The swallow tattoo is often creates controversy and confusion, especially for those people who have them as their tattoo design but do not truly understand the true meaning of it. To shed light on why this should be so, here are some of the known facts about the swallow tattoo and why its history makes it so remarkable.
The Symbolism of the Swallow Tattoo Gallery
1. The swallow tattoo was originally favoured by sailors who travelled the seven seas, often suffering great hardship in their journeys. It represents their experience in nautical skills.
2. The swallow tattoo represents the image of the bluebird or what we may call the “swallow” that were usually placed on the chest of the sailors and (according to one legend), a sailor with one swallow on his chest represents the five thousand miles that he has travelled. A sailor with two bluebirds has journeyed across the sea for ten thousand miles. Since travelling these great distances was very challenging and dangerous during those early times, one or more swallow tattoos automatically represents a sailor that is very experienced when it comes to sailing or anything to do with nautical skills.
3. Why choose the bluebird and their swallow tattoo? Well, legend has it that these birds would carry these sailors’ souls to heaven should they drown. They are a symbol of hope and freedom.
4. The swallow also represents friendship, affection for friends and family, love and care.
5. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the swallow represents loyalty, the loyalty of a person returning to them no matter what obstacles might be placed in their path.
