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Protective tattoo amulets

The history of tattooing began a long time ago: even the ancient Egyptians decorated their bodies with small pictures.

Initially, they had only one meaning - protection from dark forces and evil eye.

Now, tattoo amulets are no less popular among both men and women, but most often they are a common decoration.

Therefore, before you prick this or that picture or pattern on your body, you should ask what it means.

Among the wide variety, the following types of protective tattoos can be distinguished:

Spider Tattoo On Shoulderdreamcatcher tattoo with blue and pink flowersColor black sun tattoo on elbow
SpiderLovec snoviBlack Sun
Arabic tattoos on the bodytattoo with runes and lettering on the neck
Quotes from the Qur'anHieroglyphsSlavic amulets

Tattoos amulets and their meaning

The dream catcher is a favorite symbol of the American Indians who catches bad dreams in his web and protects from evil spirits. If you add an image of a spider to such a tattoo, you get a more powerful amulet. The spider will protect its host from disease and attract health.

The black sun is a strong amulet that will reliably hide its owner from enemies and damage.

Celtic patterns consist of endless loops and carry a great semantic load, and protect from the evil eye.

Slavic amulets and runes are very popular. The runes symbolize the Slavic gods, and among the amulets, two symbols are most widespread: the ladinets and the fern flower. Ladinets is a protective symbol of family values, and the symbol in the form of a fern flower has healing properties.

The eye in the pyramid is the most common tattoo of a talisman against the evil eye, which was popular even among the ancient Egyptians. Several lines contain the tremendous power of the protective eye, which will help its owner in the fight against negativity.

Runes contain tremendous magical power, and translated from Old Norse means whisper. Many peoples of the world have used them to protect themselves from negativity. The problem is that only a professional runologist who knows all their meanings, both explicit and hidden, can draw up the correct formula for the runes. And an incorrectly interpreted symbol will only bring trouble to the owner of the tattoo.

Quotes from religious books are stuffed on their bodies by devoted believers. It is often placed on the chest, and it is believed that the owner of such a tattoo was considered reliably sheltered from everything bad.

The hieroglyph is the most stylish symbol used in the tattoo industry. Most often they choose Japanese or Chinese, symbolizing Zodiac sign person.

Another category of images with a protective amulet function is mask tattoo... This is a kind of shield that you can hide behind in a dangerous situation. You will learn more about masks in a separate article.