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Spider web tattoo

Widespread over the years, the spider web tattoo has its own specific meaning in every culture.

For the American Indians, the spider web tattoo from ancient times symbolized protection from all sorts of troubles and misfortunes, because the spider itself was sacred for them.

Today, not only in a number of European countries, but also in Russia, the owners of tattoos depicting a spider web with a spider emphasize their belonging to socially dangerous, aggressive groups. Such as, for example, skinheads.

Basically, a tattoo in the form of a web is preferred to be applied to their bodies by people who seek to emphasize in the eyes of those around them their separate individuality and the presence of a certain style, independently determined for themselves.

They believe that the spider web tattoo gives them more self-confidence, which makes them easier to cope with the tasks assigned to them. Americans, having applied a picture with a cobweb to their bodies, begin to feel even more more brutal and courageous.

Does a spider web tattoo have a prison meaning?

In places not so distant, a tattoo depicting a cobweb and a spider on the back is a very popular attribute. It symbolizes the countdown of the time spent by prisoners in prison. Among them, there are often those who suffer from drug addiction. The number of threads means the number of years spent behind bars.

In the event that a prisoner's web is drawn between the phalanges of the fingers, this is a sign that the sufferer dependent on the "potion" constantly needs another dose of the drug.

For the thieves who repented in the zone, a picture with a cobweb symbolizes a thread along which a spider (like a man on a ladder) is able to either climb high, following the path prepared for itself, or sink to the very bottom of life. In British prisons, a spider web tattoo means that there are absolutely no laws for its owner to obey.

Where is it better to fill?

In many cases, young people who want to demonstrate their individuality to the outside world, captivity or the eternal struggle for their own ideas, usually tattoo "cobweb" on the chest, shoulders or legs. In terms of color, the tattoo is done in cool tones.

Photo of spider web tattoo on body

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Photo of spider web tattoo on leg