The Cherry Blossom has different meanings according to the Japanese and Chinese cultures. For the Chinese, they represent power and strenght, and since the blossoms are very delicate, it's usually given the meaning of female strenght. Is also a symbol of love. For the Japanese, they represent the transcience of life, it is related with the Buddisth belief that is not noble to get attached to life because all is transitory and will pass in time.
Symbolism of a Swallow Tattoo:
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Bluebirds and swallows are traditional nautical tattoos with a long history of use. They symbolise happiness and good fortune. The swallow was a tattoo a sailor got after traveling 5000 nautical miles.
Cherry blossoms are a Japanese metaphor for life (the brief blooming and inevitable fall) as well as a Chinese symbol of the feminine principals.
In the Victorian Language of Flowers it means love, and a good education.
In Japan, cherry petals/trees are a symbol for the beauty of transient things. It's the concept that when you know something is short lived, it makes you appreciate it more when it's around and adds to its beauty and sadness. i got a cherry blossom tattoo on my foot and the guy who tattooed it told me that the black seeds within it represented fertility and that each one was to big a little more. I wasn't supposed to be able to have children and i have three now so i guess that it worked. I have them all the way down my foot!! The flower itself is to represent the cycle of life as it is always changing.
There aren't any universal meanings for tattoo symbols. Check out tattoo symbolism here: http://tattoo.about.com/cs/beginners/a/symbols_intro.htm But remember, sometimes a rose is just a rose. It doesn't mean or symbolize anything! ALSO Swallows stand for Love so a dead Swallow could symbolize a dead love or the belief that love is dead or possibly nonexistent.
It is thought to bring good fortune.
It can often mean lying or deceit or overcoming one of these things.
A cocoon is usually a symbol of transformation; the change from one form to another.
An individual's reason for getting a tattoo is usually personal and unique. A tattoo of a dagger through a hand may be a symbol for a physical or emotional wound that the individual had endured.
Bluebirds and swallows are traditional nautical tattoos with a long history of use. They symbolise happiness and good fortune. The swallow was a tattoo a sailor got after traveling 5000 nautical miles.
I really don't think so. a dead swallow might symbolize loss of hope, as a flying swallow often symbolizes hope of returning soon (for a sailor, that is)
If you're asking what the symbolism for a swallow is, it is that these birds were often the first to land on a ship that had been out to sea for long periods of time. So the bird came to symbolize being close to/finding your way home. That's why the tattoo of the swallow became popular for it's symbolism of home. The swallow is the harbinger of the spring season. Legend has it that the barn swallow, national bird of Estonia, represents free blue sky and eternal happiness to the Estonians.
The symbolism of a pistol tattoo is the essential essence it gives off. It has a power to make people drop of hornyness. Whomever has a pistol tattoo is a f**king pimp!
There aren't any universal meanings for tattoo symbols. Check out tattoo symbolism here: http://tattoo.about.com/cs/beginners/a/symbols_intro.htm But remember, sometimes a rose is just a rose. It doesn't mean or symbolize anything! ALSO Swallows stand for Love so a dead Swallow could symbolize a dead love or the belief that love is dead or possibly nonexistent.
A person's tattoo has usually been chosen for a personal and unique reason. A lion's head tattoo may be a symbol of pride or confidence. The symbolism of this tattoo may also have to do with some other personally meaningful reason.
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The traditional symbolism of a crown tattoo means for that person to take control of their own life, feelings, thoughts, ideas, goals and other such as this.
Usually means you're a bit of a pleb with little or no common sense and a propensity for violence... usually against someone I the opposite sex. Can also be a symbol of a total dick. Hope that helps.
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It is thought to bring good fortune.
People call it the 'Tramp Stamp'....Thats all the symbolism I know of for lower back tattys