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The history behind the cock and the swine tattoo dates back to the days of clippers ships and when sailing the seas was very treacherous. When a sailor has the tattoos they would be primarily placed on the feet of his/her body. What this meant was that the man/woman would not drown if ship wrecked or was scuttled. Now what is behind the symbolism. When a ship would be shipwrecked or lost at sea most of the time all that would be left would be provisioned floating in the ocean. Almost certainly after a shipwreck the swines and cocks would be found floating among the wreckage. This is because they would be corralled in a wooden crate, and thus be found floating and meandering through the ocean. This also leads back to why sailors would get it tattooed on their feet.
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When where tattoos invented?
tattoos where invented by an old raper
Where there tattoos in medieval times?
Yes, and it was PAINFUL!
Where did henna tattoos come from?
I think that they originated in India
When was the first tattoo?
tattoos date back to prehistoric times. they date back pretty far in asia, i believe tattoos were on of their first major cultural art forms.
Who was the first person to have a tattoo?
Needle tattoos have only been around for less than 100 years. Body art/war paint has been used for thousands of years, going back to the Bantu tribes in Africa, Mayans in America. A concrete example of ancient tattoos was found on the mummified body of a man, which is dated to be approximately 5,000 years old, in the Alps on the Austrian-Italian border having over 50 tattoos on his body. The tattoos are located at points where his body was subjected to considerable strain during his lifetime and very likely caused him a lot of pain due to wear. The tattoos were probably intended as therapeutic measures rather than as symbols. The tattoos indicate that the man had undergone pain-relieving treatments on multiple occasions.
