Fish Tattoo Patterns and Their Meaning
Seas and oceans can offer some cool tattoo patterns with their inhabitants being the basis. Deep waters challenge us with the mysteries of the unknown while fish has an array of symbolic meanings in different cultures. Fish tattoo patterns are diverse and colorful as well.
Fish acts as a symbol of fertility, wealth, harmony, wisdom and sexual power. The latter is connected with the plenty of roe they spawn and with water being a symbol of fertility. At the same time fish can mean stinginess, bareness and indifference. But in general it has more positive connotations that negative, perhaps due to its ties with religion.
In Christianity fish symbolize faith, purity, the Virgin Mary, baptism, the Eucharist and Jesus Christ. There are references to fish in the Gospel: the miraculous fishing in which Jesus Christ tool part; the analogy between fishing and conversion of people to a new faith. Moreover, fish was depicted in the scenes of the last supper. Three fishes together symbolize the Holy trinity.
In Hinduism fish are free creatures that are safe from the Flood. They were depicted on Buddha’s soles and symbolized liberation from the load of daily cares. In China and India fish is marriage symbol. Iranians consider fish to positively influence people, and in some areas of Africa fish personify the souls of the dead.
There are a lot of fish tattoo patterns to consider: salmon tattoo stands for affluence, knowledge and inspiration while carp tattoo symbolizes force, courage and persistence and is often drawn red. Shark tattoo means danger, evil and death yet in the Japanese mythology shark is a messenger of the deity. Dolphin tattoo stands for freedom, nobleness, love and pleasure, as well as for rescue, Salvation and Resurrection.
Fish tattoo designs can also be connected to astrology. It your star sign is Pisces your can think of getting a tattoo that depicts two fish, swimming in opposite directions.
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