Mermaid Tattoo Designs
Have you decided to get a tattoo and are looking for a new design, one which you feel will appeal to you and suit your style, your personality? Have you ever been attracted to the sea-faring mythical figure of the Mermaid?
Ever heard of the Sirens? The Sirens were a group of beautiful, alluring women who sat upon the dangerous rocks of the stormy sees. There, they sang out, their voices calling sailors to them. The sailors would attempt to get to the Sirens, and in doing so, would crash their boats against the rocks, having been lured only to their death.
The mermaids that we know, feminine creates with the top half of a woman, and the bottom half of a fish, were Siren-like creatures. In Greek mythology the creation of the mermaids is said to have been a result of the union between the Gods and the sea creatures. That may sound odd, but the Goddess Aphrodite is also said to have been born of the sea, and so, for a sea faring national such as the Greeks, women of the see were seen as symbols of ultimate beauty and erotic love.
Due to its connection to the sea, mermaid tattoo designs are often seen to have been adopted by sailors, rather than being a feminine tattoo. The mermaid tattoo designs often depict a mermaid who sits upon the top of a rocks in the middle of a stormy sea. They will usually have long flowing hair, and wear a bra of sea shells. The sailors have this as a tattoo to link them back to the ocean, even when they are on the land.
In modern culture many of us will remember the depiction of the “Little Mermaid’ from the Disney movies, and so when most women chose to have a mermaid tattoo design, it is usually of the cartoon mermaid, rather than the ancient, mythical figures of the sea.
