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TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - F
Tattoo Designs & Symbols
provides tattoo meanings, overviews and explanations of some of the
most popular tattoo designs in the world today. The tattoo symbols & designs on this
page all start with the letter F. Some of the most popular tattoo designs and symbols on this page include Flowers, Feathers, Fairy Tattoos, Four Leaf Clovers, Fish, Flame Tattoos, Foo Dogs and Frog Tattoos.
You'll find lots of great tattoo ideas for men and
tattoos for girls and women here. Take your time deciding which tattoo is right for you - have a really good look around, get informed and most of all get
inspired!
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TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - F |
Falcon Tattoo Designs - Domesticated falcons serving as the hunter's companion have been
around since the Iron Age. While 'in training', they are fitted with
a leather hood. This 'hooded falcon' has come to symbolize 'the hope
of liberty'... more |
Family Crest Tattoo Designs (Coat of Arms Tattoos, Clan Tattoos,
Heraldry Tattoos) - For hundreds of years, perhaps even thousands, one of the most popular ways for people to celebrate their family ties and heritage has been to get tattoos of their family crests, coat of arms and other symbols that recognize their family surname and history. In Great Britain, whether you are English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh and in most of the countries of Europe individuals can often trace their family history and surname to a particular stylized design that at one time would have decorated shields and banners as a method of identifying individuals going into battle... more |
Fairy and Fairie Tattoo Designs - The Fairy as a
tattoo design can be as simple as a take-off on the often
overpowering presence of corporate America in pop-culture, think
Tinkerbell and Disney creatures, or it harkens back to a rich
history of story, myth and folklore. Fairies in literature are often
the personification of human wishes and desire in the form of little
people with magical powers. As a tattoo design they can be symbols
of... more |
Feather Tattoo Designs -
Feathers are usually associated with birds or wings or Native
American imagery in most tattoo designs. A single feather as a
tattoo design may represent or symbolize the ability to take flight,
either spiritually, emotionally or creatively.
Some feathers are so distinctive in their shape
and size that they are easily identified with a specific species
of bird, such as the feathers of the Eagle, Peacock, Ostrich
Plume, and... more |
Fire Dragon
Tattoo Designs - Of all the mythical creatures, the dragon is the most universal and is prominently featured in
hundreds of cultures. Perhaps for that reason, its meaning as a symbol is not always consistent.
In the East the dragon is generally considered to be beneficent creature, where as in the West
it's more often a primordial enemy with whom combat is considered the ultimate supreme test.
Only he who conquers the dragon becomes a hero, according to myth and legend. In conjuring up
this most horrific symbol, we have gone back a long way to the dinosaur prototype, and often
imagine it breathing fire... more |
Fish Tattoo Designs - For many of the world's ancient cultures the fish
was the symbol of Water, Mother, and Great Goddess. Early myth
relates that the fish was the vulva of Isis, who, taking the form of
the fish, swallowed the penis of Osiris. The fish then stood for the
feminine and her reproductive powers. The Celts also used the fish
symbol as representing female sexuality and birth. In Hindu culture,
the fish was a marriage symbol. When a bride first enters the house
of her husband, she does so with a fish in her hand. Two fish,
swimming in opposite directions, is... more |
Flags
& Patriotic Tattoos -
Few symbols are as powerful at identifying an individual as
belonging to a particular tribe or group than a tattoo; and there is
perhaps no greater symbol identifying a sovereign nation than its
flag, so it should come as no surprise that flags are
extraordinarily popular as tattoo designs.
Flag tattoo designs are a powerful way for an individual to
symbolize their love, devotion, patriotism and sense of national
pride for their country.
Flag tattoos can be straightforward renditions of a countries flag
or they can be heavily stylized. In many cases, flag tattoos are
designed to show the colours of the national flag within an outline... more |
Flames / Fire Tattoo - As a tattoo design Flames may represent
transformation, destruction, change, passion, a beacon of light and
knowledge and serve as a warning to the wearer. Flames, fires and
burning have often been used in religious rites and symbolism, as
the smoke of the fire wafts towards the heavens it was thought to
bear the wishes and prayers of the faithful. An object or sacrifice
that is consumed in a fire becomes flames, heat and smoke and all
that remains afterwards is ash.
The destructive power and ability of fire to destroy much in it's
path has made it both feared and revered. For while a flame may
destroy something if it is not controlled, fire also gives off heat
to ward off the cold, and light, to hold back the darkness... more |
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Flamingo Tattoo -
The flamingo is the unofficial symbol of Florida, and of travel to
tropical destinations and leisure in general. The flamingo is a
status symbol for trailer park residents throughout America, and in
it's plastic, lawn-ornament incarnation, is the Icon of kitsch and
bad taste par excellent.
Ironically, Florida had hunted its native flamingos to extinction in
the 1880s for meat and feathers... more |
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Fleur-de-lis Tattoo Designs -
The fleur-de-lis (or fleur-de-lys, plural: fleurs-de-lis.
Translated from French as "lily flower") is a stylized design of
either an iris or a lily that is now used purely decoratively as
well as symbolically, or it may be "at one and the same time
political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic and symbolic", especially
in heraldry. While the fleur-de-lis has appeared on countless
European coats of arms and flags over the centuries, it is
particularly associated with the French monarchy on a historical
context, and nowadays with... more |
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Flower
Tattoo Designs - Flowers as tattoo designs and symbols
can be far more than just pretty pictures on pretty girls. Flowers
are the embodiment of nature and concise symbols of the cycle of
birth, life, procreation, death and rebirth. Specific flowers have
come to represent a myriad of different beliefs in different
cultures. In the East, the lotus flower has tremendous spiritual significance, as does the rose in the West.
Similarly, the tremendous spectrum of colours present in flowers can
have symbolic importance; white for purity, red for passion, or to... more |
Foo Dog (Fu Dog) Tattoos-
Foo Dog, Lion Dog, and Celestial
Dog are all names given to the creatures that guarded the Buddhist
temples of the Far East more than two thousand years ago. Foo dog is
also called the Lion of Buddha (the lion being sacred in Buddhism),
and was seen as the protector of Buddhist Dharma. Where the Foo Dog
appears in tattoo designs today, it combines both lion and dog
features, and is likely to be spotted with claws out and teeth... more
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Four-Leaf Clover Tattoo Designs -
As tattoo designs and symbols, the shamrock and four-leaf clover are
very popular with Celts of Irish descent. In fact it is hard to
imagine a St. Patrick's Day without Shamrocks and Four-Leaf Clovers
to accompany Leprechauns and green beer.
The Shamrock and Four-Leaf Clover are universal symbols of Ireland
all over the world, a symbol of being of Irish descent and in the
case of the four-leaf clover, a potent symbol of luck or good
fortune. Interestingly enough, both shamrocks and four-leaf clovers
are one in the same - with a crucial difference... more |
Fox
Symbols & Designs - The fox is a
fascinating symbol, a cunning predator whose small size makes it
both predator and prey in the great pyramid of the hunters and the
hunted. Not at the apex as a killer, but never to be taken lightly
as a carnivore or omnivore. Shape shifter, cunning trickster, and
traveller of the twilight hours, the fox emerges as a symbol of
magic and luck, both good and bad. Men have often identified with
the fox and its cousin, the coyote. Never as powerful or as
omnipotent as apex predators like the wolf, the bear, the lion and... more |
Frog
Symbols & Designs - a tattoo design that cuts across many cultures.
As a member of the animal clan, the Frog is seen as a teacher. A
lunar creature that resonates with water, it also lives on land. A
cold-blooded creature, Frog possesses an extremely sensitive skin
which shamans consider magical. In many cultures, the Frog is
associated with the ability to jump from one state of consciousness
to another. The frog is a symbol of... more |
Fruit
Tattoos Designs & Symbols - Fruit is nature's miracle, the botanical ovary, the vessel that holds the seeds to future life. Little surprise, then, that fruit often serves as a prominent symbol of abundance, fertility and prosperity. Think no further than a Cornucopia, or Horn of Plenty. Potent symbols of an abundant Harvest. In Greek mythology, the Cornucopia, or Horn of Plenty is the horn of the goat that suckled Zeus, the supreme Greek deity, which broke off and became filled, indeed, overflowed with copious amounts of fruit.... more |
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Full Rigged Ship Tattoo Design - A tattoo of a full-rigged sailing ship, with the words,
"Homeward Bound" is one of the most recognizable of all maritime and
nautical tattoos.
There is perhaps no tattoo design more associated with sailors and
seamen that the tattoo of a full-rigged sailing ship under full
sail, it's bow splitting the waves, clouds and seabirds in the
background. Most of the sailing ships depicted in these tattoos were
Clipper Ships. These tattoos were often very large and took place of
pride on a sailor's back or chest, with smaller versions on upper
arms and shoulders.
A rather macabre variation of the Full-Rigged
Ship tattoo, was the "Sailor's Grave" tattoo... more |
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