Anyone got any? I want some sort of viking pattern or design, but I can't really find any offhand that I like enough to put on my skin. So far I'm thinking of getting my name tattoed in runes.
Viking Tattoo Ideas
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Lord Foul
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The viking answer lady had this to say at her site:
Tattooing is one of those art forms that is poorly preserved in the historical record. Because skin is so fragile, and rarely survives in burials, we almost never have confirmation of patterns or designs. Unless we find a tattooed Viking frozen somewhere so that the skin is preserved, we will never know what patterns exactly might have been used.
Still, we know that the Viking Rus at least wore tattoos, for the Arabic observer Ibn Fadlan says in his Risala:
§ 81. Each man has an axe, a sword, and a knife and keeps each by him at all times. The swords are broad and grooved, of Frankish sort. Every man is tattooed from finger nails to neck with dark green (or green or blue-black) trees, figures, etc.
The Arabic word for the color of the tattoos can mean green, blue or black. Almost certainly these were dark blue tattoos, created using wood ash as the dyeing agent.
Ibn Fadlan calls the designs "trees", but it is highly likely that he is actually describing knotwork patterns that were so common in Viking art.
Tattooing is one of those art forms that is poorly preserved in the historical record. Because skin is so fragile, and rarely survives in burials, we almost never have confirmation of patterns or designs. Unless we find a tattooed Viking frozen somewhere so that the skin is preserved, we will never know what patterns exactly might have been used.
Still, we know that the Viking Rus at least wore tattoos, for the Arabic observer Ibn Fadlan says in his Risala:
§ 81. Each man has an axe, a sword, and a knife and keeps each by him at all times. The swords are broad and grooved, of Frankish sort. Every man is tattooed from finger nails to neck with dark green (or green or blue-black) trees, figures, etc.
The Arabic word for the color of the tattoos can mean green, blue or black. Almost certainly these were dark blue tattoos, created using wood ash as the dyeing agent.
Ibn Fadlan calls the designs "trees", but it is highly likely that he is actually describing knotwork patterns that were so common in Viking art.
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