Tattooing is a popular way of decorating the body. However, rarely anyone who decided to make a tattoo is guided only by aesthetic motives. For most, it is also important the meaning that the picture has in order to express your inner world through the image.
The values of butterflies in different nations
The interpretation of the image of a butterfly is quite similar among many peoples. For example, in Egypt and China, butterflies symbolize immortality, the rebirth of the soul after the body dies. The formation of such a poetic value was facilitated by the unusual life cycle of this insect. At first, a very unappealing caterpillar appears on the light, devouring leaves, after building a cocoon around itself and calming down for this time. And only after that the walls of the cocoon are destroyed, and a butterfly appears - light-hearted and beautiful. Also, in some nations, the butterfly represents a liberated soul.
The butterfly also symbolizes the feminine. In ancient Japan, a young woman could be compared to a motley butterfly, and a pair of fluttering insects symbolizes family happiness.
The symbolism of the ancient Indians combined both ideas. They believed that butterflies are the souls of women who died during childbirth.
The modern meaning of butterfly tattoos
Today, the butterfly has new meanings. A tattoo with this insect can say that its owner (but most often the owner) seeks self-improvement and just wants to emphasize his carefreeness. Today, butterflies are often associated with frivolity, romance, flirty and femininity.
Additional tattoo elements
Since a butterfly tattoo can mean completely different things, you should pay attention to the accompanying elements. Often, the fair sex decorate their bodies with real paintings, placing a butterfly among the flowers. The butterfly adjacent to the chrysanthemum symbolizes unfading beauty. Lily - the innocence of the owner of this tattoo. Butterfly and water lily speak of purity of thoughts.
A very popular motive for a tattoo is a butterfly, made in the Celtic style with clear woven patterns and Celtic border. In this case, the image speaks of the metamorphoses and changes in life that the subject who made such a tattoo craves for.
The symbolism of the ancient Indians combined both ideas. They believed that butterflies are the souls of women who died during childbirth.
