Why Butterfly Tattoos?
Butterfly Tattoos are extremely popular and can add a distinct ‘je ne sais quoi’ to a person’s character. The real beauty of butterfly tattoos is that they don’t have to be loud and obnoxious useless you want them to be, but rather subtle and stylish. What Do They Mean? Butterfly tattoos, when done by a skilled artist can be a dynamic piece of art. They symbolize the female’s charisma, beauty and diversity and they are also highly symbolic creatures in many cultures, including our own. Beginning in the east though, in Japan, one butterfly stands for young womanhood while two symbolize marital bliss. To the Aztecs of ancient Mexico however, the butterfly stood both for the souls of dead warriors who had fallen on the battlefield and the souls of women who had died in childbirth the two most noble deaths of which an Aztec could conceive. In Christianity it likewise stands for the soul which has escaped the confines of the flesh. In the west, as elsewhere, the symbolism of the butterfly c
