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Engraving or otherwise marking the flesh (piercings, tattoos and the like) for religious reasons is one of the oldest human traditions and has carried over into the present day. Anthropologists may argue over the exact intent behind the procedure, but in general early man seemed to believe that when they entered the afterlife, they would do so physically, that their whole body would move to the other world. The signs marked into the skin would act as keys to the gates of the underworld, granting admission to the more up-scale areas (like the Elysian fields for the Greeks), but also to ward of evil spirits and creatures that might try to devour the body or soul of the deceased.
Enochian is the Angelic language discovered (invented?) by John Dee during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
So people who work in an Enochian magical system may decide to mark themselves with those symbols for any other reasons above. Also, its possible that they do it just because they think it looks cool.
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What are the markings on Nightcrawler's body in X2 called?
Nightcrawler, aka Kurt Wagner, self-inflicts these symbols on himself as a form of penance for each sin he's committed. The symbols are ancient Enochian symbols, which are considered to be an angelic alphabet.
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