Who invented tattooing and why was it invented?

Answer 1

Tattooing, the second oldest professionWhat a good question!!! I hope I can shed some light on the subject with my answer...

Most folks thought that possibly the south seas islanders may have been the first to tattoo, simply because that was the place where northern Europeans found the first people to use tattooing amongst all the native people......But since the finding of the frozen man in the alps between present day Italy and Switzerland, they believe he was the oldest known tattooed person....Of course there were probably older than him, just nobody has found any remains, and if he hadnt been frozen we would not have known about him...

Now, the question may have been, Why did people that far back tattoo themselves????

If you belonged to a nomadic tribe that maybe hunted and gathered their food along certain paths, you would have certain markings on your clothes, {skins, in this case} that marked your rank and position in the tribe.....Maybe the "royal" folks, daughter or son of the chief would have certain markings, hunters and scouts might have other markings, and toolmakers and warriors may have other markings....But in the summer when they would have shed their winter clothing they would have to have the markings on their skin...So, if you saw some one in the distance you couldn't make out his face but you could tell by the marks that he was a warrior, {danger!!} or a scout {hmmmmmn, maybe he will lead us to a bison!!!} ot the long lost daughter of the chief {Go get her we'll get a reward!!!!}. After all they didnt have cell phones to let someone know when they will be home.

So who was the first???? Probably a cave man, who picked up a burning ember from a fire and stuck it into someone who was eating to much of the evening meal...After a few days he noticed that the mark had healed but the carbon black in the ash left a lasting mark.... And that led him to try it again on himself or his ol' lady......And the first tattooist was born, or rather made....... But will we ever know for sure, hmmmmmmn, could be!!TatuBaron

Answer 2

Mankind has been tattooing for thousands of years. A man that is estimated to have lived 5,000 years ago was found in the Alps about 15 years ago. His frozen body was decorated with 57 different tattoos of various symbols.

Answer 3

Human beings have inked their skin as far back as anybody can find proof. The oldest human bodies discovered show tattoos. People use tattoos for many reasons, but the most typical one is spiritual - the tattoo stands for something important in the person's life, either as a protection, or to remind them of something, or as an artistic celebration.

Answer 4

to be honest, none know for sure who was first tattooed, the practice is older than time...the oldest known tattoos belong to a mummy known as etzi...he however had several tattoos, leading to the belief that they are older still...

Answer 5

Tattooing has been practiced across the globe since at least Neolithic times. The oldest discovery of tattooed human skin was found on the upper lip of a Chinchorro culture mummy from South America, dating to approximately 6000 BC.

The oldest direct evidence for tattooing in Europe is the body of Ötzi the Iceman, dating from the late 4th millennium BC, who was found in the Ötz valley in the Alps. Studies have revealed that Ötzi had 61 carbon-ink tattoos consisting of 19 groups of lines simple dots and lines on his lower spine, left wrist, behind his right knee, and on his ankles. It has been argued that these tattoos were thought to be a form of healing because of their placement, though other explanations are plausible. Colin Dale has recreated these very early tattoos on people in the modern age.

Various other cultures have had their own tattoo traditions, ranging from rubbing cuts and other wounds with ashes, to hand-pricking the skin to insert dyes

Answer 6

The first tattoo predates back to over 5000 years ago, there is no way of knowing.