A skull and crossbones is usually a sign of something dangerous and warns a person not to enter ...or to fear death. They were long popular in the old school of tattooing on bikers to show one's outlaw side and now they are synonomous with heavy metal, outlaws and the 'wrong side of the tracks. As the art of tattooing has progressed as have the type of people sporting them, a skull and crossbones can be a new school tribute to the old school art...a way for someone to show there 'other' side.
It might mean that the wearer of the skull and crossbones tattoo, is or is related to piracy (or he/she thinks of him/herself as a pirate)
It is also a reminder of our own mortality.
I dont have any tattoos yet, but the skull and crossbones for me is a symbol of a rebellious spirit. As well as demonstrating my love for Horror. It may also be demonic.
I got a morphed skull and crossbones, it is a combination of skull and bones and a human heart with aorta veins, It's a symbol of impending death, a reminder of my condition, a symbol of the struggle with my self to survive. You see I had a massive heart attack almost exactly a year ago, Feb. 11, 2005, surgery and recovery, change of lifestyle, all that stuff. I'm doing very well now. I'm very proud of this tattoo, I have several, but this one has special meaning only for me. So I think with all tattoos, they could hold a completely different meaning for anyone.
The actually mearning very few know it really is a myth about Adam and Eve. somed up that Christ was hang above there graves at the place of the skull.
In the old days, I mean the really old days, a skull and crossbones symbol would hang above the entrance to buildings and places related to death (mortuaries, graveyards and so on), to warn people not to go in there. As the years passed, it of course became a symbol of death or risk of death, like on crates of poison.
It is originally not at all related to Nazism; Pretty much all nations in the world used this symbol on their uniforms, but as WWII was over, most people related it to Nazism, and therefore, other armies stopped using this symbol.
When Emanuell Wynn started using this symbol (all pirates had their own symbol; Blackbeard had a full skeleton with horns, holding a spear towards a bleeding heart, Calico Jack had a skull with crossing cutlasses under it, Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart) had a drawing of himself and a skeleton toasting, Thomas tew had a human arm holding a cutlass in the raised position), it was of course because it was related to poison and death, and this scared the fighting will out of anyone who saw a ship flying these colors.
Pirates did not, however, use it to say "No quarter" ("take no prisoners", meaning that everyone would be killed). A full red flag in addition to the pirate's personal Jolly Roger meant "No quarter", a Jolly Roger simply meant "hello there, we are pirates, and if you look closely enough, you'll see who the captain is!".
So, to sum up:
1. Death
2. Poison
3. Piratery
4. "Oooh, look at me, I'm tough"
it means love and death..at least to me it does
Siimply put, that love will continue after death, or that love is stronger than death.
Heart and crossbones in the trademark logo for tokidoki, an Italian artist that does Japanese pop art/grafitti style work
The skull and crossbone are the sign of pitates , or sea robbers.
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Typically, the dead gypsy tattoo is meant to symbolize the passing of a close friend or relative. Gypsy tattoos in general symbolize different things to different people. For many, a gypsy tattoo represents freedom or travel.
Tattoos are permanent, so one must be sure of their design. To symbolize loving a son, one could get a tattoo of a heart, the mother symbols of different cultures, or a tattoo of something that makes a mother think of him.
Heart and dice tattoo's sometimes symbolize a person gambling with love or a chance that they took with a person and found love... It's all about a roll of the dice type thing so that's where you get some of the symbolization from,its not always the same for everyone,but it is the most common use for this type of tattoo
A dagger tattoo symbolizes death.
A skull inside of a rose tattoo does not have a specific meaning, it can vary from person to person. It does seem that many people get this tattoo as a symbol of love.
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A tattoo of a heart could just easily symbolize love of something.
heart in the beast
Usually it stands for love
obsession with negativity
My dads love
The never-ending struggle between naturalistic materialism and totalitarian Calvinism.
A tattoo which symbolizes family depends on you, its what you see your family as, it has to be something close to your heart :) however, a tree tatt can symbolize family, hope this helped :)
Its the sacrad heart of jesus its a kind of catholic or cristian type of thing
A teardrop tattoo usually means that someone died. A heart stands for love. A tear drop in a heart probably means that someone that they love died.
Typically, the dead gypsy tattoo is meant to symbolize the passing of a close friend or relative. Gypsy tattoos in general symbolize different things to different people. For many, a gypsy tattoo represents freedom or travel.