Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Thunderbird - Quezacotl

it is intelligent, powerful, and wrathful... The Thunderbird's name comes from the common belief that the beating of its enormous wings causes thunder and stirs the wind. The Lakota name for the Thunderbird isWakį́yą, a word formed from kįyą́, meaning "winged", and wakhą́, "sacred". The Kwakwaka'wakw have many names for the Thunderbird and the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) called him

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Elephant Tattoos

Elephants have had profound effects on culture, nowhere more so than in India where Ganesh, a popular Hindu God, takes the form of half elephant, half human. They are huge, and move so gracefully. Their form is unique. They have an incredible memory. Elephants are amazing. They are beautiful, yet dangerous; majestic, yet their survival is in jeopardy.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Raccoon Tattoos

In the mythology of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the raccoon was the subject of folk tales.[188] Stories such as How raccoons catch so many crayfish from the Tuscarora centered on its skills at foraging.[189] In other tales, the raccoon played the role of the trickster who outsmarts other animals, like coyotes and wolves.[190] Among others, the Dakota Sioux believed that the

OWL Tattoo Designs

Friday, March 5, 2010

RAVEN Tattoos

Raven meanings of wisdom, prophecy and knowledge-keeping. Soul-knowledge will not die with the body