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Dragon is a very popular creature nowadays. It is a mythical creature that is very often depicted on tattoos. In its style it is clearly visible that there is a combination of aggression and fury but at the same time dragon tattoo designs are known to be very neat and deadly beautiful. There are many different meanings of the dragon symbol depending on what culture it belongs to.

The first dragon tattoo images came to us from the Ancient China and they are dated by the sixth century. Lun, or the water dragon in the Eastern culture is one of the foundations of the good beginning. This symbol takes its origin from the culture of the gods of water and fertility. According to the legends Lun lives in rivers and lakes and sometimes flies from them to heaven to give people a much needed rain in the dry seasons. Afterwards the Chinese dragon got several meanings that were highly connected with the main elements of the world – fire, ground, air and water.

The dragon in China was known as the symbol of the  house of the Imperator and was known for his wit and divine power. Japanese dragon, or Ru, also played rather vital role in the main myths of this country. In particular, the dragons are much talked about in the legends of Amaterasu, the goddess of the Sun.

European dragon, on the contrary, is a lot different from the Chinese one. In the Medieval Europe the mythological dragon was considered to be evil that hated people and everything connected with people. According to the legends, dragons guarded a lot of precious things that were robbed from different people. Heroes, who could defeat dragons, became very rich, had a lot of influence and often gained immortality.

The meaning of the dragon tattoo can be very different. Some people make such tattoos and connect it to their date of birth according to the Easter Calendar, and therefore depict dragon in the Eastern style. For men dragon tattoo design usually symbolizes power and might and willingness to do everything their own way. Often there are tattoos on which there are Eastern dragon and tiger in battle.

If such dragon tattoo is situated on the back or chest and is made in color, that means that the man can be somewhat connected with Japanese or Chinese criminal structures, however, in other parts of the world there is no such meaning usually. Dragon tattoos are often very vivid and picturesque and can be made very differently.