30 nice horse tattoos photos
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Nowadays in the art of tattoo there can be more and more often met ancient and modern images of horses. The popularity of such symbols can be explained mainly with its ancient symbolic and elegant beauty of the image itself. It is impossible to explain only in a couple of words all the deepness of the meaning of the horse tattoo, because the horse image in different cultures had different meanings and associations.
In modern symbolism the horse can be presented in the form of the symbol of the sun or the moon and it is often connected with fire and water.
If horse tattoo is made colorful, many things depend on the actual choice of the color that it will be depicted in. Light colored horses symbolize light and everything good, black and dark horses are usually considered to be the source of evil and dark energy. Pure white ones are connected with magic, death and soul.
The horse is usually meant and used in the tattoos of the modern Celtic culture and it became there a symbol of speed and beauty and also it was always connected there with the natural cycles and changes in life. The life of Celts, as well as many other European tribes, was always highly connected with horses. They even had the images of horse gods, such as Epona, Mebd and Macha. In China the horse always aroused attention as the symbol of everything logical and was always associated with hard work and love for work in general. For Chinese people the horse was the heaven symbol that meant south and is considered to be a good sign. The horse is known to be the one of the seven highly honored symbolic animals of China.
For a man the horse tattoo can symbolize masculine fertility, immense power. In Christianity it meant bravery and good will. In the Apocalypse of John four horses meant war, epidemic, starvation and death. In the mythology of the ancient Greeks there are also many references to horses, as well as about their personified images – Pegasus and Centaurus. White horses were leading the coach of the god Phebus, were highly connected with Poseidon, the god of sea and earthquakes.
In Islam the image of horse is highly connected with luck and richness. In Iran the four horses meant rain, wind, cloud and wet snow. Among Japanese people the white horse often means the revelation of the goddess of mercy Bato Kwannon. Horse tattoos often mean freedom and independence.
The horse is kind, loyal and obedient and can show different desires.