Celtic Butterfly Tattoos - Body Art

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Celtic Butterfly Design for Tattoos

Celtic butterfly tattoos are a combination of beauty and of the symbolism of growth and change. Celtic butterfly tattoos typically symbolize all that is positive in life. For others this Celtic tattoo means rebirth after death making Celtic butterfly tattoos a mysterious and personal piece of body art for the wearer.

Celtic butterflies are very colorful tattoos and can be designed in combination with Celt knot work. Incorporate other symbols including flower, fairies, leaves and angels when designing a tattoo. Although women tend to favor this body art design men also design a tattoo using the butterfly.



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Celt's Beliefs About Celtic Butterflies

Celts lives were tightly entwined with the natural world and they saw the butterfly as a symbol of transformation, rebirth, and renewal. Butterflies had souls and fluttered in search of a human mother. Once found it ate and drank with the new mother and would impregnate the women so that the butterfly could be reborn as a human.

Celtic Tattoo Symbol



Celtic butterfly tattoos are a symbol of rebirth. They symbolize every aspect of life from reincarnation, phenomenal changes, and your belief in afterlife. This Celtic tattoo is a reflection of your faith in rebirth or your expression of an incredible change in life that you have experienced. Celtic butterfly tattoos are extremely impressive and personal.

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Celtic Symbol Meaning - Additional Reading

What Is the Meaning of a Butterfly Tattoo? | eHow.com
What Is the Meaning of a Butterfly Tattoo?. Tattoos are more than just pretty designs engraved in flesh. For many, a tattoo is a statement of identity or a symbol of something highly valued. The butterfly is one of the most popular tattoos in the world, both for its obvious physical beauty and for i
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One of the most popular designs being done today, probably ranking right at the top of those being done on women is the butterfly.
Studying the Meaning of Butterfly Tattoos
Many people would like to know the meaning of butterfly tattoos before they want to get one. Butterfly tattoos have become very popular, and as the designs have a feminine touch, they are requested mainly by women. They are popular mainly because of their beauty, but the meaning of butterfly tattoos is very deep. A certain type of mystery surrounds the butterfly tattoos.

Celtic Symbols and Their Meanings

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Personalize Your Tattoo

Personalize Celtic Butterfly Tattoos

Celtic butterfly tattoos have different meanings to each individual therefore should be colorful to help with your own interpretation. The butterfly tattoo can also be complimented by using other Celtic tattoo symbols such as the Celtic Knot. The Celtic knot is also a symbol of the life cycle and will reinforce your expression of the legacy of deceased family and friends and your faith in the everlasting.

Styles of Celtic Butterfly Tattoos

This style of tattoo looks good on any part of the body. Experiment with a number of shapes, colors and designs. Celtic butterfly tattoos can be either closed winged or open winged with the more popular of the two is the open winged design. They are a delicate tattoo that can be as subtle or as bold as you wish. The designs and styles of Celtic butterfly tattoos are endless.

Styles of Celtic Butterfly Tattoos

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Designs For Tattooos

Celtic Butterfly Tattoo

The Celtic butterfly tattoo design can be styled in many ways:

  • Use a heavier outline of the insect and fill it in with knot work in place of the typical butterfly wing design.
  • Use elaborate knot work and fill the spaces with a kaleidoscope of colors.
  • Embellish the Knotwork butterfly with other designs such as vines, flowers and other symbols of nature.
  • Use shamrock imagery using the Knot work pattern and twist the four leaves of the lucky clover into the four wings of the butterfly.
  • Substitute fairy wings with butterfly wings, resulting in a beautiful butterfly design.

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    • bodyartbloke Apr 22, 2012 @ 1:09 am | delete
      Butterfly is a beautiful creature and deserve to be a tattoo for nature lovers. I am into tattoo genre too and thanks for this lens as a resource for my first lens about body art.
    • naheedahsan Feb 11, 2012 @ 12:43 pm | delete
      nice lens, i really like those tattoo
    • scarlettohairy Jan 6, 2012 @ 12:19 am | delete
      What a very pretty design the Celtic knots and butterflies make!

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