Sunday, November 8, 2009

Flaming Tattoo

Flaming tattoo is one of the most used and a very popular tattoo design. The flames tattoo is used a symbol of passion, destruction, transformation, and change. It also represents to be the beacon of light as flames can also be used as a source of light.

In every culture and religion, Flames and fire have their own meaning. For example, a flame in Greek mythology, Prometheus is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. In Christianity, the flames represents the Holy Spirit and can be refer from the burning Bush in Exudus. In Judaism fire also has great significance, candles are lit to usher in holidays and to separate Shabbat from the rest of the week, as well as to remember the dead.