Celtic Tattoos The Celts are an ancient people, who probably came from India tens of thousands of years

ago. After arriving in Italy, they made their way north-east through F rance to the United Kingdom. The Gauls were dominant in France by the time the R omans got there a little over two thousand years ago, but the Celts were rock-so lid in the UK. In those days, the Celts lived all over the UK, but the Roman invasion pushed th em back into the extremities of the land. As the Romans defeated the Celts in so uth-east Britain, the tribes either moved to Scotland or Wales or they integrate d with the Roman invaders. British Celts were well-known for their skin modifications, which is the modern terminology for tattoos and body art. The Celts and the Picts were body painters extraodinnaire. However, that was before Christianity. After Christianity came to the UK, the Celtic Cross became an important symbol of Celtic symbology. However, there are other Celtic mbol too. The Celts believed in legends of King Arthur and the s Avalon and Camelot, no matter symbols as well. The Welsh dragon is a Celtic sy fairies, so fairies are also Celtic symbols. The knights of the round table are also Celtic, as i what the English tell you.

Ireland is also a prominent Celtic country and many Celtic symbols come from the re too, The well-known Claddagh Ring is a typical Celtic design - the never-endi ng strings or ropes of time. Druids are also a powerful symbol of Celtic culture and the druids held oak trees in high esteem. Retro is a big thing in modern fashion as people are beginning to disbelieve the myth that times will always get better. Young people are looking back for a res tarting point, but as that is hard to find, they are picking up on symbols of th eir history. For lots of people of British origin, this is Celtic. For others, it is just the romanticism of Celtic folklore. The Mabignogion, fair ies, druids, dragons, King Arthur and the knights of the round table are all pow erful pictures in peoples' subconscious. People like to fantasise about the supe rnatural in these days of the cold, calculating computers, which govern our live s. If you would like to have a Celtic tattoo, you are almost certainly of Celtic de scent and so you will already have an idea of the sort of tattoo that you would like to have. It might be a decent idea to look for a tattoo artist who has know ledge of Celtic traditions and Celtic tattoos. This way, you can be more certain of the authenticity of your tattoo, if you are not au fe with Celtic images or tattoos. Celtic tattoos can be classed as tribal tattoos - north-estern European tribal t attoos, but what most people do not know is that Britain was known as that becau se its peoples wore body art and the Scottish Picts were called that because the y wore skin paint. The Celts were among the first to use body art, but certainly not the only ones. Owen Jones, the author of this piece writes on fairly a lot of topics, but is cu rrently involved with <a href="http://whiteinktatoo.com/anchor-tatoos.html">Anch or Tatoos</a>. If you would like to know more go to our website at <a href="http ://whiteinktatoo.com">White Ink Tatoo</a>.