Beltaine Runes

Green Man Chest Piece

Awen's Green Man

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Here we have another reader submission, this one from Awen 13 who says:

The center piece is the green man which has six additional faces within the design.  On my chest there are five bind runes and two other symbols.  The two pentacles on my upper body are ancient symbols from Hebrew texts.  The tattoos were done by Shad Perlich who did a fantastic job. 

Thanks so much to Awen 13 for sharing his great tattoos!

Cat People Tarot

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This fabulous tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of tattoo artist Shannon Archuleta. The fabulous original artwork comes from the later, great Arizona artist Karen Kuyendall.

The Fool and His Skeleton

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The tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of Ste3ve and is licensed under Creative Commons. It was inked by Martin Roberson of Lucky Stars Tattoos, San Jose, California.

The card image comes from Wikimedia Commons and is a recolored version of the classic Rider Waite Smith Tarot card, the original images of which are now public domain.

The idea is an original concept of the owner that includes the normally fleshed Fool as a skeleton in honor of The Day of the Dead festival. The Fool is one of the trump cards that make up the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck. I think this is a fascinating reinterpretation of the Tarot and while The Day of the Dead, and Tarot, aren't strictly pagan I couldn't resist sharing this tattoo!

Amazing Norse Back Piece

This absolutely stunning back piece, with Odin and Thor, comes from Rate My Ink and was created by Mike Austin of Austin Tattoos out of Ontario, Canada.

Odin is the all father of the Norse pantheon, the one eyed ruler who controls magic, war and death as well as poetry and wisdom. Thor is one of his sons who, with his mighty hammer Mjollnir, fights the enemies of the Norse gods, the frost giants and controls thunder.

Odin and Sleipnir

This amazing tattoo is also from Rate My Ink and was created by Donna D'Amour of Art with a Pulse of Colorado Springs.

The tattoo depicts Odin, the supreme Norse god, on his mighty eight legged horse Sleipnir. Sleipnir is the offspring of the trickster god Loki who, in the form of a mare, mated with Svaldifari the stallion. Sleipnir can travel over water and land as well as travel through the air.

Temperance Card

From InkedBlog.

Rune Backpiece

Awesome Eolh rune, which is linked to protection.

Moons, Pentagram

This tattoo comes from Cetta's Flickrstream It's a very fresh sparkly tattoo with some very nice lines. Gorgeous.