this knot narrates tales of deep love and intertwined souls

A beautiful circle of six swans a-swimming

including ancient Egypt

A Celtic triskelion pattern from an ancient cathedral's stained glass window forms the centerpiece of this tattoo design

The woman who commissioned this backpiece had been an Irish step dancer as a girl

Pictish Warrior Tattoo Design triangle this knot narrates tales ofAn example of the way the sacred spirals of the Celts were once painted onto the skin with woad before battle, a perfect way to add large area coverage in color. While we cannot know exactly what tattoos the woad warriors would have worn, we can surmise that they would have copied the spirals found on contemporary stone carvings, all that we now have left to document the mysterious race of the Picts.