Pictish Celtic Cross Tattoo Design la tene To the Anglo-Saxons the birds

To the Anglo-Saxons the birds embodied strength and courage and they believed that those carrying these symbols into battle would inherit these virtues

is the rearing cobra of Buto

fills the side of the upper arm with an arc encompassing a knot work shamrock pattern

Symbol of purity

ruled over by the god Odin

Pictish Celtic Cross Tattoo Design la tene To the Anglo-Saxons the birdsA most unusual cross, incorporating the Scottish key patterns found in Pictish carved stones with the knotwork patterns found in traditional high crosses, and including the Aberlemno cross spiral circle of life in the center. An ambitious tattoo.