Sun Tattoo Design

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Sun Tattoo Design

The Navajo Indians, Aztecs, Egyptians, and countless other cultures have worshipped a sun god at one time or another. In Egypt, the sun god was called Ra – depicted with a hawk head in many ancient characters. Celtics actually had an ancient sun god by the name of Lugh. The Native Americans spoke of Tsohanoai, the god who carried the sun upon his back – across the sky – everyday. At night, he hung the sun from a peg in his house. The sun still gets its shining moment in today’s tattoos (sorry about the pun).
Sun Tattoo Design
As cool as a sun tattoo had been in the past, it seems to have fallen by the wayside – replaced by other celestial bodies like the stars or moon. It still holds its place in background scenery upon tattoos though. Tattoos depicting an eagle flying through the blue sky, as the sun glints off its widespread wings, or a wolf perches on a rock face as the sun slowly seeps up behind a dark mountain the background, still utilize the sun as a shadowing assistant.
The shadow of the eagle seemed to fall into the chief.

As anyone who has ever gotten a tattoo can attest, shadowing is one of the most critical pieces in a tattoo.

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