What is the metaphorical meaning of tattooed swallows?

According to a legend, the design of the long-standing swallow tattoo can be traced back hundreds of years. When sailors sail on the ocean for a long distance, usually 5000 nautical miles, and cross the equator, travel is often full of difficulties, diseases, hunger and death. The appearance of swallows marks the end of their journey. Because these birds have never been far from the sea, they aim at land near the end of a long voyage. This fact has led many sailors to adopt the swallow tattoo pattern, which symbolizes hope and success in completing a long journey. As a follow-up to this story, a tattoo depicting two swallows shows a long journey (10000 nautical miles or more), and a swallow tattoo with a dagger symbolizes the loss of a friend at sea.

Another legend holds that because swallows will return to the same place to mate and nest, swallows will ensure that sailors come home safely every year. A sailor tattooed a swallow before leaving, and returned to his home port for a second tattoo after his service. In other words, if sailors drown, swallows will go to heaven with their souls.

Swallow also expresses love, care and affection for family and friends, showing that people always return to their loyalty. Birds also represent freedom and hope.

Today, symbolizing a swallow can mean many different things. It is considered to be the staple food of "British tradition" and "sailor Jerry Collins" tattoo. A former sailor of the Royal Navy has a swallow tattoo on his wrist as a symbol of a successful voyage.

Swallow tattoos have played a special role in symbolizing world culture for thousands of years. Today, these tattoos are still very popular, often only because of the fashion and aesthetic considerations of swallow art, however, these designs have deeper personal significance.

But everything, the meaning conveyed by the swallow tattoo art, is a symbol of a specific area and a symbol of a home.

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