What does a scorpion tattoo on a woman's hand represent

Among the more popular tattoo motifs, the scorpion has always been a favorite of many, and some traditional tribes in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia basically have tattoos of scorpions wherever you can find them. Most tribal peoples see the scorpion tattoo as an amulet and protection from evil - an oracle meant to protect the owner from danger, as in some they believe that ghosts are afraid of scorpions and most animals are in awe of scorpions, which are given supernatural powers by the people.

In ancient mythology, the scorpion is a symbol of betrayal, death, danger, pain, evil, hatred and the devil. Many legends consider the scorpion to be belligerent. He plays the role of a killer and devours small animals. You will see the Scorpion King in cartoons, games or comedies, all because of its deadly stinger-bearing tail, which is especially scary for small animals and the old and sick. The whole world's legends about the scorpion are related to its tail with its poisonous stinger, which is used for defense. In Tibet and Egypt, scorpion amulets were used to ward off evil spirits, and Isis, the Egyptian goddess of nature, used a giant scorpion as a bodyguard. Often, in ancient times scorpions were used to guard the gates to the underworld.

If we look up some historical information, it is easy to find that in many ancient countries there are more or less stories about scorpions. In ancient Greek mythology, Orion, a giant and hero of ancient Greece, had a confrontation with a scorpion, but during the battle the scorpion stung his foot and unfortunately became the constellation of Orion; the Bible describes the Israelites as comparing the scorpion to a malevolent animal; and in Buddhist mythology, a 9th-century king dreamt of a yak-sized scorpion, which he took to be a sign to stop persecuting the monks; Nowadays you can still see scorpions carved on the transepts that Tibetans hold in their hands, and you can find scorpions on many weapons. In temples the scorpion protects the Dharma, because the monks believe that the scorpion is a sign of harmony and that whoever harms someone else will be punished by the scorpion; and the Egyptian goddess of the scorpion prays to alleviate the pain of giving birth to a child. At the same time the scorpion was a sign of self-sacrifice. In ancient Mayan culture, scorpions were associated with surgery, possibly because they anesthetized food before eating it; and in some parts of Africa, an oil extracted from scorpion venom has been used as a medicine.

So the good side of the scorpion really outweighs what we usually think of as its viciousness and evil, and it's not hard to explain why so many people choose scorpion motifs for their Tattoo patterns.