bull tattoo designs
Bull Tattoo Designs
The bull has always been a symbol of fierce, masculine strength. If you wish to get this creature as a tattoo, use some of these design ideas, with an explanation of its symbolism.
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- Have a bull with its horns surrounded by stars, while its tail spread out as the rays of the Sun. This combines its association with both, the Sun and the Moon.
- Depict a charging bull, with wind blowing from its nostrils, and its hooves, pounding the Earth to depict its fiery nature.
- In several instances, these creatures have been compared to lions, as both are protectors of herds in their own ways. As such, you can combine the two together and have a tattoo with each of them facing each other.
- You can also get a Taurus design that represents the zodiac sign.
- Another depiction is to get the Minotaur, a creature belonging to Greek mythology, which had the head of a bull, but a human torso. This is an interesting representation of masculinity.
- To depict heroism, have the one charging out of a storm of dust.
- Due to its association with thunder and lightning, you could even get yourself a tattoo that shows a charging bull, with lightning in the backdrop, and perhaps, some cracks in the Earth as a finishing touch.
- Women who wish to get one can have one that depicts a woman riding a bull.
- It is considered to be both, a solar and lunar creature. Because it represents fertility and plays the role of a father of the herd, and its fiery nature, it has been treated as a Sun god among several cultures. On the other hand, its crescent-shaped horn connects it to Moon worship in some ways.
- As a Sun god, it represents the heaven and fire, while as a Moon god, it represents the Earth, water, the night, and death.
- Its blood has been considered to be useful in fertilizing the Earth, which is why it was sacrificed in several cultures.
- A bull tattoo also symbolizes the domestication of a wild animal to serve man and the victory of intellect over brute strength.
- In the Irish culture, to call a warrior, a bull is a compliment that displays his heroism. Here, it also represented tyranny, death, brutality, and even lust.
- As a symbol of death, in countries like India, princes and kings were cremated in bull-shaped coffins.
- Its thunderous roar and windy breath have been compared to thunder and other calamities in nature. It is thus a symbol of all these uncontrollable calamities that befall nature.
- In the Hindu religion, it is a symbol of fertility, further strengthened by its association to heat, fire, and the Sun. The white bull that belonged to Lord Shiva symbolizes justice.