Devil Tattoos

The Devil is commonly a supernatural entity which embodies evil. Religions in the west share this entity. Even the Muslims have a devil. Some of the names for the devil are Satan and Lucifer. Demonology knows these as separate demons. They aren’t all evil. All of these are featured in various devil tattoos.

This is the story of the Christian devil. The most powerful and respected of all the Archangels was Lucifer. No other was his equal. Lucifer wanted God’s position. He wanted to rule over all of creation. He began a revolt, recruiting many angels to his cause. Michael the Archangel led God’s forces to beat down the revolt. The fallen archangel and his minions were cast out of heaven. Sometimes devil tattoos show this story.

Devil tattoos get their name from old English. More specifically it’s the word devil. Devil comes from the Old English word deofol which was derived from the Latin diabolus. That came from the Greek diabolos. That word is roughly translated as to slander across or to hurl the slander. It now means the ruler of hell. In some languages the word for angel eventually became their word for devil. But strictly speaking in the culture from which these languages come, a devil is not the same thing as an angel. This gives a lot more fodder for Devil tattoos.

A certain connotation goes along with devil tattoos. Someone who wears them is generally a little evil, or maybe even a lot evil. It could also mean mischief, or lewd behavior . It doesn’t necessarily mean the person who wears them as a criminal. Generally it takes a certain kind of person to wear one.

Devil tattoos sometimes carry a great stigma with them. There are people who think they are a mark of the dark lord. The devil marks his servants with this mark. That’s not the case.

Devil Tattoos

Don’t even think about getting any devil tattoos.

Devil Tattoos is a post from: Design Your Own Tattoo

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