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Celtic & Nordic Tattoos

Celtic & Nordic Tattoos — Marks of Ancestral Memory

 

My blood carries the stories of the Celtic and Nordic lands —

Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, and the old Scandinavian tribes.

Their symbols, their myths, their artistry are not just fragments of the past,

but echoes of something still alive beneath the surface of our modern world.

 

Much of their wisdom was buried —

lost through centuries of empire and religion —

yet what remains in stone, metal, and skin still speaks.

When we learn to read these forms again,

myth becomes memory,

and legend becomes living history.

 

 

Revival Through Tattoo

 

For years I’ve studied the ancient Celts and the pre-Celtic peoples —

the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Fir Bolg, the Fomorians —

the old tribes who understood the harmony between the seen and unseen.

Their artistry carried geometry, frequency, and story.

Their tattoos, carvings, and knotwork were maps of power and belonging.

 

To wear these symbols again is to remember who we are —

to honour the ancestors who lived in rhythm with the land,

and to restore what colonisation sought to erase.

 

Each mark becomes a living connection to those lineages —

a revival, a reclamation, a prayer in form.

 

 

The Invitation

 

If you feel that ancient pull —

a whisper through your blood,

a call to remember —

then perhaps it is time to mark the body once more.

 

Together, we will listen for the symbols that wish to return,

and give them life again upon your skin.

In this way, your story joins theirs —

and the old songs begin to sing anew.

Celtic & Nordic Tattoo Gallery

© 2020 SHANE COLEY TATTOOER

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