Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Baby Angel Tattoos - Sweet and Sexy Baby Angel Tattoos

Angel and cherubs are known as popular baby angel tattoos for women. They're very cute, sexy and feminine. These tattoos are famous among women and they can make a great lower back tattoo design, or can be a chest piece or probably on the leg or on the arm.
Cherubs actually have a long history in western culture, and usually, we think of them as a symbol associated with Christianity, and are often present in all western religions. If you read the bible, you will often notice that there are mentions of cherubs and angels all throughout the Old Testament. But it was said that there were proofs that baby-like winged creatures came all the way back to the Assyrian culture, considered as one of the oldest cultures in the Western world.

The myths about these babies are that there were human like creatures that have wings that would often come as a messenger and guide to people. Torah, a Hebrew text, had also mentioned about the cherubim a few times in the Old Testament. And this means that they predate Christianity.
The concept of a cherub being attributed to a baby did not come in literature, not until the Renaissance time. During these times, the cherubs were depicted young boys and they were considered as a work of art. This is in Italy, were they are being referred as "Putti".

After several years, cherubs were being attributed to good tidings and are considered new creature from heaven. It was said that they usually take care of the souls of humans, after they die and leave their physical being and would ascend to heaven. The cherubs are known as the lining path to heaven, were they are seen playing harps and almost everyone in the West would associate them as a good symbol.
In the history of tattooing, cherubs are often the popular choice of baby angel tattoos in memorial or a Rest in peace symbol that are done in memory of a loved one that has passed away.

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