Among the different types of animal tattoos, tattoos of turtles are very interesting. On the other hand, have a high symbolic content, are very special and unlike other animals.
They are animals who walked the world for millions of years, why are among the oldest creatures on our planet, even associate with the era of the dinosaurs, which had larger turtles.
Depends on the culture, the image of the turtle has a symbolic value in relation to mythology, for example, in many cultures, the turtle was the representation of longevity and wisdom.
As well, it was also long believed in many cultures that the world was sustained by the shell of a turtle as in the case of mythology China and India. Moreover, China also is given a special value to the point of considering them as a representation of the gods, so turtle shells were used as the first places where the Chinese characters were written and where it is also expressed through the drawing.
You will find several turtle tattoo designs, from simple stripes to symbolize to some that resembles reality.
