Was it pretty normal for celtic and briton warriors to have tattoos and piercings?

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Q. Out of all the different ethnic tribes of that age, with germanic and slavic people, were the celts most into tattoos and piercings and all of that?
Oh yeah, the Picts did have them eh. Second guy, I think some did. I know I have seen pictures, unromanticized, of Gaels with piercings and stuff.

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Tattoos and body painting, yes. One of the bog-men from Lindow Moss had some kind of greenish/blue paint on him. Tattooing was probably common (the Romans described it) although the preserved British/Irish remains we've found so far haven't had tattoos--but the copper age man from the Alps, Oetzi, had tattoos,and some Russian prehistoric bodies were covered in very ornate designs. Certainly there's no reason why British tribes wouldn't have had tribal markings too.
Piercings are less likely,with the exception of earrings. A metal piercing would obviously still be in place with an ancient body,and I cannot recall any being found. The nearest I can think of was a bronze age British woman who may have had a small ceramic nose stud or lip plug.Can't say for sure that's what it was, but it was lying somewhere near her face.
I think some of the recent artistic depictions of celts have made them look a bit too much like 'new age traveller' types tbh :ie dreads and stuff braided or rolled into their hair. In fact celtic people were rather proud of their looks--especially the hair, which, rather than having it in some matted clump, they fashioned into ornate creations with lime or imported hairgel (true!). They actually had soap too,and were figure conscious-a fat warrior could be fined!

What do girls think of guys that have tattoos?

Billy

I'm an 18 year old guy and I have a few tattoos already but I was just wondering what girls/women nowadays actually think about tattoos. I mean, it's not going to change my opinion about getting tattoos or affect what tattoos I get, I was just curious.

And I'm adding this in here as a little note: I hate tribal tattoos, Celtic tattoos, and armbands (among others). I will never get them.

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Well, I'm an 18 year old girl and I have one tattoo and maybe getting one or two more in my future. I personally admire men who have tattoo's, it shows who they are and how they choose to express themselves, but then again, I like the unique and meaningful tattoo's only. However, ever girl has her own opinion on the matter, and you'll find some who hate them, some who don't mind them and others who love them. But like you stated above, that's good thinking, don't let others opinion's affect your decision's, it's your body, do what you wish.
I hope I could be of some assistance.

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What is the underlying psychology behind the desire to get tattoo's?

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Gerbil

As tattoo's are painful, a little risky, and more or less permanent, I suspect there is some sort of insecurity/attention seeking psychology at work. What are your thoughts?

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It's a matter of identification with a tribal mindset. Tattoo's have been with us forever it seems.
Right now it is a fad to extremes. It is cheaper and more efficient than in the past and the culture in society has opened the door to women as well. Although the art is very popular today I can't see it going on for more than a decade before the novelty of it all wears thin.
Too bad for the ones who mark their flesh these days. Many of them will regret it in their older years and some will pay a lot of money to get rid of them.
The problem is that the red ink used in tattooing cannot be eradicated without taking the flesh off. The rest of the inks can be laser cleaned.

What features are considered beautiful for women in europe, america, and asia?

Zu QingW

What features women have are considered pretty within their environment and people? Every race has beautiful women.
I am talking about modern days even though the past does influence people's perspectives

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Sadly globalisation deleted the big contrast between the feature to consider beautifull a women in the differents countries.
So your question is hard to answer but i'll try.
In general our ''features'' of beauty came from the greek , athletic people , muscles and no obesity.
Here in Europe we always say that for people who like blonde girls these girls must be tall , blue eyes and very curvy , for people who like dark haired girls we say that spanish and italiaans girls are the hottest. Brown hair , Green or bright brown eyes , tall , and atletics.
I heard that in america girls must be curvy , blonde and ''fashion'' to be considered as hot girls (but this is just what i heard and saw , i don't live in US so i can't tell you the exact truth)
In north africa mostly in Morocco girls are considered hot when they decorate their hands with ''tattoos (not real one) ''
In Asia I think that the girl must look very innocent almost like a doll , and must be very educated.
Then you have to consider that there are thousand of suburban cultures who destroy this ''features'' and create new one , often ispired by tribal cultures (piercing, tattoos ecc)

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My mom is considering letting me get a tattoo for Christmas, but am I going to grow anymore?

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Thea

I'm 13 years old and my estimated height was 5'8. I am currently 5'7. If I happen to grow another inch will it mess up my tattoo if i get one? and it doesn't really seem like I'm going to grow anymore so what do you guys think?

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I think you should wait. When I was your age I wanted to get a piercing, but mum thought a tattoo would be better as it's easier to hide than a lip ring. The woman at the studio advised against it though, you can just take a piercing out but tattoos stay forever; and I'm rather glad she did. Today I see kids at school with these horribly tacky tattoos; I'm sure it made sense when they made it, but this one guy has "nothing else matters" in a tacky font diagonally across his biceps, like what? And then there's this fifteen year old guy with tribals. Even the girl that was sooo cool when she got a tattoo in seventh grade; her flowers on her abdomen and side are just ugly.

If you do get a tattoo, make it small and absolutely don't make any quotes. That's what people regret the most because in a couple of years it might just look retarded.

However, to actually answer your question. You will grow, but I don't think it would mess your tattoo up much, unless you go risky and put it around your chest/tummy/hips/thighs. Women tend to never stop developing, but you probably know that best yourself.
Have you grown since last year? If you don't feel like your growth has slowed down, it'll probably continue. To get a good answer, you should visit a doctor or the school nurse; and the tattoo artist you have in mind, I'm sure s/he has an opinion.

Do you think woman look hot with tattoos and body piercings ?

Bill G

Or do you think it's cheap and makes the woman look hard and sleazy ?They don't call them tramp stamps for nothing.

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I had my tongue pierced when I was 16 but I went out and got wrecked and bit my tongue and cracked part of my tooth off! Bad move looking back. One of my mates used to have her clit pierced. I would never get that i would be too scared!

Tattoos I have two little ones close together at the bottom of my back. I have a butterfly that me and my mate both have and we got when we were 18. I also have my husbands name I got at 19.

My husband has a couple of tribal (one he designed himself), my name and Sunderland Football Club. They are all in black and I like that on a man like David Beckham yummy. He is getting our daughters name soon when we get more money.

We like watching Miami Ink thats a great programme and the people on it are brilliant tattooists.

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