What Lily Tattoos Mean

With its large, white or purple trumpet-shaped flower sits on a tall, slender stalk. The image of a lily in a tattoo design can mean chastity, purity and innocence. Although interesting cultures have also seen the lily image as a symbol of erotic love. The ambiguity in meaning that lilies are doing is a powerful and popular symbol, and the individual can choose the personal opinion would most like their own personal lily. 

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Lilies have been taken from the Bible and proved to be a symbol of faith, and a surrender to God's mercy. (Lily tattoo designs can be a symbol of Christ himself and is often used as decorations at Easter.) A flower representing immortality and resurrection. While some people wear lily tattoo design simply because it is one of the most beautiful flower, with its delicate colors, fragrance and curves. 

The erotic love, which may result in a lily image, comes from the ancient Greeks who saw lay as phallic symbol associated with fertility. These ancient cultures made very simple use of lily image in their art, people are so fascinated by the beauty of a lily flower today as they were back in those days. In France, the royal family adopted the lily as Fleur-de-lis on their coat of arms in the 12th century. Three lily petals tied at the bottom of the picture encored survival ad prosperity in their blue line, they thought. Truly lily tattoo designs are images that play on the imagination of people worldwide. 

Lilies came to have its more innocent symbolic meaning of love in the Renaissance, where artists often use a lily to represent purity and chastity. The angel Gabriel was often shown gave Mary a lily when announcing to her that she will give birth to Jesus. And since this period lilies have come to have a more innocent meaning in all art, including Tattoo Art.