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02-03-2015, 07:20 PM
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The Mountain symbol?
Hello, I'm planning on getting a tattoo with this symbol, which supposedly meant "mountain" for at least some Native American tribes (used in his pictogram writing system). Is it true?
Before you all attack me, let me explain. This is going to be a tribute to my homeland, Andorra, and I really like this symbol. In addition, let's be honest: it is a very simple drawing, it's not a tribal tattoo or something like that. No matter what people say, this cannot be considered an offence to any culture or religion: I just want to make sure that if I get this symbol as a tattoo, it isn't gonna mean something completely different from the Native American perspective. Thank you very much. |
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02-04-2015, 03:06 AM
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 Firestone? B.F. Goodrich? Last edited by AmigoKumeyaay; 02-05-2015 at 02:25 PM.. |
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02-04-2015, 03:43 AM
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In a quick google image search-this is also very simialar to the sign for Aquarius, and it's a symbol for the water utility in Gaborone, Botswana.
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02-04-2015, 10:20 AM
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02-04-2015, 10:26 AM
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Just curious. Why a Native design to honor a European country? It seems a bit of a non-sequitur. Kind of like me deciding to get a tattoo of my Tribe's name transliterated into Arabic or some such. (Everyone who knows of my needle phobia can quit laughing now.)
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02-04-2015, 11:45 AM
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Ehem.... I mean it was easy enough for europeans to discover zigzag symbols independently from any other continental people back in grey history of the unknown nebular of ancient europe I presume.
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02-04-2015, 02:11 PM
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I'm not NDN, but when I see that symbol I think of a river (or other body of water) rather than mountains. Jus' sayin'...
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02-04-2015, 02:48 PM
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Not addressed to the OP, but some general advice for people contemplating getting a tattoo...
Be very, very careful before getting a tattoo of something outside your own culture. E.g., I see them less than I used to, but Chinese/Japanese characters (kanji) seem to be popular. Unless you can actually read kanji yourself...beware! I wouldn't even trust the tattoo artist b/c 1. they probably don't know themselves, and 2. some people have really twisted senses of humor. There are lots and lots of people (mainly women) sporting kanji tats that they think mean "prosperity," "hope," the names of their children, etc., but they've been fooled. I've seen women with kanji tats that say (vulgar word for prostitute), and even some very, very dirty/explicit sayings. I'm pretty sure that wasn't what they wanted when they chose their tats.
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02-04-2015, 07:00 PM
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i don't know ... I see two snakes doing something.
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02-05-2015, 01:35 AM
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I see charlie brown's T-shirt
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02-05-2015, 02:15 AM
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02-05-2015, 12:15 PM
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Hmmm.... there does seem to be a resemblance ! Maybe Charlie Brown was ndn !
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02-05-2015, 02:10 PM
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B.F. Goodrich, or Firestone comes to mind
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02-06-2015, 02:42 AM
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02-14-2015, 01:32 AM
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I thought they looked like the rail shadow on stairs! LoL!!
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02-15-2015, 06:00 AM
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03-21-2015, 11:25 PM
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Well er uh...Does a tipi symbol count ??? hehe !!!
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03-22-2015, 05:51 PM
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03-22-2015, 11:01 PM
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