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The dead some parts of whose bodies were figured with tattoos describing hunting scenes are seen in Taştık graves and later gold Yış graves.

While the antique Trak was considering the tattoo as the  nobility trace, it was like immorality stamp according to the ancient greek. Tattoos utilized to recognize the crimininal and slaves in ancient Rome were faced in the great Britain in nineteenth century. As of seventeenth century  tattoos started being made for the purpose of symbolizing middle(troop) members of which are janissaries and lasted  until the close of the association of janissary.

When observed in this respect,the tattoo may be valued as a clue from past cultures,people,confidences and ways of living.That’s why it is a topic which should be focused in the form of  hierografic, etnographic and  anthropologic.

Symbols also carry same features much like mythologies on the scale of universal. Symbols establish the connection between real and imagination.Although ethnic communities,languages,confidences,ways of life are different,the language of symbols which are used is common.

It is possible that the tattoo is made because of nearly similar reasons in all parts of the world and similar geometric shapes are used.Only in terms of  the techniques of the tattoo applied,differences supplies while tattooing  and the place on which the tattoo is applied ,they show varieties.

When taken into consideration of mythologic sense, there are resembling and replica objects of all facts either visible or invisible. Therefore tattoos are packed with fairy tales, legends and mythologic codes. Motifs reaching abstract idea early in the center of Mesopotamia civilization  are mostly symbolical.The eye design symbolizes to avoid glance, abundance and fruitfulness and star happiness and the figure of existence tree symbolize life and the bird motif symbolizes life and soul.Nearly all of snake, bull, bird, eagle, cow, deer, gazelle, couple snakes, circle collar bangle, point, triangle, octagon, square, quadrilateral divided into two parts, geometric figures in which circular points are found symbolizes somehow mother goddess’s being sanctified and so mother’s profligacy which is life source, abundance of offspring, woman’s womb, sperm’s inseminating the egg found in mother’s belly, phases of the development of the fetus and eventually life and dead. Mostly sun and moon motifs symbolize the source of life, wish of living endlessly as well.

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