Spider tattoo stencils

 

Meanings of spider tattoos

One of the most representative old school style tattoos is the spider. This image can evoke different emotions, so their meanings are also very different. Although it is an animal feared by most of the people, some have not hesitated to use it in a tattoo in order to represent certain properties that are associated with the spiders.

Spider tattoos usually depict this animal alone or with a spider web (among other motifs), and its meaning varies depending on the depiction of the spider in the tattoo.

There is one general meaning that the spider tattoos represent and that is combat because this animal is associated with the ability to fight, an ability that we can have in different life situations and through which we manage to get ourselves to assert in them.

The web, on the other hand, represents life itself, and its twists and turns and weaves reveal the trials or difficult times that we all must go through at some point in our lives.

The following are the most notable meanings that spider tattoos have received over time.

• Struggle:

As I mentioned earlier, the spider - alone and with the web - gives a picture of the struggles that have to be endured in the course of life and of the consistency one has to have to overcome them.

• Jealousy:

The spider web can be a representation of jealousy. This vision is based on the legend that the goddess Athena, out of jealousy, destroyed a girl's life and, as remorse for her actions, turned her into a spider so that she could continue to weave.

• Duality between the negative and the positive:

The spider has been linked to negative events because it was believed to be one of the causes of the plague. She is also associated with some criminal gangs in. On the other hand, it also reflects certain desirable qualities such as fertility, wisdom and balance.

• Protection:

American tribes believed that when a child was born it was visited by a "spider woman" who surrounded it with a protective web known as a dream catcher. This network served to ensure the children a good night's sleep by keeping the nightmares away from their normal dreams.