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ancientskin.tattoo Beautiful find from Haithabu. Exhibited in the @wikinger_museum_haithabu - Amazing details, I love this art! •#haithabu #vikingjewelry #vikingage #knotwork #vikings #wikinger #handpoke #handpokedtattoo #nordictattoo #tattooinspiration

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This Menominee tattooing tool dates to 1911 and consists of four sewing needles bound with cotton thread to a wood handle. The accompanying kit includes packages of charcoal for making ink, and a bent wood bowl for mixing and holding the ink.By the early 20th century Menominee tattooing was mainly therapeutic or medicinal. According to one source, those suffering from headaches would ask a healer to tattoo the image of a thunderbird at the source of their pain. The tattoo tools were said to have been given to the Menominee by the Thunderbirds, and were symbolic representations of the spears...

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ancientskin.tattoo Haithabu - a really powerful place for me. There happened a lot, for sure! You can feel this if you stand on that ground. It‘s amazing, I love to find energetic places like this for me and discover myself and my connections step by step. Do you have any power places which speak to you? •#haithabu #vikings #powerplace #ancient #nature #nordictattoo #love #animals #naturelovers #naturephotography #heritage

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ancientskin.tattoo I will offer some more prints like this soon. Do you have any scenes in mind you want to see done by me, please let me know in the comments? This is one I made some time ago - an interpretation of Ragnar Loðbrók‘s death in the snakepit of the Northumbrian king Ælle. In collaboration with @theatre.of.war there is a shirt available with this scene. This saga is so fascinating and mystical. The ‚Snake Pit Poetry’ by @einar_selvik (@wardruna) for me wraps it into the perfect soundscape. #print #handpoked #nordictattoo #norsemythology #ragnar #vikings #ragnarlothbrok #vikingage #snakepit

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ancientskin.tattoo Strong days, much happened since the new cycle begun. The recent solstice was very powerful and one of my personal most conscious experienced one. There are big changes happening for all of us. There is a big shift happening - we need to go through, a necessity for our future. Embrace it, let it go, welcome the new! #solstice #winter #love #change #letgo #snow

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