These two charts compare Mayan symbols used in tattoo designs. If you compare “jaguar” and “fire” for example, you’ll find that the two shapes are similar but not exactly the same. This has led to many disagreements among scholars as to what the pictographs mean.
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Mayan Tattoos combine Tribal Spirituality with Body Art
The Mayans were an ancient race of Mesoamericans. People of the Mayan civilization lived on the southern tip of North America in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. The Mayan race started around 2600BC, so of course the names of countries that we are familiar with now didn’t exist then. The Mayans were an incredibly artistic […]