| In this article I will tell you some of the amazing | | | | those recently divorced both examples apply. |
| myths and legends that have been told over time | | | | In Germany, if the first butterfly seen in spring |
| about the beautiful butterfly, and hopefully, give | | | | was white it is also an omen of death. |
| you some good ideas along the way for your | | | | While the Samoans believed they would be struck |
| butterfly tattoo design. | | | | dead if they killed or caught a butterfly. In the |
| Butterfly tattoo designs look good on the ankle, | | | | Middle Ages in Ireland killing a white butterfly was |
| wrist, arm, etc, and look even better I think in full | | | | forbidden as they believed it was the soul of a |
| arm tattoo design, or say down one side of your | | | | dead child. |
| back, following the contours of your body shape. | | | | In Scotland it is unlucky to keep or kill butterflies. |
| Another great idea is combining a full arm | | | | In England it is unlucky to kill the first butterfly |
| butterfly and lotus flower tattoo design together, | | | | you see, and it is a bad omen to see 3 butterflies |
| how fantastic would that design look with so | | | | together. |
| many brilliant colours to choose from. | | | | Of course we now look at the butterfly with |
| Perhaps personalise the design with lettering, such | | | | different eyes and it is said the first sighting of a |
| as, putting your loved one's name (as I did with | | | | red butterfly is an omen of good health. |
| my daughter's) beneath the butterfly. | | | | In many myths and legends butterflies are |
| Now I liked to share with you some of the | | | | considered to be human souls. If you read my |
| stories that have been handed down through the | | | | article on fairies you will see they were also |
| ages surrounding this beautiful gift of nature. I | | | | accredited with being human souls, but the |
| think it's safe to say pretty much everybody | | | | butterfly myth is believed to have begun through |
| loves butterflies, and if you have experienced | | | | stories related to the different stages of the |
| butterflies up close in all their fabulous colours at | | | | butterfly's life cycle. In stage one the caterpillar |
| your local zoo butterfly enclosure, then you will | | | | spends its time totally engrossed in eating, this |
| know like me, how something so small and silent | | | | stage is compared to our physical stage of life |
| can evoke such strong emotions. | | | | where, like the butterfly, we eat and keep |
| But there was a time you know when the site of | | | | moving. In stage two the cocoon represents the |
| a butterfly stirred up other, not so nice emotions. | | | | cloth people were wrapped in after death, and the |
| For example, in the Middle Ages a large number | | | | final stage is the emergence of the butterfly, as |
| of butterflies together were seen as a forecast | | | | Jesus left the shroud behind, the butterfly |
| of epidemics or wars. | | | | represents the resurrection into a new state of |
| And the Celtic people believed seeing a butterfly | | | | life, free of any material worry. |
| at night was a prediction of death to follow. In | | | | Another lovely story is that the creator of all |
| Bulgaria, the sight of a dark coloured butterfly | | | | things created the butterflies from all of the |
| meant sickness was soon to follow, while in other | | | | colours of nature just for children to enjoy, and |
| parts of Europe this same butterfly was an omen | | | | the butterflies not only looked beautiful, but also |
| of thunderstorms to come. | | | | had beautiful singing voices. But many of the birds |
| In some parts of the USA a white butterfly | | | | were jealous and complained so the creator |
| meant an omen of death if it entered your house | | | | withdrew their ability to sing and have remained |
| and flew around you, while in other parts a white | | | | silent since. |
| butterfly in your signified a pending wedding. To | | | | |