 Frog Tattoos - Designs and Symbols
Frog tattoos and symbolism have a very robust background aside from that though they also have a very strong
aesthetic appeal making them an attractive choice of tattoo designs.
Frogs are one of the only animals apart from birds that naturally come in a rainbow of bright colors so if you
wanted a tattoo of a realistic image but one that was very brightly colored a frog would be a terrific design to
choose. Also the frog is really a happy image, fun and elegant at the same time. If you want to add other elements
along with your frog tattoo you can do it easily as frog tattoo designs automatically look good with bugs like
dragonflies and hornets which are other attractive tattoo designs. You can also add things like water and water
splashes, lily pads or blossoms, cat tails or even other frogs. You can also have your frog tattoo designs
caricatured to look pop-eyed and cute or just leave your frog in it's naturally rainbow bright hue and simply pick
the frog that's your favorite color. Frog tattoo designs can be depicted as jumping in mid air or sitting on a lily
pad using it's tongue to catch a fly for it's meal, or you can have your frog between cat tails holding on to them
to keep from falling. There are so many exciting choices to pick from when getting a frog tattoo. A good idea to
help you decide on how you want you frog tattoo designed is to first consider some of the history and symoblisms of
the frog.
 Frog tattoos can be found all over the world and one of the
reasons for this is because they have a wide variety of meanings in different cultures. Frogs are the ''Great
rainmakers" to native Americans, in Japan as well as in Scotland and other western cultures the frog is a
symbol of good luck, in ancient Mesopotamia they were a symbol of fertility, to the Greeks and Romans frogs
represented fertility and harmony and in China they represent healing and prosperity in business. The Haida
felt that the frog represented balance so they had a unique custom of building frog totems to protect their
houses from falling over. In Egypt the frog was a symbol of fertility again, water and rain and in Africa the
frog represented resurrection because of it's ability to bury itself in the mud and survive the dry season to
come to 'life' again when the rain comes. For this same reason frogs were also believed to have magical
powers. In Peru the frog represents fruitfulness.
The coastal tribes of North America associated the frog with the moon and water and so it was used as a symbol
of prosperity and wealth. The Frog woman who was the protector of fresh water was thought to save humanity from
both thirst and flood by weaving a damn to control the waters. And as the 'Great Rainmaker' the frog symbolized the
end of winter and the return of the salmon.
 In animist cultures the shamen held the frog as a sign of the transition between
life and death and resurrection. Also the frog was considered a guardian on the journey to the afterlife and a
creature that could assist in the communication between loved ones and the deceased that's why some Chinese
would place a small jade frog in the mouths of the dead and why the Egyptians would place frogs in the the
graves of the royal family.
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Some Egyptian Gods were depicted as having frog heads such as Heket, the goddess of birth. To the Iban of Borneo
the frog was the maker of Men and Keling, the strongest of the Iban gods, would often transform himself into a
frog. For the Iban a frog tattoo was an important item to have as it would protect a warrior in battle against
decapitation. The Iban also believed that the dead would return amongst the living in the form of a frog in order
to be close to their homes and family members. And among the Greeks and Romans, Venus or Aphrodite the goddess of
love and beauty also held the frog in high regard.
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