Meaning of Hummingbird Tattoos Designs

Sep 5th, 2010 | Written by S. Thompson | Posted in Beauty |

Meaning of Hummingbird

Hummingbird tattoos is actually one of the most popular tattoo among girls. As opposed to the menacing eagle, these cute little feathery creatures have so much colors in them. Since they are usually depicted while flying and trying to drink nectar from the flowers, the explosion of colors from the birds and the flowers make it eye-catching and appropriate for the ladies.

Hummingbird Tattoo Meaning

Many would ask, what does a hummingbird tattoo or hummingbird design represent? In popular and modern culture, there is no strong symbolism or meaning attached to our little friends. They have nothing in comparison with the eagle (courage, strength) or the pigeon (love, peace).

However looking at their physical characteristics they can flap their wings up to 90 times a second and during flight, their heart beat can go up to 1260 beats per minute! That is why in flight they have the highest metabolism of all animals and they consume eight times more than their body weight daily.

They are the only birds that can fly in all directions, meaning they can fly left, right, forwards, backwards and even upside down. This beats the eagle and pigeon anytime.

With those facts you can say that the hummingbirds represents effort, energy, and enthusiasm and not forgetting unique.

If you feel like we are just making this up then the Aztecs will say we are not. The ancient people of the Aztecs worship the hummingbird. One of their god named Huitzilopochtli which basically means “Left-Handed Hummingbird” was a god of war and god of the sun.

They also wore talismans which represents the hummingbird and sometimes, the talisman are made up from parts of hummingbirds. Those wearing the talisman believed that they will also get the hummingbird traits which were vigor, energy, and propensity to do work.

Their sharp beaks also mimic instruments of weaponry, bloodletting, penetration, and intimacy. Hummingbird talismans were prized as drawing sexual potency, energy, vigor, and skill at arms and warfare to the wearer.

So if you do decide to get the hummingbird design through the tattoo machine, then it will probably be a good talisman for you too.

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