The Best Rainbow Tattoo Ideas
Thinking of inking yourself with a colorful Rainbow Tattoo?
The Rainbow symbolizes peace and serenity and also the calm after a storm. Rainbows often appear as the sun breaks through rain and cloud once a storm passes. This can symbolize personal healing following a turbulent time in your life or it can also serve as a reminder that wonder can appear at any time in our lives.
Rainbows are also used to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, the colors representing the diversity within the community and beyond. Allies of the LGBTQIA+ community often celebrate the rainbow to show their support We have other great galleries of the best Lesbian Tattoos, Gay Tattoos and Vegan Tattoos in our similar posts.
In a religious context, and according to Genesis, after Noah’s flood, God put the rainbow in the sky as the sign of his promise that he would never again destroy the earth with a flood.
In Greco-Roman mythology, the rainbow is considered to be a path between Earth and Heaven.
In Chinese mythology, the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by goddess Nüwa using stones of five different colors.
The Irish leprechaun’s hiding place for pots of gold is said to be at the end of a rainbow. The end of a rainbow is an ‘impossible to reach’ in the physical realm as is it an optical effect that is altered depending on the location of the observer. When walking towards the ‘end’ of a rainbow, it appears to move further away.
How lucky we are to observe such a phenomenon several times in our lifetime!
There are many representations of the rainbow, most leading to hope, inclusion, positivity, and promise.
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