Tattoo

I've been toying around with this one concept of a tattoo that involves Oðínn's three horned triskele as the center piece (very tribal, very cool) surrounded by annular knotwork. The outer perimeter of the knotwork would have two animal heads meeting while their bodies form the remaining interwoven perimeter. The internal perimeter is also a slim border of knotwork, but not quite sure what just yet. The internal band that makes up the majority of the knotwork is an annular piece based on knotwork borrowed from Lindisfarne Folio 95 [BainI] page 102. This piece in particular has meaning to me because Lindisfarne became known as the first of the Viking invasions of Britain (Northumbria) in 793. It was an Anglo-Saxon monastery founded in 635. My use of it comes as no coincidence: I came from Christian roots, traveled a tangled path and wound up here quite by surprise. In short, Asatru took me by surprise as much as the Vikings had taken Lindisfarne.

I haven't yet decided on what animals to use at the apex but so far horse sticks out. In the above mockup, the double lines on both the inner and outer perimeters are where the knotwork would go.

The runes, starting with the topmost, spell out Starkað followed by the FUÞARK.

The three-horned triskele was chosen because I had an experience a little while ago during a seiðr tha involved the All-Father. I'll leave it at that. Some choose the valknut as a symbol of Oðínn but for me it's the Mead of Inspiration; the drinkings horns fit right in with my beliefs.