Why did sailors get turtle tattoo's?
I believe that sailor's got tattoo's of turtles to signify that they had crossed the equator. I have heard that there were all sorts of "rites of passage" ceremonies around this. I am not 100% sure on this, but recall this from a conversation with a sailor.
A sailor hoping for good luck would get a rooster on top of the right foot and a pig on top of the left. ShellbackLike a ship at full mast, a shellback tattoo showed a sailor's experience at sea. Once a sailor crossed the equator, he earned the right to get a turtle inked on his body.
The longer someone had spent at sea, the more tattoos they could show off. In addition to indicating that a sailor had sailed 5000 miles, swallows are also associated with the idea of return. This "return" symbolism is rooted in two ideas.
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