How often have you seen a tribal tattoo upon someone who is walking down the street? Or looked through a tattooists designs and seen a huge array of different tribal tattoo designs available to you. This is because the tribal tattoo design alone is quite popular, but as part of a piece, tattooists often find it is even more popular.

So why are tribal tattoo designs so popular? Originally, the Tribal tattoos were used as ways in which you could identify others who belonged to the same tribe as yourself. The tattoos different between each tribe, and so you could see immediately who was a member of your tribe, and who was not. These tattoos are still popular - though completely more safely - now with tribes, and with other people alike.

For tribes, these tattoos where an important part of any ceremony. They were given when someone had their first hunt, when another was promoted, or became a man, or a mother, and when people got married. The marriage tribal tattoo design is usually a tattoo arranged to form a band, a circle that never ends, obviously a symbol of their love.

In today's society the tribal tattoo designs are often just interesting, and beautiful designs. Most that are picked out are actually Celtic tribal tattoo designs. But perhaps there is a reason for this. A reason for why they attract so many. These designs were often used by Druids after all.

The Celtic tribal tattoo designs are no longer specifically worn by druids, however, when they are they are not for decoration and beauty, but are instead used within magical rituals which are performed by the druids. It is said that these tattoos are hidden signals which can be used to activate spells.

As is the lure with the Celtic tribal tattoo design of the Celtic cross. A cross which is entirely made from intricately woven lines, this is perhaps the most popular tattoo design of modern day.