Nordic Viking Urnes Deer Tattoo Design merman with shading or dynamic black

with shading or dynamic black

in black or in color

surrounded by an Irish Gaelic translation of Genesis 2:24

and an oval of knotwork encircles the whole

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Nordic Viking Urnes Deer Tattoo Design merman with shading or dynamic blackInspired by the magnificent carvings in the Urnes Stave Church in Norway, this half sleeve piece weaves a deer and sea serpent like creatures in a tangle of foliage. The design I based this art on is the North Portal, from the original 11th century church, reused when the church was reconstructed in the 12th century. One of the interpretations of the design is that the stag is eating the bark of the ONE WORLD TREE (Yggdrasil) where the serpent Nithog