Southern Fried Catholicism has various photos of what I would class Marian Tattoo Fail.
This one caught my eye (and I want my eye back). Considering todays feast, I think this tattoo is one of Mary’s sorrows.
I am sure this comes down somehow on a really bad translation of Luke 2:35 “and a ring will pierce through your nipple also.”
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The best thing I can say is that some of those Mary examples aren’t actually using Mary iconography. (The blue zombie chick is actually Kali Ma, I think.)
I can’t see the image. All I see is a white box and when I click on the red “x” I get your 404 page. I’ve prayed, and done everything you suggest, nuthin’
Any particular program I am supposed to have to view it?
Maybe it’s a good thing I can’t see it. I just ate.
Reminds me of the Flannery O’Connor story about the guy who gets the Jesus tattoo for his religious wife and she hates it.
Gross!
I actually like the tattoos. I could pass on the nipple ring, though.
I had a Mexican friend who had images of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Guadalupe tattooed on himself as acts of thanksgiving for favors received from our Lord and our Lady. I would hope that there was a similar motive behind this subject’s tattoos.