Swallow Tattoo Designs

Tattoos featuring birds, typically swallows, are an old-school style of tattoo that is coming back into vogue. Swallows have always had great meaning to sailors, because before modern navigation, birds were a sign that land was close at hand. They are a symbol of returning home safely. Swallow also return home every year, no matter where they have migrated to, further enforcing the motif of a safe return to home..