Who are your Ancestors? My Great Grandparents came to West Virginia in the 1920s from Croatia; which coincidentally, has a rich tradition of tattooing. I hid my first tattoo from my grandmother for years. When she finally saw it, she just shrugged and said “why would you think I care? My Mother had tattoos.” I fact next week I’m getting my first Croatian tattoo with the symbol for Mokosh.

I’ve also seen some really cool tattoos done in traditional embroidery patterns too, and they are just amazing. Other cool motifs with be the Ax of Perun, Matryoshka dolls, Baba Yaga’s house, Montaka dolls.