Maiden Stone Pictish Tattoo Design mummy or that element can be

or that element can be left unaccented

A perfect way as shown here to extend a small tattoo into something of substance

Celtic knotwork flows seamlessly to form a set of serpents twining together to represent the union of opposites

The central linked circles are an ancient symbol for unification and marriage

Maiden Stone Pictish Tattoo Design mummy or that element can beThe carvings on the Maiden Stone date to the 4th century. Found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the pink granite monolith is one of the finest examples of a Pictish cross slab. The stone commemorates a local Maiden who made (and lost) a wager with a stranger, who turned out to be the Devil. She fled, and uttering a prayer just as he caught up to her, was turned to stone.