A full pattern that starts at the top of the arm capping the shoulder

Two heads from the Midgard serpent on a Viking rune stone in Uppland

It could also be replaced with the initial or monogram of a loved one

Here the ancient Scottish Epona stone is placed inside a lucky horse shoe with Celtic knotwork cranes

It stands both for the Saint and for Christ

Ouroboros Tattoo with Celtic Beast Design family A full pattern that startsThe powerful alchemical symbol of the serpent eating its own tale is here rendered in intricate knot work and with the head of a Celtic beast from the 9th century Book of Kells. A tattoo harkening to ancient wisdom, an ouroboros represents time coiling in upon itself, quantum theory and the implosion of the universe in one eloquent circle.