When looking for a traditional style tattoo that that holds a lot of meaning and is one of the staples in the Sailor Jerry style, look no further than the heart and dagger tattoo. This tattoo can be traced back to over a hundred years ago.

The heart and dagger tattoo is one of the tattoos you think of when seeing a biker or someone that lives on the edge. You might get the idea that people with these tattoos are tough and scary. You will see a lot of these tattoos on their body, but you might be too afraid to ask what they mean. You might be surprised that many of the heart and dagger tattoos have a meaning that might not be as dark as it looks.

In this post we will talk about the heart and dagger tattoo and what makes it so awesome! We will get into the history of these tattoos and try to decipher the meaning of it based on symbolism and talking to people with these tattoos. By the end of the post we hope you feel like you have a better understanding of these tattoos.

Before we get into that, check out some of these examples of heart and dagger tattoos. You can see there are numerous ways that people choose to have this image tattooed on their body and it might be telling to what the tattoo represents for that person.

History of Heart and Dagger Tattoo

The heart and dagger tattoo can be traced back to some very old Christian and other religious sects’ designs and symbols. When talking about the Christian history of this image, you can go back to the Mother Mary. Many Christians will get this tattoo to represent the pain that she endured over the death of her son.

In voodoo, the heart and dagger tattoo is said to represent the black female spirit called Erzulie Dantor. She is the opposite of the Mother Mary and represents evil and vengeance. It isn’t out of the realm of possibility either because a broken heart can make a person do things they wouldn’t normally do.