Meaning: When talking about his tattoo, Brain revealed that it is a Death’s-head hawkmoth.

4. ‘Snake’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The right side of the singer’s chest contains a tattoo of a snake, coiled up around an egg, protecting it. The snake’s head reaches up to his collarbone where it is shown with its mouth open and fangs out.

Meaning: The tattoo depicts the Orphic egg which comes from Greek mythology, who hatched the primordial hermaphroditic deity Phanes, creator of the Gods.

5. ‘Design’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Brian’s left pec contains a tattoo of a triangular design on it made of three lines.

Meaning: The three-lined design is depicting a Triskele and represents the religious views of the singer. The Triskele in Christianity represents the Holy Trinity of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, and also the three days from the death of Jesus to his resurrection.

Right Arm Tattoos

6. ‘Cyclops and Insect’ Tattoos

Tattoo: The right shoulder of the singer contains a tattoo of the head of a cyclops on it with a horn on its head. Below the cyclops tattoo is a tattoo of an enormous insect, covering Brian’s upper arm that has 6 legs, wings, and an enormous head.

Meaning: The cyclops on his right shoulder represents the name of the song Cyclops that Brian released with is band, “Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids”. The insect tattoo on his upper arm is not a mere insect but a form of Beelzebub. Beelzebub is known as the Lord of the Flies and one of the seven princes of hell. Manson got this tattoo as he loves these types of weird tattoos and has many more on his body as you’ll find out further.

7. ‘Eye’ Tattoo

Tattoo: The inner side of both his forearms contains a tattoo of an eye, along with a body made of dark energy flowing out of the eye.

Meaning: The tattoo is of a creature called Cyaegha, also known as The Great Old One, and appears in the German myth. The tattoo design was done from an artistic interpretation of the creature made by Brian himself.