Mermaids are a sign of fertility and of death.  The lovely maidens would draw the men of the ocean to their deaths, with beguiling looks and promises of passion.  For women it symbolises the perfect feminine with a hint of mystery, for men it is the weakness of the flesh and the wonder of the unknown.

Mermaid tattoos have been around as long as their have been sailors and the legend of the daughters of the ocean taking men to their beds and to their graves.  The beauty of the mermaid is infamous, but what is not so clear is what they symbolise.

Mermaids are symbols of seduction and transformation.  Women who have experienced something that has fundamentally changed who they are and has resulted in a more confident, etheric creature will relate to the mermaid.  For men she symbolises seduction and is often depicted as a wanton sex goddess with amble bussom.