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In many ancient cultures the sun was considered a god. The Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Babylonians, Aztecs and Mayans all worshipped a sun god. They created stylized representations of the sun and used them in their artwork.

The sun has a particular place of importance in most ancient or primitive cultures. The crops are dependent on the sun and it is traditional for some tribes to give offerings to the sun.

Tribal art images of the sun are often complex and exquisite. The Aztec calendar is designed around a sun symbol and is often reproduced in tattoos. Some other tribal designs are also popular. If you are looking for a design that is unique, you will likely have to work to find one, but there are resources for locating some of the less recognized sun images.

Locating art on the Internet is not difficult if you search in the right way. If you stick with tattoo sites, you may not find any original designs. Try sites for museums, or anthropological websites where tribal art is often displayed.

Your particular choice of design may feature the sun alone or as a part of a larger piece of work. There are differences between sun representations of different cultures and you may combine two or more symbols to create a new image that is unique to you.

Instead of just searching for the term tribal sun tattoo, try using different related search terms like suns in Greek mythology, or Egyptian sun images, sun pictograms from the American Southwest, etc. This will give you a much larger group of designs to look at and most tribal art is easily converted to tattoo art. The designs may just serve as inspiration.

Websites that are created by tattoo artists rarely contain unique designs. Instead they feature popular designs.

Other sources of design ideas are easy to find.

Try websites for tattoo fanatics. For these folks tattoos are a passion and they wish to share their knowledge and ideas with other people. Post on the forums and ask for design ideas. Most body art enthusiasts will be happy to share with you. Some may even do some of your searching.

Body art forums are devoted to creative expression and inspiration and can be wonderful source of new ideas.

Creating your own design with a tribal feeling is another option. You can also find a tattoo artist who specializes in tribal art and ask him to design something one of a kind for you. You will, of course, pay more for this service, but you'll get a design that no one else has on their body.

While some tribal tattoos are done in a single outline color, modern sun tattoos are usually depicted with colors. The choice of whether to use a color is one you must make. Colors do make the design stand out more.

Tribal images may give the sun human facial features, or may contain ancient lettering or other symbols. The sun is often shown grouped with other heavenly bodies like the moon, stars or planets. Most tribal art has representations for all the celestial bodies.

In tribal art the sun is the representation of life, death and rebirth, even in some cases, eternity. Even in the modern world this symbolism is understood.