Maiden Stone Pictish Tattoo Design mummy filling from the top of

filling from the top of the shoulder down to just above the elbow

Celtic knotwork flows seamlessly to form a set of serpents twining together to represent the union of opposites

or that element can be left unaccented

The central linked circles are an ancient symbol for unification and marriage

A talisman for troubled times

Maiden Stone Pictish Tattoo Design mummy filling from the top ofThe carvings on the Maiden Stone date to the 4th century. Found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the pink granite monolith is one of the finest examples of a Pictish cross slab. The stone commemorates a local Maiden who made (and lost) a wager with a stranger, who turned out to be the Devil. She fled, and uttering a prayer just as he caught up to her, was turned to stone.