Quote Originally Posted by furrycelt View Post
the top one means "conquer" and the bottom one means "death";
First off, a big welcome from Glasgow, Scotland.
Let me also say your tattoo is beautiful and very well done.
I've done a lot of in-depth studies of Pictish art and culture and the unfortunate thing is that not a single person can say what any of the Pictish symbols mean. I have a good few Pictish tattoos myself, but the theory that most scholars agree on is that the Pictish symbols were likely family 'Markers'. Designs used to symbolize clans and districts.
The bottom one in that cross tends to be known as the 'Crescent and V-rod' and is usually shown on it's side. A lot of people theorise that is show's the emergence of the warrior from the womb. Others that it shows how Picts worshipped a moon goddess.
The fact is that they didn't leave any writings or explanations and we're lost.