Tattoo Designs Symbols Title The Vanishing Tattoo  The Tiger is
a potent symbol across Asia in many cultures and has long been a
fixture in indigenous tattooing in India, Burma, Thailand,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Japan. Tigers are
associated with power, ferocity, passion and sensuality, beauty
and speed, cruelty and wrath. The appearance of a tiger in a
dream may signal that new power or passion may awaken within
you.  In Asia the tiger is associated with the power and might
of kings, a position similar to the Lion in the Middle East and
Europe. (not a terribly surprising symbolism for apex predators
who early men would have seen as direct competitors and potent
threats - see also sharks, bears, wolves and lions).  The
Koreans call the tiger the 'King of the Animals'. In Hinduism
the god Shiva, in his aspect of the destroyer, is depicted
wearing a tiger skin and riding a tiger. The tiger is generally
seen as a symbol of power and strength, but also of destruction
and violence. The tiger can be