Perry's tattoo

StickyFingers · Post by **StickyFingers** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:42 pm

Looks more like Perry had a butterfly tattoo...than lately did a praying mantis on it.

I don't think there a praying mantis with wings like that....

Also...what's the phylosophical meaning of that insect and why Perry like it that much to choose it?

nestos · Post by **nestos** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:18 pm

the female mantis eats the male after copulation...
is it a metaphoric image of a jewish mother ?

bman · Post by **bman** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:33 pm

Perry has had the mantis since circa 85..A praying mantis means a mad shaman..,

Post by **helicine** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:08 pm

StickyFingers wrote:I don't think there a praying mantis with wings like that....

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:43 pm

nestos wrote:the female mantis eats the male after copulation...
is it a metaphoric image of a jewish mother ?

I used to date a Jewish girl back in JR High School.
Her Mother scared the shit out of me.
I've never heard the metaphor you mention though.
Doesn't mean it's not true I've just never heard it.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:46 pm

bman wrote:Perry has had the mantis since circa 85..A praying mantis means a mad shaman..,

Never heard the mad Shaman reference before.
Do you have a source bman or are you just referring to Perry as a mad Shaman?

zdilla · Post by **zdilla** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:49 pm

perry is defintely a mad shaman...like allen ginsberg!!!!

StickyFingers · Post by **StickyFingers** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:24 am

Thank you Helicine.Now that makes sense.

There is any pic of Perry with his arm no tattoed yet?
I've never seen one.

bman · Post by **bman** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:43 am

Mantis is from the Greek word mantis, meaning “prophet, seer.” The Greeks, who made the connection between the upraised front legs of a mantis waiting for its prey and the hands of a prophet in prayer, used the name mantis to mean “the praying mantis.” This word and sense were picked up in Modern Latin and from there came into English, being first recorded in 1658. Once we know the origin of the term mantis, we realize that the species names praying mantis and Mantis religiosa are a bit redundant.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:24 pm

bman wrote:Mantis is from the Greek word mantis, meaning “prophet, seer.” The Greeks, who made the connection between the upraised front legs of a mantis waiting for its prey and the hands of a prophet in prayer, used the name mantis to mean “the praying mantis.” This word and sense were picked up in Modern Latin and from there came into English, being first recorded in 1658. Once we know the origin of the term mantis, we realize that the species names praying mantis and Mantis religiosa are a bit redundant.

Thank you bman!
I learned something new today thanks to you.

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