I got prison tats while in Azkaban

[The Grumpy Celt]

After a great deal of planning, I am going to get some tattoos. Along the inside of my left fore arm will be “Manus Umbra,” Latin for “hand of shadow” more or less. Along the inside of my right fore arm will be “Manus Lux lucis,” Latin for “hand of light” more or less. The Romans believed the right hand to be good and the left hand to be sinister and this association would go on to color many perceptions, including magic. I used the Theban font face, rather than traditional western letters.

If anyone asks, I gonna tell them I got prison tats when I did hard time at Azkaban.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Sounds pretty neat.

Don't forget to post pics when it is all said and done.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You should have gotten one that saids "the hands of Fate." That would have been awesome.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

You should have gotten one that saids "the hands of Fate." That would have been awesome.

That goes on the third arm...

 

[Orius]

Yeah, I was going to say he doesn't have three arms.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Yeah, I was going to say he doesn't have three arms.

Or does he?

 

[Tewligan]

You should have gotten one that saids "the hands of Fate." That would have been awesome.

The Master will not be pleased with your joke...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Torgo!

 

[Relique du Madde]

I'm not afraid of Torgo. I'd like to see if he could catch me.

 

[Simplicity]

"Hand shining light"? My latin is very rusty, but I'm not sure "Manus Lux lucis" is quite what you want. To get the "of", you need to change "lux lucis" from the nominative to the genetive case.

I think genetive of umbra should be umbrae. But again, it's been a very long time.