The character in the tattoo is Ganesh, one of the most important figures in Hindu.
The idea is that Ganesh has the body of a human and the head of an elephant. That's because, when Ganesh was a child, his father impetuously cut off his child's head but couldn't find it fast enough to re-attach it to his child's body. Since there was an elephant nearby, the father substituted the elephant's head for the child's human head.
Usually Ganesh's feet are clearly shown in pictures and statues. Ganesh's foot is usually shown firm;y placed on a mouse. The mouse represent the racing of human thought. Ganesh puts a stop to the frantic running of the human mind by placing a foot on it.
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