Goats have been the primary animals that have been domesticated early by people. They denote a connection to nature and the wilderness. Goat tattoos can also take on a meaning more similar to those used by the ancients, in that goats were powerful symbols of virility. The horns and beards of male goats made them stand out as symbols of male-ness throughout the ancient world. Goat tattoos have been a good symbol for those who persist in some ideas and insist on something.