Cryptures
Blog by Thom McCague
This is the second of three installments of headstone symbols and their meanings.
- The Lily symbolizes majesty, innocence, purity and resurrection
- The hand pointing down with a broken chain symbolizes death of a spouse
- The hand pointing down represents mortality or sudden death
- The hand pointing up signifies the pathway to heaven
- Clasped hands means farewell
- Gates symbolizes the pearly gates or the entrance to heaven
- The Hidden City represents heaven
- The Lamb is a child’s grave and means innocence
- The Maltese Cross represents a Christian grave and resurrection
- Dividers, Square and “G” is a Masonic grave and means that God is the architect and builder of the universe. The “G” means God. It also symbolizes judgment
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