Symbol - Meaning

Anchor - Grave of a seafarer and/or a symbol of hope

Angel - Afterlife in heaven

Bamboo - Longevity

Broken column - Mourning

Butterfly - Resurrection

Clasped hands - Farewell and friendship

Crosses - Symbol of Christianity

Celtic- Immortality

Greek or Latin - Christianity

Maltese - Bravery

Crown - Reward in heaven or a noble person

Dove - Holy Spirit or peace Dragon Eternity or royalty

Effigy - Remembering the dead person with an image

Flowers - Love, beauty, brevity of life

Heart - Love

Hourglass - Inevitability of death

Ivy - Remembrance or friendship

Lamb - Purity, innocence; typically used for a child

Lamp - Knowledge of God

Lily - Purity

Lion or Foo dog - For Chinese people one of the four animals of power, energy, and bravery

Nature images, including leaves and trees - Love of nature

Peony - Honor, love, or affection

Pheasant - Beauty and good fortune

Praying hands - Piety

Scythe - Life cut short

Sheaves of wheat - Abundant life or final harvest

Skull with or without crossbones - Finality of death

Star of David - Symbol of Judaism

Tree trunks with broken branches - Life cut short by death

Urn - Death and mourning

Violets - Humility

Willow -Weeping and sorrow of survivors