Comments on: Angels Dropping Flowers

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:05:26 +0000

I think the Angel is actually picking flowers signifying the harvest of souls.

By: Fidele

Fidele — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:06:22 +0000

Berat is a city in the midle of Albania. It is the oldes city in Balcan Penisula in the Epir. In that acient city is the firs Oracle of Dodona the city who Akili had been boren. Here is a tradition where a dead person is resting a new life should be up, she is not an Angel but she is herself Godness Aferdita who is spreding flowers in order new laurent plant to be grown. Aferdita in Albaien language means Afer=beautiful and dita=day Beautiful as a day.

By: joe

joe — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:22:02 +0000

Anne: Some of the sources used for this website are discussed in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:35:15 +0000

I love the variety of information. I just wished that people would cite the sources they use. That is the minimum I ask from my students.
Anne

By: Judy Shubert

Judy Shubert — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:00:43 +0000

Thanks to Alexis and Lynda for your explanation of the meaning of this particular angel. I have enjoyed reading the “Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols” blog. Thanks for the good work you’re doing here and thanks for inviting me to join your blog networks.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:55:07 +0000

The Victorians had use of symbols, an angel was a symbol of spirituality & the hand pointing downward symbolized “sudden death” or “mortality”.
Petals plucked from a whole flower is like a person leaving the whole of humanity,
a journey traveled alone to heaven.

By: Roy Dixon

Roy Dixon — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:25:35 +0000

Beautiful monument in the photo. Lynda, great explanation of the meaning . I’ve always been fascinated by the symbolism on headstones and (assuming you are correct) this explains something I didn’t know. Great post all the way around

By: Lynda

Lynda — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:20:30 +0000

This symbol is derived from the legend of St Dorothy. On her way to death she was mocked by Theophilus. He asked for proof of the heavenly garden she was going to. After her death an angel visited him with a basket containing flowers and fruit in the middle of winter. The angel on the memorial is bringing proof that the deceased is in heaven.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:30:34 +0000

Check out http://www.Klienertod.de or look up cemetery angels of Europe. Many beautiful images taken all over the world. The expressions on the angels faces in these images should say it all. Good Luck!

By: meg

meg — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:42:25 +0000

did you ever find any more info on what thew angels are doing? been noticing different poses stances and objects and wondering as to significance