Across the world and throughout time people have created symbols and euphemisms for death. They help the living to recognise or try to understand what death is. They are also used to help us distance ourselves from death and its reality.
Ceremonial cross
Ghostly corpse
Hearse
Mummy
Death personified
La Catrina
Barn owl
Jackal
King vulture
Gravestone cast
Bat skeleton
Carrion crow
Death's head hawk moth
Funeral wreath
Memento Mori
Skull and crossbones
Skull x-ray
Hourglass
Angel
Kali
Plague doctor
Skeleton