Reading Symbols at Père Lachaise: Owls, Bats, Angels, Sleep

A guided reading of common funerary symbols and their meanings in the landscape of Père Lachaise.

7/2/2025

19 min read

Funerary symbols encode meanings: owls for wisdom and night watch, bats for liminality, angels for guardianship, and sleeping figures for restful death.

Symbol Table

Symbol	Meaning	Mood
Owl	Wisdom, night	Vigilant
Bat	Threshold, night	Liminal
Angel	Guardian, message	Protective
Sleeper	Rest, peace	Gentle

📸 Gallery

Stone owl Another owl Bronze bat Sleeping figure

Symbols guide reading — a lexicon for mourning.

Auteur

Iconography Researcher

Marcheur de Paris et conteur de longue date, j’ai conçu ce guide pour aider chacun à s’orienter au Père-Lachaise — des légendes et des histoires d’amour aux mémoriaux discrets et à la tendresse quotidienne du souvenir.

Reading Symbols at Père Lachaise: Owls, Bats, Angels, Sleep

Symbol Table

📸 Gallery

Auteur

Iconography Researcher

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