death's heads
Bony cranial representations
Death's heads are human skulls or skull-and-crossbones images used as symbols of death or mortality.
The image appears on poison labels, pirate flags, and military insignia—anywhere mortality or danger needs emphasis.
A death's-head moth has skull-like markings on its thorax.
The old tombstone was carved with death's heads and hourglasses.
Head's bone casing
- mortalityState of eventual death
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
eerie · haunting · ominous · sinister · grotesque · vanitas · occult · tattoo
Buccaneer's standard
- skull and crossbonesSkeletal danger symbol
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
Blackbeard · pirate flag · galleon · plunder · treasure · cutlass · swashbuckler · marooned
skull
Head's bone casing
- mortalityState of eventual death
- memento moriArtistic death reminder
- grimHarsh and foreboding
morbid · eerie · haunting · ominous · sinister · grotesque · vanitas · occult · tattoo · military insignia
Jolly Roger
Buccaneer's standard
- skull and crossbonesSkeletal danger symbol
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
privateer · Blackbeard · pirate flag · galleon · plunder · treasure · cutlass · swashbuckler · marooned · mutiny
lepidoptera
Butterfly and moth order
antennae · proboscis · caterpillar · cocoon · chrysalis · metamorphosis · larvae · pupae · scales · entomology
death's headsfertility symbols
Images representing reproductive abundance
tree of life · ankh · hearts · green man · mother and child
death's headshearts
Circulatory system engines
guardian angels · protective symbols · welcome signs · loving cups · olive branches
death, head, deaths, heads, dead, deadly, deaden, deadened, deadening