{"id":1001,"date":"2022-02-22T02:46:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T02:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2022-02-28T01:43:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T01:43:50","slug":"flaming-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/flaming-torch\/","title":{"rendered":"Flaming Torch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flaming-torch-Graveyard-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3640\" width=\"192\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flaming-torch-Graveyard-Symbols.webp 768w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/flaming-torch-Graveyard-Symbols-257x300.webp 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mourning, death, life, knowledge, and divinity are all represented by this symbol.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flaming torch can be found in several graveyards. A crossed torch on a headstone symbolized sadness in ancient Rome and Greece. Inverted torches symbolise death, whereas upright torches represent life. On a gravestone, torches can also represent the light of knowledge. A torch on a Christian headstone might represent divine power and illumination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mourning, death, life, knowledge, and divinity are all represented by this symbol. The flaming torch can be found in several graveyards. A crossed torch on a headstone symbolized sadness in ancient Rome and Greece. Inverted torches symbolise death, whereas upright torches represent life. On a gravestone, torches can also represent the light of knowledge. A &#8230; <a title=\"Flaming Torch\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/flaming-torch\/\" aria-label=\"More on Flaming Torch\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3641,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/3641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}