The suspension is "Dead head"

The suspension is "Dead head"

Questions about life and death, about immortality have always worried people, and the skull as a double symbol of death and immortality, is the reason for various interpretations and philosophies on these topics. The skull is both a symbol of death and opposition to it.


Today and in the foreseeable past, this symbolism unites, perhaps, diametrically opposite people. Schemers of Orthodox monasteries, pirates, Goths, rockers, SS men, hussars, pilots, emo, Nazis... and many other groups use the skull in their symbolism. In subcultures the skull as a symbol of fearlessness before death and speed is used by bikers. Bikers and military skull is a symbol that brings victory, and symbolizes the protection from death. It is also a symbol of the Pirate party, whose goal is to reform legislation in the field of intellectual property, patents and copyright. In ancient Rome, the skull and crossbones symbolized the victory over death, the symbol was used by soldiers during the triumphant victory parades, and was always accompanied by a Latin phrase that has become in our time the popular expression: " Memento mori", " remember, about death». The warriors of ancient Rome caused a skull on clothing and used in a variety of wearable accessories. In our time, the skull symbol is actively used in military paraphernalia by mercenary soldiers during various conflicts. This symbol also adorns the symbols of a number of neo-Nazi organizations. And of course, the image of a human skull is often used as a warning sign of deadly danger.


SKULL - the Emblem of human mortality. But the skull has always been regarded as the seat of the soul and it is believed that the soul continues to live within the skull after the death of a person. If you own the skull of another, then you are already two, so the skull can bring the owner victory in extreme collisions. For this reason the human skull has been endowed with a special ritual value since the Paleolithic period. For the same reason it is actively used by paramilitary and extreme groups of people. If the activity of the individual does not involve activity, then the symbolism of the skull is reduced to " thinking and philosophizing». With this meaning, it is used in Christianity and in the goth subculture, denoting hermits and isolation from society.