Scythe and Wheat

Death of the Devine Harvest

Wheat, like barley, was associated with the Egyptian cult of Osiris.  The death of a grain crop is followed, after a period of stillness, b the re-sowing and germination of the seeds. 

Though no corpses have produced new people, headstone masons still employ the ear of wheat as a symbol of rebirth.

Convent bakers use wheat flour to make communion wafers, making it a holy plant, of sorts, fit to grace the grave of a priest.

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