Death, as a skeleton which carries a scythe, visiting a dying man.

Death personified is a figure or fictional character which has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. Because the reality of death has had a substantial influence on the human psyche and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in all known societies since the beginnings of recorded history. Death is usually shown as a skeletal figure wearing a midnight black gown with a hood. Sometimes, Death is portrayed as a dark, mysterious female. Using a scythe A scythe (sounds like SIGH-th) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing and reaping grass or crops. ... Personification is a term used in literary criticism to name the figure of speech which involves directly speaking of an inanimate object Personification is treating an abstract object as if it were human. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. ... Death is the cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the deceased. ... The word civilization (or civilisation) has a variety of meanings related to human society. ...

Examples of death personified are:

• In modern-day European-based folklore, Death is known as the Grim Reaper or The grim spectre of death.
• In Islam, Death is portrayed as Azrael, the angel of death (note that the name 'Azrael' does not appear in any versions of either the Bible or the Qu'ran).
• Father Time is sometimes said to be Death.
• A psychopomp is a spirit, deity, or other being whose task is to conduct the souls of the recently dead into the afterlife.
  

Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God) is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Artistic depiction of the angel of death Azrael (Arabic: ) is typically known as one of the names of the angel of death, and is an English form of the Arabic name Izrail, the name traditionally attributed to the angel of death in Islamic world although the name Malaikat Maut (which... A 19th century depiction of Father Time, cradling Baby New Year. ... Many sets of religious beliefs have a particular spirit, deity, demon or angel whose responsibility is to escort newly-deceased souls to the afterlife, such as Heaven or Hell. ...

Death in mythological portrayals

Main article: death deity Many cultures have incorporated a deity of death into their mythology or religion. ...

Several mythologies had gods who embodied Death or aspects of Death: Michelangelos depiction of God in the painting Creation of the Sun and Moon in the Sistine Chapel This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...

• Ankou (Breton)
• Izanami (Shinto)
• Mictlantecuhtli (Aztec)
• The Morrigan (Irish/Celtic)
• Mors (Roman)
• Mot (Canaanite)
• Odin (Norse)
• Osiris (Egyptian)
• Anpu (Egyptian)
• Shemal (Semitic)
• Shinigami (Japanese)
• Sielulintu, Kalma, Surma (Finnish)
• Thanatos (Greek)
• Yama (Hinduism)
• Yan Luo (Chinese)

The term ankou can also refer to Japanese sweet red bean paste. ... In Japanese mythology, Izanami (Katakana: イザナミ; Kanji: 伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, meaning She who invites) is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi. ... Statuette of Mictlantecuhtli, in the British Museum, London In Aztec mythology, Mictlanteculhtli (lord of Mictlan) is the god of the dead and King of Mictlan (Chicunauhmictlan), the lowest section of the underworld. ... The Mórrígan (Morrígan, Morrigu, Mór-Rhioghain) (great queen or phantom queen), is an Irish goddess of war and destruction. ... In Roman mythology, Mors is the personification of death, equivalent to the Greek Thanatos. ... In Ugaritic Mot Death (spelled mt) is personified as a god of death. ... For other meanings of Odin, Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ... Osiris (Greek language, also Usiris; the Egyptian language name is variously transliterated Asar, Aser, Ausar, or Ausare) is the Egyptian God of the dead and the underworld. ... Anubis, whose hieroglyphic name more closely translates as Anpu or Inepu, is the Ancient Egyptian god of death and dying, and sometimes god of the underworld. ... Shinigami (死神 lit. ... The Surma are a tribal people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. ... In Greek mythology, Thanatos (θάνατος, death) was the personification of death (Roman equivalent: Mors). ... It has been suggested that Yanluo be merged into this article or section. ... In Chinese Mythology, Yan Luo (閻羅) is the god of death and the ruler of hell (Feng-Du). ...

Hindu Mythology

In the Hindu scriptures known collectively as 'Vedas', the lord of death is called Yama, or Yamaraja. A Hindu (archaic Hindoo), as per modern definition is an adherent of philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural system of the Indian subcontinent and the island of Bali. ... The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद), collectively refers to a corpus of ancient Indo-Aryan religious literature that are associated with the Vedic civilization and are considered by adherents of Hinduism to be revealed knowledge. ... It has been suggested that Yanluo be merged into this article or section. ...

He rides a black buffalo and carries a rope lasso to carry the soul back to his abode called 'Yama-loka'. Here, all the accounts of the person's good and bad deeds are stored which allow Yamaraja and his followers (called 'Yamadutas') to decide where the soul has to reside in his next life, following the theory of reincarnation. It is described in the Srimad Bhagavatam that souls may experience re-birth in hellish, or heavenly worlds before returning to this Earth again, if their actions have been of a particularly selfish or pious nature in this lifetime. Yama is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as a great philosopher and devotee of Sri Krishna. The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is a self aware ethereal substance particular to a unique living being. ... In metaphysics and esoteric cosmology, a plane of existence (sometimes called simply a plane, dimension, vibrating plane, or an inner, invisible, spiritual, or supraphysical world) is a theoretical region of space and/or consciousness beyond the known physical universe, or the region containing the universe itself. ... Past Lives redirects here. ... The Bhagavata Purana (sometimes rendered as Bhagavatha Purana), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, written c. ... Selfishness is a primary or sole concern with ones own welfare. ... Piety is a desire and willingness to perform religious duties. ... The Mahabharata (Devanagari: महाभारत, phonetically Mahābhārata - see note), sometimes just called Bharata, is one of the two major ancient Sanskrit epics of India, the other being the Ramayana. ... Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, IAST ) is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ...

In Japan

In Kojiki, after giving birth to the fire-god Hinokagutsuchi, the goddess Izanami dies from wounds of its fire and enters the perpetual night realm called Yominokuni that the gods thereto retire. After Izanagi, her husband, failed in the attempt to reclaim her from the land of Yomi, in a brief argument with Izanagi, she claimed to take 1000 lives every day signifying her position as the goddess of death. Kojiki or Furukotofumi (古事記) is the oldest surviving historical book dealing with the ancient history of Japan. ... In Japanese mythology, Izanami (Katakana: イザナミ; Kanji: 伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, meaning She who invites) is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi. ... Izanagi is a deity in Japanese mythology and in Shintoism. ...

Another popular death personification is Enma (Yama), also known as Enma Ou and Enma Daiou (Enma King, Enma Great King — translations of Yama Raja). He originated as Yama in Hinduism, later became Yanluo in China, and Enma in Japan. He is from Chinese Buddhism, and before that, from India. Enma rules the underworld, which makes him similar to Hades, and he decides whether someone dead goes to heaven or to hell. A common saying parents use in Japan to scold children is that Enma will cut off their tongue in the afterlife if they lie. It has been suggested that Yanluo be merged into this article or section. ... Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with his bird-headed staff, on a red-figure vase made in the 4th century BC. Hades (From , HadÄ“s, or , HáidÄ“s, Greek for unseen) refers to both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that underworld. ...

There are also death gods called Shinigami. The Shinigami are more comonly used in Japanese arts and fiction such as anime, and manga. Shinigami are briefly mentioned in the Shinto religion but are said to not actually exist. Shinigami (死神 lit. ...

Death (angels) in religion

Death, a tarot card from the Tarot of Marseilles.

In the Bible, death is viewed under form of an angel sent from God, a being deprived of all voluntary power. On some occasions this described in terms fitting Azrael, and on others as fitting Samael. Image File history File links The Tarot de Marseille: XIII Larcane sans nom. ... The Tarot is a set of 78 cards with allegorical representations used for divination, that first appeared in Medieval times. ... Le Bateleur, The Mountebank, the first trump in the Tarot de Marseille. ... The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hē biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Word of God, The Word Scripture, Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the name used by Jews and Christians for their (differing but overlapping) canons of sacred texts. ... The Annunciation - the Angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear Jesus (El Greco, 1575) An angel is an ethereal being found in many religions, whose duties are to assist and serve God. ... Artistic depiction of the angel of death Azrael (Arabic: ) is typically known as one of the names of the angel of death, and is an English form of the Arabic name Izrail, the name traditionally attributed to the angel of death in Islamic world although the name Malaikat Maut (which... Samael is an important figure in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is accuser, seducer, and destroyer. ...

The "angel of the Lord" smites 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp (II Kings xix. 35). "The destroyer" kills the first-born of the Egyptians (Ex. xii. 23), and the "destroying angel" ("mal'ak ha-mashḥit") rages among the people in Jerusalem (II Sam. xxiv. 15). In I Chronicle xxi. 15 the "angel of the Lord" is seen by King David standing "between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem." This page is about the Biblical king David. ... Michelangelos interpretation of Heaven Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ... Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: (help· info) Yerushalayim; Arabic: (help· info) al-Quds, Greek Ιεροσόλυμα), is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...

The biblical Book of Job (xxxiii. 22) uses the general term "destroyer" ("memitim"), which tradition has identified with "destroying angels" ("mal'ake Kabbalah") and Prov. xvi. 14 uses the term the "angels of death" ("mal'ake ha-mawet"). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

La mort du fossoyeur (Death of the grave-digger) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of Symbolist motifs.

Detail from Death and the Gravedigger by Carlos Schwabe, 1890s This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Detail from Death and the Gravedigger by Carlos Schwabe, 1890s This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Categories: 1877 births | 1927 deaths | German painters | Swiss painters | Artist stubs ... La mort du fossoyeur (The death of the gravedigger) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of Symbolist motifs. ...

Form and functions

The angel of death was created by God on the first day (Tan. on Gen. xxxix. 1). His dwelling is in heaven, whence he reaches earth in eight flights, whereas pestilence reaches it in one (Ber. 4b). He has twelve wings (Pirḳe R. El. xiii). "Over all people have I surrendered thee the power," said God to the angel of death, "only not over this one which has received freedom from death through the Law" (Tan. to Ex. xxxi. 18; ed. Stettin, p. 315). It is said of the angel of death that he is full of eyes. In the hour of death he stands at the head of the departing one with a drawn sword, to which clings a drop of gall. As soon as the dying man sees the angel, he is seized with a convulsion and opens his mouth, whereupon the angel throws the drop into it. This drop causes his death; he turns putrid, and his face becomes yellow ('Ab. Zarah 20b; in detail, Jellinck, "B. H." i. 150; on putrefaction see also Pesiḳ. 54b; for the eyes compare Ezek. i. 18 and Rev. iv. 6). The expression "to taste of death" originated in the idea that death was caused by a drop of gall ("Jew. Quart. Rev." vi. 327).

The soul escapes through the mouth, or, as is stated in another place, through the throat; therefore the angel of death stands at the head of the patient (Jellinek, l.c. ii. 94, Midr.Teh. to Ps. xi.). When the soul forsakes the body its voice goes from one end of the world to the other, but is not heard (Gen. R. vi. 7; Ex. R. v. 9; Pirḳe R. El. xxxiv.). The drawn sword of the angel of death, mentioned by the Chronicler (I. Chron. xxi. 15; comp. Job xv. 22; Enoch lxii. 11), indicates that the angel of death was figured as a warrior who kills off the children of men. "Man, on the day of his death, falls down before the angel of death like a beast before the slaughterer" (Grünhut, "Liḳḳuṭim", v. 102a). R. Samuel's father (c. 200) said: "The angel of death said to me, 'Only for the sake of the honor of mankind do I not tear off their necks as is done to slaughtered beasts'" ('Ab. Zarah 20b). In later representations the knife sometimes replaces the sword, and reference is also made to the cord of the angel of death, which indicates death by throttling. Moses says to God: "I fear the cord of the angel of death" (Grünhut, l.c. v. 103a et seq.). Of the four Jewish methods of execution three are named in connection with the angel of death: burning (by pouring hot lead down the victim's throat-- similar to the drop of gall), slaughtering (by beheading), and throttling. The angel of death administers the particular punishment which God has ordained for the commission of sin.

A peculiar mantle ("idra"-according to Levy, "Neuhebr. Wörterb." i. 32, a sword) belongs to the equipment of the angel of death (Eccl. R. iv. 7). The angel of death takes on the particular form which will best serve his purpose; e.g., he appears to a scholar in the form of a beggar imploring pity (M. Ḳ. 28a). "When pestilence rages in the town, walk not in the middle of the street, because the angel of death [i.e., pestilence] strides there; if peace reigns in the town, walk not on the edges of the road. When pestilence rages in the town, go not alone to the synagogue, because there the angel of death stores his tools. If the dogs howl, the angel of death has entered the city; if they make sport, the prophet Elijah has come" (B. Ḳ. 60b). The "destroyer" ("saṭan ha-mashḥit") in the daily prayer is the angel of death (Ber. 16b). Midr. Ma'ase Torah (compare Jellinek, "B. H." ii. 98) says: "There are six angels of death: Gabriel over kings; Ḳapẓiel over youths; Mashbir over animals; Mashḥit over children; Af and Ḥemah over man and beast." A Mantle is a piece of clothing, similar to a robe but open on the front side and often sleeveless. ... 12th-century icon of Archangel Gabriel from Novgorod. ...

Death and Satan

The angel of death, who is identified by some with Satan, immediately after his creation had a dispute with God as to the light of the Messiah (Pesiḳ. R. 161b). When Eve touched the tree of knowledge, she perceived the angel of death, and thought: "Now I shall die, and God will create another wife for Adam" (Pirḳe R. El. xiii., end; compare Targum Yer. to Gen. iii. 6, and Yalḳ. i. § 25). Adam also had a conversation with the angel of death (Böklen, "Die Verwandtschaft der Jüdisch-Christlichen mit der Parsischen Eschatologie," p. 12). The angel of death sits before the face of the dead (Jellinek, l.c. ii. 94). While Abraham was mourning for Sarah the angel appeared to him, which explains why "Abraham stood up from before his dead" (Gen. xxiii. 3; Gen. R. lviii. 5, misunderstood by the commentators). Samuel told Sarah that Abraham had sacrificed Isaac in spite of his wailing, and Sarah died of horror and grief (Pirḳe R. El. xxxii.). It was Moses who most often had dealings with the angel. At the rebellion of Korah, Moses saw him (Num. R. v. 7; Bacher, l.c. iii. 333; compare Sanh. 82a). It was the angel of death in the form of pestilence which snatched away 15,000 every year during the wandering in the wilderness (ib. 70). When Moses reached heaven, the angel told him something (Jellinek, l.c. i. 61). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ anointed one, Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew Arabic ) initially meant any person who was anointed by a prophet of God. ...

When the angel of death came to Moses and said, "Give me thy soul," Moses called to him: "Where I sit thou hast no right to stand." And the angel retired ashamed, and reported the occurrence to God. Again, God commanded him to bring the soul of Moses. The angel went, and, not finding him, inquired of the sea, of the mountains, and of the valleys; but they knew nothing of him (Sifre, Deut. 305). Really, Moses did not die through the angel of death, but through God's kiss ("bi-neshiḳah"); i.e., God drew his soul out of his body (B. B. 17a; compare Abraham in Apocryphal and Rabbinical Literature, and parallel references in Böklen, l.c. p. 11). Legend seizes upon the story of Moses' struggle with the angel of death, and expands it at length (Tan., ed. Stettin, pp. 624 et seq.; Deut. R. ix., xi.; Grünhut, l.c. v. 102b, 169a). As Benaiah bound Ashmedai (Jew. Encyc. ii. 218a), so Moses binds the angel of death that he may bless Israel (Pesiḳ. 199, where "lifne moto" [Deut. xxxiii. 1] is explained as meaning "before the angel of death"). Although Asmodai is mostly known thanks to the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, he is also mentioned in some Talmudic legends and in demonology. ...

Solomon once noticed that the angel of death was grieved. When questioned as to the cause of his sorrow he answered: "I am requested to take your two beautiful scribes." Solomon at once charged the demons to convey his scribes to Luz, where the angel of death could not enter. When they were near the city, however, they both died. The angel laughed on the next day, whereupon Solomon asked the cause of his mirth. "Because," answered the angel, "thou didst send the youths thither, whence I was ordered to fetch them" (Suk. 53a). In the next world God will let the angel of death fight against Pharaoh, Sisera, and Sennacherib (Yalḳ., Isa. 428). Solomon (Hebrew, Shlomo from Shalom for peace, also Arabic as Suleiman or Sulyaman meaning peace) can mean any of the following: 1. ... The ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel (Gen. ... Pharaoh (Arabic فرعون ) (Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ); is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ... Sisera (Egypt. ... It has been proposed that Sennacherib be renamed and moved to Sin-ahhe-eriba. ...

The teaching of God shields one from the power of the angel of death. The children of Israel have accepted the Torah only in order that the angel may have no power over them ('Ab. Zarah 5a). Since death results only from sin, it can not, of course, come to those who live in accordance with the Torah. Although the sentence of mortality once pronounced could never be recalled ('Ab. Zarah 5a), yet the angel of death may not visit teachers of the Law; he is rather their friend (ib. 35b), and even imparts learning to them (Ber. 51a).

Scholars and the Angel of Death

Talmud teachers of the fourth century associate quite familiarly with him. When he appeared to one on the street, the teacher reproached him with rushing upon him as upon a beast; whereupon the angel called upon him at his house. To another he granted a respite of thirty days, that he might put his knowledge in order before entering the next world. To a third he had no access, because he could not interrupt the study of the Talmud. To a fourth he showed a rod of fire, whereby he is recognized as the angel of death (M. K. 28a). He often entered the house of Bibi and conversed with him (Ḥag. 4b). Often he resorts to strategy in order to interrupt and seize his victim (B. M. 86a; Mak. 10a).

The death of Joshua ben Levi in particular is surrounded with a web of fable. When the time came for him to die and the angel of death appeared to him, he demanded to be shown his place in paradise. When the angel had consented to this, he demanded the angel's knife, that the angel might not frighten him by the way. This request also was granted him, and Joshua sprang with the knife over the wall of paradise; the angel, who is not allowed to enter paradise, catching hold of the end of his garment. Joshua swore that he would not come out, and God declared that he should not leave paradise unless he was absolved from his oath; if not absolved, he was to remain. The angel of death then demanded back his knife, but Joshua refused. At this point a heavenly voice ("bat ḳol") rang out: "Give him back the knife, because the children of men have need of it" (Ket. 77b; Jellinek, l.c. ii. 48-51; Bacher, l.c. i. 192 et seq.).

In Judaism

The Rabbis found the angel of death mentioned in Psalms lxxxix. 45 (A. V. 48), where the Targum translates: "There is no man who lives and, seeing the angel of death, can deliver his soul from his hand". Eccl. viii. 4 is thus explained in Midrash Rabbah to the passage: "One may not escape the angel of death, nor say to him, 'Wait until I put my affairs in order,' or 'There is my son, my slave: take him in my stead.'" Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh. ... Midrash (pl. ...

Where the angel of death appears there is no remedy (Talmud, Ned. 49a; Hul. 7b). If one who has sinned has confessed his fault, the angel of death may not touch him (Midrash Tanhuma, ed. Buber, 139). God protects from the angel of death (Midrash Genesis Rabbah lxviii.). The Talmud (תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions on Jewish law, Jewish ethics, customs, legends and stories, which Jewish tradition considers authoritative. ... Midrash (pl. ... Midrash (pl. ...

By acts of benevolence the anger of the angel of death is overcome; when one fails to perform such acts the angel of death will make his appearance (Derek Ereẓ Zuṭa, viii.). The angel of death receives his order from God (Ber. 62b). As soon as he has received permission to destroy, however, he makes no distinction between good and bad (B. Ḳ. 60a). In the city of Luz the angel of death has no power, and when the aged inhabitants are ready to die they go outside the city (Soṭah 46b; compare Sanh. 97a). A legend to the same effect existed in Ireland in the Middle Ages ("Jew. Quart. Rev." vi. 336).

In Islam

Death, as of one of Allah's angels, is spoken of in the Qur'an: For other uses, see Allah (disambiguation). ... The Qurān (Arabic: recitation) from Syriac qeryānā lectionary, also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly as Alcoran, is the holy book of Islam. ...

The angel of death, who has been charged with you, will gather you; then to your Lord you will be returned. (32:11).

He is traditionally known by the name of 'Izrail (not to be confused with Israel, which is a name in Islam solely for Prophet Ya'qoob/Jacob), the English form of which is Azrael. He is charged with the task of separating and returning from the bodies the souls of people who are to be recalled permanently from the physical world back to the primordial spiritual world. This is a process whose aspect varies depending on the nature and past deeds of the individuals in question, and some suggest that Azrael is also accompanied by helpers or associates. Artistic depiction of the angel of death Azrael (Arabic: ) is typically known as one of the names of the angel of death, and is an English form of the Arabic name Izrail, the name traditionally attributed to the angel of death in Islamic world although the name Malaikat Maut (which...

Apart from Azrael's responsibilities and the characteristics he has in common with other angels in Islam, little else concerning his personality can be derived from fundamental Muslim texts. Many references are made in various Muslim legends, however, some of which are included in books authored by Muslim poets and mystics. For instance, the following tale is in the Masnavi, written by the well-known Maulana Rumi: Angels in Islam are light-based creatures, created by Allah to serve and worship him. ... Bold textItalic text Headline text The Masnavi or Masnavi-I Manavi ((Persian:مثنوی معنوی), also written Mathnawi or Mesnevi, written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, the celebrated Persian Sufi saint and poet, is one of the best known and most influential works of both Sufism and Persian literature. ... Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi or Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi Rumi (also known as Mowlavi or Moulana, meaning my guide in Iran, Central and South Asia or Mevlana meaning our guide in Turkey) (September 30, 1207 - December 17, 1273 CE) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic, who was...

When the Almighty determined to create mankind... He deputed the angel Gabriel to bring a handful of earth for the purpose of forming Adam's body. But the Earth, being apprehensive that the man so created would rebel against God and draw down God's curse upon her, remonstrated with Gabriel, and besought him to forbear... Then God deputed [the angel] Michael on the same errand, and the Earth made similar excuses to him, and he also... returned to heaven without taking a handful... Then God sent the angel Israfil on the same errand, and he also was diverted from the execution of it by a divine intimation... At last God sent 'Izrail, the angel of death, who, being of sterner disposition than the others, resolutely shut his ears to the Earth's entreaties, and brought back the required handful of earth. The Earth pressed him with the argument that God's command to bear away a handful of her substance against her will did not override the other divine command to take pity on suppliants; but 'Izrail would not listen to her, remarking that, according to the canons of theological interpretation, it was not allowable to have recourse to analogical reasoning to evade a plain and categorical injunction. He added, that in executing this injunction, painful though it might be, he was to be regarded only as a spear in the hand of the Almighty. (Book V, abridged translation by Whinfield)

In Mexico

A popular Catholic "cult" in Mexico regards the personification of death as a saint, known as Santa Muerte. The figure is uncanonized and the Church refuses to acknowledge its existence. In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. ... In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ... Saint Death, otherwise known as Santa Muerte or La Santísima Muerte, is an uncanonized Mexican saint who receives petitions for love, luck, and protection. ...

Death as a fictional character

The character of Death is typically depicted in the West as wearing a dark hooded cloak and wielding a scythe. Death is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. In many icons of the resurrection of Jesus, death is portrayed as an almost naked man who is bound hand and foot lying amid the bones under the earth. In Eastern Orthodox theology, death is one of humanity's three enemies; the other two are sin and the devil. This figure of Death is also known as the Grim Reaper. Death, in this guise, appears also on one of the Tarot arcana. While in Germanic folklore, including English, Death is male (der Tod), in Latin folklore it is female (la muerte, la mort). In Mexico, death is sometimes referred upon as La Calaca, a skull like character that comes and takes people away when they die. A cloak is a type of loose garment which is worn over indoor clothing and serves the same purpose as an overcoat – it protects the wearer from the cold, rain or wind for example, or it may form part of a fashionable outfit (e. ... Using a scythe A scythe (sounds like SIGH-th) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing and reaping grass or crops. ... Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are mentioned in the Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation, which predicts that they will ride during the Apocalypse. ... The Savior (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) For other senses of this word, see icon (disambiguation). ... According to the Trinitarian interpretation of the New Testament, Jesus was both human and God, so he had the power to lay his life down and to take it up again; thus after Jesus died, he came back to life. ... ... SiN is a computer game developed by Ritual Entertainment and published by Activision in late 1998. ... The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. ... The Tarot is a set of 78 cards with allegorical representations used for divination, that first appeared in Medieval times. ... Arcanum, from the Latin arcere, to shut away in an arca, cf. ...

The allegorical figure of Death appears many times in the works of Albrecht Dürer and Terry Pratchett. Pratchett's Death is substantially different in that he is, as mentioned in the Discworld Compendium, "on our side" against the ruthless Auditors, personifications of cosmic Law. Self-Portrait, 1493, Oil on Canvas Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician of Hungarian ancestry. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Audit can refer to: Telecommunication audit Financial audit Performance audit Completion of a course of study for which no assessment is completed or grade awarded; especially audit is awarded to those who have elected not to receive a letter grade for a course in which letter grades typically awarded. ...

To contrast with the normally dark and antagonistic classical depictions of Death, many comedies portray him as a somewhat sympathetic character, an average Joe who's simply doing a necessary and unpleasant job.

List of works using Death as a fictional character

• Animaniacs
• Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey movie
• Buttercup Festival (not Death, but a character with a cloak and scythe)
• The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale part of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
• Castlevania video game series (where Death is a recurring boss).
• Cat and Girl
• Charmed which has several incarnations of Death, from Azrael to Yama
• Children of Bodom Not a work but rather a band
• Conker's Bad Fur Day video game (as Gregg, he hates cats); also seen in the remake, Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Daria
• Darkwing Duck cartoon (episode 147 - Dead Duck)
• Death and Doctor hornbook, poem by Robert Burns
• Dead Like Me television show
• Death: a Death Metal band from Florida.
• Death, Jr. video game/comic book
• Death comic book, a spinoff from The Sandman
• Death Knocks, a one-act play by Woody Allen
• Death Note manga/movies
• Death Takes a Holiday movie (1934)
• Der müde Tod silent movie (1921)
• Discworld novels
• The Doors
• Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
• Family Guy
• Feel the Magic: XY/XX
• The Frighteners
• Gauntlet (arcade game)
• Good Omens a novel by Neil Gaiman And Terry Pratchett, in which his character is quite similar to that of the Discworld novels.
• Grave Digger Another band which has the Grim Reaper as its mascot
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy cartoon
• Grim Fandango video game.
• Grim Reaper: a Heavy Metal band from United Kingdom. This band is already ended, but in the 80's they were great!
• A Grolsch commercial from circa 2004 [1]
• Incarnations of Immortality novels
• Irregular Webcomic!
• JACK webcomic with the Grim Reaper as the main character)
• La Dama del Alba (Lady of the Dawn) play
• Liberty Meadows comic strip
• Marvel Comics
• The Meaning of Life movie (1983)
• "Paradise Lost" by John Milton
• Penadinho (Bug-a-booo) of Monica's Gang
• Preacher comic book in which Death appears as a "Wild West" gunslinger known as the Saint of Killers
• Meet Joe Black movie (1998 remake of Death Takes a Holiday)
• Red Dwarf (episode Only the Good...)
• RuneScape game. As part of the Halloween event in 2005, the Grim Reaper would appear and reap the player with his scythe whenever they died.
• The Sandman comic book
• Secret of Mana Death appears over the head of a character when they die.
• The Seventh Seal (1957 movie)
• The Simpsons
• The Sims games
• Soul Calibur III video game (not officially in the game, but can be made in the character creation mode of the game)
• South Park cartoon (episode 106 - "Death")
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles where Death is a bad guy in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comics and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• The Twilight Zone
• Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame features the C'tan Stargod "Nightbringer", depicted as an immense cloak-wearing entity wielding a scythe, said to be the one who instilled the fear of death in the races of our galaxy

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Death in popular fiction

The character of Death has recurred many times in popular fiction. He has made appearances in many stories, from serious dramatic fiction to comedy, including playing roles in science fiction and fantasy stories. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Movies

Death as portrayed in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal

Woody Allen's "Love and Death" and "Deconstructing Harry" as well as his play "Death Knocks." Film frame from Det Sjunde Inseglet (The Seventh Seal) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Ingmar Bergman ▶ (help· info) (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA in Unicode notation) (born July 14, 1918) is a Swedish stage and film director who is one of the key film auteurs of the second half of the twentieth century. ...

Death Takes a Holiday was a 1934 film directed by Mitchell Leisen, and written by Maxwell Anderson. Death (Fredric March as Prince Sirki) decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see how the mortals live. Complications ensue as those who should have died do not. Death Takes a Holiday was remade in the 1998 film Meet Joe Black, directed by Martin Brest and starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. Video cover showing Fredric March and Evelyn Venable. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fredric March photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Fredric March (Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel) (August 31, 1897–April 14, 1975) was an Academy Award winning American actor. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Meet Joe Black is a 1998 remake of the 1934 film, Death Takes a Holiday, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. ... Martin Brest (August 8, 1951) is an American filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. ... Brad Pitt at the Incirlik hospital, Incirlik Air Base William Bradley Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma) is an American film actor. ... Sir Anthony Hopkins (IPA: ) KBE (born December 31, 1937) is an Oscar winning Welsh-born actor. ...

While Meet Joe Black touches briefly on the consequences of a world where Death is not doing his job, its focus is on Death's experience as a human, and on the personal relationships within the family he chooses to stay with.

In 1957, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman made The Seventh Seal, an influential (and heavily symbolic) movie depicting one of the most famous moments in the fictional portrayal of Death. In the movie, a medieval knight plays a game of chess with Death, with the knight's life depending upon the outcome of the game. The concept of playing games with Death has been used (and spoofed) many times since Bergman's movie. A 1968 short film called The Dove deliberately spoofed this famous movie scene, a young couple challenge Death to a game of badminton. Woody Allen has written a short story in which Death loses a game of gin rummy after clumsily entering a man's apartment and trying to cow him into going quietly. Bob Burden's surrealist comic book, "The Flaming Carrot", features a cover in which the title character rejects Death's offer of playing chess and suggests instead Jarts. In Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, the brainless protagonists challenge Death to a series of inane games including Battleship (game), electric football, Cluedo (Clue) and Twister - all of which Death loses (each time gruffly demanding a rematch). In the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero, the character of Death from Bergman's Seventh Seal is brought into the real world temporarily, played by Ian McKellen. In the short-lived TV series Big Wolf on Campus the main character goes on a frantic gaming spree in which he loses several games to Death, a reverse-spoof of Bill and Ted, as well as Ingmar Bergman. Flash cartoon Weebl & Bob parodied this concept in their episode "Art". Death is portrayed by Monkey, and the characters are sitting on a chessboard, while Weebl & Bob bemoan (naturally) their lack of pie. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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In Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors, Jim Morrison is haunted by Death, appearing in several scenes portrayed by Richard Rutowski. Death can be seen dancing behind him in orgiastic concert scenes or appearing in the background watching Morrison at bars, parties or on the street. In a scene deleted from the theatrical release, Death bumps into Morrison at an airport bar, heavily intoxicated and on his way to the ill-fated Miami show in 1969, inquiring, "how's it going?" and closing with a cryptic, "See you around, Jim." Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is an Academy Award-winning American film director. ... The Doors is a 1991 film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. ... For other people named James or Jim Morrison, see James Morrison James Douglas Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 – 3 July 1971) was a singer, songwriter, writer, and poet. ...

In a number of comedy roles, the character of Death has had a Swedish foreign accent, paying homage (sometimes unintentionally) to his role in The Seventh Seal. In Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, in which he is designed by Terry Gilliam and voiced by John Cleese, he breaks up a dinner party - along with its annoying hosts and guests - prematurely. Non-native pronunciations of English result from the common linguistic phenomenon in which non-native users of any language tend to carry the intonation, phonological processes, and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech. ... The Meaning of Life was a Monty Python comedy film made in 1983. ... Terry Gilliam at Cannes 2001. ... John Cleese as Q in Die Another Day. ...

Death makes a few cameos in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, most notably, sitting right behind the Behemoth in the town meeting. Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a stop motion animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas one year, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. ...

Television

The UK Public Information Film The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water features a Grim Reaper-like character. Public Information Films (known as PIFs) are a series of government commissioned short films, shown during television advertising breaks in the UK. The US equivalent is the Public Service Announcement (PSAs). ...

In the comedy Red Dwarf, Rimmer knees Death in the groin, telling him that "only the good die young". Death, naturally surprised, notes that "that's never happened before." in a pained tone of voice. This article describes the British science fiction comedy television series. ... Arnold Rimmer in Red Dwarf Arnold Judas Rimmer BSC, SSC (Bronze Swimming Certificate, Silver Swimming Certificate), who sometimes goes by Arnold Jonathan Rimmer, is a character in the television series Red Dwarf, played by Chris Barrie. ...

As the Grim Reaper, Death stars in an animated series on the Cartoon Network cable channel called The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (formerly Grim and Evil). In this cartoon, the grim reaper has a Jamaican accent and is a comedic character. The Grim Reaper has also made several appearances on The Simpsons, Animaniacs, South Park, Family Guy, and even an early Mickey Mouse cartoon. An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Cartoon Network is a cable television channel created by Turner Broadcasting and dedicated to showing animated programming. ... The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, created by Maxwell Atoms, is an American animated television series that currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... The Simpson family first seen on The Tracey Ullman Show. ... Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs was a popular American animated television series, distributed by Warner Bros. ... South Park is an American animated television series created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. ... Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a comic animal cartoon character who has become a symbol for The Walt Disney Company. ...

In the CBS television show Touched by an Angel, Death was sympathetically portrayed as a recurring character, played by John Dye. For other uses, see CBS (disambiguation). ... Touched by an Angel was a television show created by John Masius and Martha Williamson that ran on CBS (Disney Channel and Hallmark Channel in the UK) from September 21, 1994, until April 27, 2003. ...

Showtime's Dead Like Me portrays soul collection as a widespread organization with many different divisions and, most likely, thousands of "employees", each of whom take souls from the living upon death. This article needs to be updated. ... Dead Like Me is a Showtime television comedy-drama created by Bryan Fuller about a group of grim reapers in Seattle, Washington. ...

The 1959 Twilight Zone episode "One for the Angels" (the second epsiode in the series), Death visits a storefront salesman to take his life. The agree that the salesman should die only when he has pulled off a "pitch for the angels," and onlt then will he go. When Death finds out this is a trick, he decides to take the little girl next door instead (who's just been hit by a truck), saying he's been "forced to choose an alternative." The salesman manages to save the girl's life by distracting Death with an irresisitable sales pitch (the "pitch for the angels") and as per their agreement, Death leads the salesman to Heaven. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note, this page is about the television series and its two revivals. ... Salesman is a 1969 cinema verité documentary film which follows four salesmen of expensive Bibles door-to-door in a low-income neighborhood which cannot afford expensive Bibles. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Michelangelos interpretation of Heaven Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ...

The 2002 Twilight Zone episode "One Night at Mercy" stars Jason Alexander as a suicidal Death. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Note, this page is about the television series and its two revivals. ... Jason Alexander Jason Alexander (born Jason Scott Greenspan, September 23, 1959, in Newark, New Jersey), is a television, cinema and musical theatre actor. ...

In Charmed, The Angel of death was featured couple of times. Charmed is a long-running U.S. television series by Aaron Spelling about three sisters who are powerful good witches known throughout the supernatural community as The Charmed Ones. ...

In the 2006 episode of Supernatural they battle a grim reaper brought on from a bonding spell. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From The Dance of Death (Totentanz) by Hans Holbein the Younger

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Literature

In Book II of Paradise Lost by John Milton, Death, along with Sin, holds the keys to the locked Gates of Hell. After God and his angels defeat Lucifer (now Satan) and banish him and his followers to Hell, God commands Sin and Death to never unlock the gates. Satan, upon hearing that God has created a new world and new beings, Adam and Eve, sets out to cause their downfall. Arriving at the Gates of Hell, Satan converses with Sin and Death and learns of Death's creation. Sin is the daughter of Satan and became pregnant with Satan's child. The birth was extremely painful for Sin; so painful that she cried out "Death!" as the unnamed entity was born. The caves of Hell echoed back "Death" and her son became known as Death. Death then raped his mother who subequently gave birth to monstrous dogs who bite and gnaw at her and travel to and fro her womb at will causing her immense pain. According to Sin, Death despises everything living and has the power to destroy anything except God. Sin warns that Death can destroy Satan and that the only reason she is spared (yet tortured) is that Death cannot exist without Sin. Satan nevertheless demands that the gates be opened. Death, unafraid of Satan, calls him a "false fugitive," (Book II, 700) commands him to retreat, and warns, "with one stroke of this Dart, strange horrors seize thee and pangs unfelt before." (Book II, 703-704) By promising Sin and Death a world where they, "shall dwell at ease," (Book II, 840-841) Satan persuades Sin and Death to open the gates to allow him passage through Chaos to Earth. When word reaches Sin and Death that Satan succeeds, they begin to construct a road connecting Hell to Earth. Satan, on his return from Earth, notes of the road being built and instructs Sin and Death to be his ambassadors on Earth. Title page of the first edition Paradise Lost (1667) is an epic poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton. ... John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ...

Death is described as a, "shape had none distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, or substance...Black it stood as Night..and shook a dreadful Dart; what seemed his head the likeness of a Kingly Crown had on." (Book II, 667-673)

Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series of fantasy novels features a modernised Grim Reaper, who is the central character of On a Pale Horse, the first book in the series. In this personification, Death is an office held by a mortal. The mortal holding the office of Death is protected from aging, fire, disease and other dangers by the cloak he wears. When not wearing the cloak, the office holder is subject to any and all dangers and consequences just as any other mortal. The person holds the office of Death until they themselves die, usually because they become careless over time, and are themselves killed by someone they have come to collect. This person then takes over the office, and the cycle begins anew. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Incarnations of Immortality is the name of a seven-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. ...

The character of Death is also a major player in the humorous Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, where he is perhaps paradoxically seen as an ally of humanity, since he is a part of the natural order of things and often finds himself defending humanity against threats to that order. As a tongue-in-cheek allusion to The Seventh Seal, he doesn't like chess, because he cannot remember "HOW THE LITTLE HORSE-SHAPED ONES MOVE". He speaks in a hollow yet heavy voice, often expressed in small caps, and eschewing the use of quotation marks. Due to a rule of Death having to appear persoanlly to wizards who are going to die, particularly the failed wizard Rincewind, Death sometimes appears, having been snatched from some important business arrangement, most notable being appearing with a drink and hors'douevres claiming "I WAS AT PARTY". He can also be summoned directly via the Rite of Ash'Kente Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Cover art of The Colour of Magic by Josh Kirby The Discworld is a series of thirty-four satirical fantasy novels and a number of shorter works by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal) is a 1957 film directed by Ingmar Bergman, most notable for the scene in which a medieval knight (played by Max von Sydow) plays chess with the personification of Death, with his life resting on the outcome of the game. ... In typography, small caps (short for small capitals) are uppercase (capital) characters that are printed in a smaller size than normal uppercase characters of the same font. ...

Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories' Death is seen as the ruler of a gloomy realm, who is, himself, always sad. In one story, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have to steal Death's mask, and in others, Death tries to take the famous pair, only to be thwarted by their sorcerous mentors and their own uncanny good luck. He has quotas to meet, designated by their roles in life, and when the quota includes "two heroes," Fafhrd and the Mouser are first on his list. Interestingly, Leiber's version of Death is aware that at some point in the future, he himself is fated to die. Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ... Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are two seminal sword-and-sorcery heroes created by, and based on, Fritz Leiber (1910–1992) and Harry Otto Fischer (1910–1986). ...

In Death and Dr Hornbook by Robert Burns, death is portrayed as an emaciated, elderly, gruff, somewhat blue-collar man exactly 6'2" in height. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Robert Burns Robert Burns, preeminent Scottish poet Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement and after his death became an important source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ...

Comics

Death as a female teenage goth in The Sandman comics.

A different personification of Death appears in The Sandman, a series of comic books written by Neil Gaiman, in which Death, one of the Endless, appears in the guise of a Goth girl wearing an Ankh around her neck, to symbolize the idea that life and death are two sides of the same reality. Gaiman's Death is cheerful and supportive, perhaps not only as a way of playing with audience expectations, but also to demistify death itself, which is seen as a moment of passage rather than a real ending. Image File history File links death from fan site This image is a book cover. ... Image File history File links death from fan site This image is a book cover. ... Gothic woman, traditional style, with big hair, spikes and piercings This article is about the contemporary goth/gothic subculture. ... The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... Spoiler warning: Death as illustrated by Chris Bachalo. ... The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Neil Gaiman (November 2004) Neil Richard Gaiman () (November 10, 1960, Portchester, Hampshire) is an English Jewish author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many comic books. ... The Endless are a group of beings who embody various aspects of the universe in the DC comic book series The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman. ... Gothic woman, traditional style, with big hair, spikes and piercings This article is about the contemporary goth/gothic subculture. ... The ankh (pronounced ahnk, symbol ) was the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stood for the word , which means life. ...

Irregular Webcomic! has Death as a unifying "theme", or set of characters. Each very specific manner of death has an assigned Death, some of whom are not very busy. Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs, Death of Choking On A Giant Frog, Head Death, and Death of Being Ground By A Mars Rover Rock Abrasion Tool are some mentioned. Irregular Webcomic! is a webcomic created by David Morgan-Mar, an Australian scientist. ...

Jack has the main character, Jack, become a Grim Reaper in the form of the sin Wrath as punishment for his own sin. Jack is a furry webcomic by David Hopkins. ... SiN is a computer game developed by Ritual Entertainment and published by Activision in late 1998. ... Look up Anger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Anger is a term for the emotional aspect of aggression, as a basic aspect of the stress response in animals in which a perceived aggravating stimulus provokes a counterresponse which is likewise aggravating and threatening of violence. ...

Smax also features multiple Deaths handling different circumstances. "Lionel" handles chess games with peasants (and looks like the death in The Seventh Seal) and "Dennis", a large imposing character, handles "awesome, terrible death". Smax is a five-issue comic book mini-series written by Alan Moore, illustrated by Zander Cannon and Andrew Currie, and published by the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics/Wildstorm. ... Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal) is a 1957 film directed by Ingmar Bergman, most notable for the scene in which a medieval knight (played by Max von Sydow) plays chess with the personification of Death, with his life resting on the outcome of the game. ...

Liberty Meadows includes a Death that looks like the one from Seventh Seal. Frank (the main character) has drowned but is resuscitated by a frog. While in the underworld, Frank escapes by making Death "look". Death hounds him later, expecting a razor cut to kill him. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Marvel Universe In the Marvel Universe, Death is a robed skeleton, and referred to as female. She is often courted by Thanos of Titan who hopes to win her love by destroying the universe. Various characters of the Marvel Universe. ... Death with Thanos and Captain Marvel in a scene from The Death of Captain Marvel. ... Thanos is a fictional character created by Jim Starlin and published by Marvel Comics. ...

There is also a human supervillain, the Grim Reaper, that has fought Vision and Scarlet Witch on different occasions. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Vision is an android superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a mutant who fluctuates between being a superheroine and supervillainess. ...

Death Jr. In this comic based on the Sony PSP game Death Jr., you get to see many images of Death as well as his son, Death Jr., who the comic is centered around. Death, Jr. ... The finished PlayStation Portable, and a variety of accessories. ... Death, Jr. ...

Dragon Ball This series of manga and anime features Death in the form of Enma Daiou. As the human race is nearly exterminated on at least three occasions and humans subsequently regain their lives, Enma Daiou is swamped with billions of restless souls whose (temporary) fate he must decide. Enma is also mentioned in the manga/anime YuYu Hakusho, usually by his son, Koenma. One of Koenma's agents, Botan, claims the title of the Grim Reaper for herself quite whimsically. Dragon Ball Volume 1 (Japanese version). ... YuYu Hakusho (幽★遊★白書 YūYū Hakusho, literally The Playful Ghost White Paper, meaning Ghost Files / Poltergeist Report) is a manga and anime series by Yoshihiro Togashi. ...

Saint Seiya This series includes Thanathos as one of the twin guardians of the body of Hades. Saint Seiya original Japanese logo. ...

Deathnote This series is about Light Yagami, who finds a death note which fell from the Shinigami (God of Death) world. This Deathnote allows him to control who dies, how, and when. When the note is bound to him, the note's original Shinigami owner appears to him. Death Note (デスノート) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ooba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. ...

Bleach This series follows Shinigami, who are samurai-like grim reapers. Their function is to guide the souls trapped in the human world to the Soul Society, or in some cases, hell. BLEACH ) is a manga and anime series by Tite Kubo ), mangaka of Zombie Powder. ... Shinigami (死神 lit. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a place and/or a state of painful suffering. ...

Computer and video games

In the PC game The Sims, Death will come to collect the souls of dead Sims; the player may have the option of challenging Death to a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors in exchange for the life of the dead. In The Sims 2: University expansion pack the player can bring the dead back to life with a special phone; however, they will need to pay a certain price or the chosen sim will come back as a zombie. One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... The Sims is a strategic life simulation computer game created by game designer Will Wright, published by Maxis, and distributed by Electronic Arts. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Sims 2: University Categories: Computer and video game stubs | 2005 computer and video games ...

In Theme Hospital, when a 'bad' patient dies, the Grim Reaper appears from a hole in the ground, takes the person to Hell, then closes up again. Theme Hospital is a simulation computer game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997, in which the player designs and operates a hospital. ...

The Castlevania series of video games portrays Death as the right hand man of Dracula, and must be defeated in each incarnation of the series. Castlevania (キャッスルヴァニア) is a video game series, created and developed by Konami. ... Dracula from Symphony of The Night Dracula is a fictional vampire from the Castlevania series of video games, where he is the main villain in most of the titles. ...

In Final Fantasy VI, the final boss Kefka appears as a destructive angel. Final Fantasy VI (ファイナルファンタジーVI Fainaru Fantajī VI) is a computer role-playing game developed and published by Square Co. ...

Manny Calavera, from Grim Fandango, is a travel agent to the afterlife. Manny Calavera dressed up as the Grim Reaper, on his way to pick up a new customer. ... Grim Fandango is a graphical adventure computer game released by LucasArts in 1998, the title derived from a line of a mournful poem read by one of the characters in the game. ...

Death also makes an appearance in the games based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... Cover art of The Colour of Magic by Josh Kirby The Discworld is a series of thirty-four satirical fantasy novels and a number of shorter works by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld. ...

In HeXen II, Death appears as the 'end boss' for Mazaera, the game's second continent (or segment). The other three horseman of the Apocalypse, appear as 'end bosses' for the game's other continents. HeXen II is a first person shooter computer game developed by Raven Software from 1996 to 1997, published by id Software and distributed by Activision. ... Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss (sometimes called a guardian) is a particularly large or difficult computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end... Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are mentioned in the Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation, which predicts that they will ride during the Apocalypse. ... Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss (sometimes called a guardian) is a particularly large or difficult computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end...

In the NetHack computer game, Death is one of the Four horsemen of the Apocalypse, which the player meets at the very end of the game. NetHack is a roguelike computer game originally released in 1987. ... Woodcut by Albrecht Dürer The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are mentioned in the Bible in chapter six of the Book of Revelation, which predicts that they will ride during the Apocalypse. ...

The Grim Reaper appeared in the Nintendo 64 game Conker's Bad Fur Day (Greg the Grim Reaper) who is very short and comical and hates cats. The Nintendo 64, commonly called the N64, is Nintendos third home video game console. ... Conkers Bad Fur Day is a Nintendo 64 video game made by Rareware that was marketed as an adult platform game. ...

Death has appeared in the MediEvil series of video games. In the very first game of the series, you must collect lost souls for him, and he will get your character, Sir Daniel Fortesque, across the water in the Pools of the Ancient Dead. In the remake, MediEvil Resurrection, Dan visits him in the level "Return to the Graveyard" and implores his help against the evil wizard, Zarok. MediEvil is a platform game released in 1997 for Sony PlayStation. ... Sir Daniel Fortesque is a character in the MediEvil series of video games. ... MediEvil Resurrection is a video game for the PSP entertainment system. ...

In the PlayStation Portable game Death, Jr. you play as the son of Death. While you don't get to see Death himself, his son is essentially him only shorter. The PlayStation Portable (officially PSP), a handheld game console, is a product of Sony Computer Entertainment. ... Death, Jr. ...

In the Super Famicon/PlayStation 2 game Romancing SaGa, Death appears as one of the three gods of evil. He lives in the netherworld and acts as the guardian of souls. He also makes deals with anyone that reaches him. Romancing SaGa is the 4th in a line of Square Enix SaGa games. ...

More recently, Death can be unlocked as a playable character in the Harmonix/RedOctane Playstation 2 game Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero is a music video game that employs a guitar-shaped peripheral (a miniature Gibson SG) as a primary controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. ...

In Mega Man X4, when going through the third stage ("special weapon") after defeating all the 8 Mavericks/Irregulars once again, either X or Zero (depending on which character the player chose at the start) will face off against their nemesis Sigma. Sigma will take on 3 forms, the first picturing him hovering cloaked in a black cape and wielding a beam scythe. Mega Man X4 is the fourth game in the Mega Man X series. ... North American box art for Mega Man X, for SNES. This page refers to the entire Mega Man X Series. ... Zero (alternatively capitalized as ZERO) is one of the main characters in the popular Mega Man X (in Japan, Rockman X) series and Mega Man Zero series of video games. ... Sigma is the main villain of the Mega Man X video game series and is the final boss in all games of the series except Mega Man X: Command Mission and Mega Man X8. ...

In "Yakusoku no Chi: Riviera" ("Riviera the Promised Land") for the Wonderswan Color and Gameboy Advance, Death is the final Accursed. He resides within Mireno Cemetary which is tied close to his character.

In Gauntlet Legends and its sequel Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, Death appears as an enemy that drains your character's health or experience accompanied by the narrarator's memorable saying "Use magic to kill Death!". He can only be destroyed with magic and appears various times in the game. Gauntlet Legends is an arcade game released in 1998 by Atari Games. ...

In the game Feel the Magic: XY/XX, Death appears as an obstacle in the "Magic touch" level. When he appears, the CPR you are performing is halted, and the girl's health lowers slowly. Death must be poked several times with the stylus to be scared off.

At Halloweentime 2005, RuneScape featured The Grim Spectre of Death, who would rise from the earth when a player died, casted a mysterious spell and them and proclaimed, "(Player's name)'s soul is now claimed as my own!" This addition was removed by the early days of November.

In the online Browser RPG Adventure Quest, whenever you die, The Grim Reaper appears and ressurects you, saying that his "Quota of souls has been filled". He also appears when you actvate the Blade Of Awe's PowerWord Die. He is also in the Void, and seen in some quests.

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See also

• Afterlife
• Angel
• Bible
• Death
• God
• Danse Macabre
• Psychopomp
• Saint Death
• Shinigami
• Skull (symbolism)
• Soul
• Symbols of death