Personifications of death

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 75. Chapters: Death, Thanatos, Spectre, The Hitch-Hiker, Davy Jones, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town, The Wraith: Shangri-La, Lady Death, Ivan Turbinca, Jack, Judge Death, Nekron, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Azrael, Maya Death Gods, Doorman, Treehouse of Horror XIV, Meet Joe Black, Isambard Prince, Ankou, Reeker, Black Racer, Death Lives, Death Is a Bitch, Black Flash, On Borrowed Time, Nothing in the Dark, Death Takes a Holiday, Grim Reaper, Mictlantecuhtli, Chemosh, Mors, No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker, Skeleton, Cheating death, Personifications of death in American media. Excerpt: The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood. It is also given the name of the Angel of Death or Devil of Death or the angel of dark and light Malach HaMavet) stemming from the Bible. In some cases, the Grim Reaper is able to actually cause the victim's death, leading to tales that he can be bribed, tricked, or outwitted in order to retain one's life, such as in the case of Sisyphus. Other beliefs hold that the Spectre of Death is only a psychopomp, serving to sever the last ties between the soul and the body and to guide the deceased to the next world without having any control over the fact of the victim's death. In many languages (including English), Death is personified in male form, while in others, it is perceived as a female character (for instance, in Slavic and Romance languages). Thanatos as a winged youth, c. 325-300 BC, at Temple of Artemis, EphesosAncient Greece found Death to be inevitable, and, therefore, he is not represented as purely evil. He is often portrayed as a bearded and winged man, but has also been portrayed as a young boy. Death, or Thanatos, is the counterpart of life, death being represented as male, and life as female. He is the twin brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He is typically shown with his brother and is represented as being just and gentle. His job is to escort the deceased to the underworld, Hades. He then hands the dead over to Charon, who mans the boat that carries them over the river Acheron, which separates the land of the living from the land of the dead. It was believed that if the ferryman did not receive some sort of payment, the soul would not be delivered to the underworld and would be left by the riverside for a hundred years. Thanatos' sisters, the Keres, were the