Death
English
Death as a skeleton with a scythe.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top.
Proper noun
Death
- The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
- Synonyms: the angel of death, Azrael, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, psychopomp, Santa Muerte, the Shinigami
- Death can be seen on a tarot card.
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, page 137:
- Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- He had drunk more than was fit for him, and he was singing some light song, when he saw approaching, as he said, the pale horse mentioned in the Revelation, with Death seated as the rider.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- I am become Death, destroyer of worlds
Translations
the personification of death
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See also
- La Calavera Catrina
- Hades
Further reading
Death (personification) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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