Death
personification of death
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Summary
Death is a mythical creature[1]. Death ranks in the top 2% of mythical creature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,547 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: stock character[3]
- Subclass of: personification[4], psychopomp[5], literary character[6]
- Part of: Death and the Maiden[7], danse macabre[8]
- Commons category: Personifications of death[9]
- Said to be the same as: Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse[10], Thanatos[11], Mot[12], Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come[13]
- Inception: 1200 BC[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Personifications of death[15]
- Represents: death[16]
- Depicted by: Death and the Maiden (Baldung)[17], Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych[18]
- Described by source: Infogalactic[19], Justapedia[20], Encyclopædia Britannica Online[21]
- Partially coincident with: angel of death[22], death deity[23], Grim Reaper or other personification of death in a work of fiction[24]
- Present in work: Death’s Ramble[25], Because I could not stop for Death[26], Der Tod und das Mädchen[27], Death[28], O Death[29], The Garden of Paradise[30], The Haunted House[31], Everyman[32], The Great Physician[33], Destiny[34], The Ancient Mariner[35]
- Manifestation of: death[36]
- Different from: Grim Reaper[37], Mr Death[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[39]
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Influence
Things named for Death include MQ-9 Reaper[40], an aircraft model[41].
Why It Matters
Death has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Death is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Death include MQ-9 Reaper[40], an aircraft model[41].