page_title: Death (personification)
hierarchical_section_title: Death (personification)
caption_attribution_description: English: Death as a skeleton carrying a scythe
context_page_description: Death is a personificated creature that exists in a lot of societies all over history. In English Death is usually given the name Grim Reaper and from the 15th century to now, the Grim Reaper is shown as a human skeleton holding a scythe and clothed with a black cloak with a hood. It is also given the same of Angel of Death, that appeared in the Bible.
  In some beliefs, the Grim Reaper can cause the death of the victim, that created legends that he can be bribed, tricked and make deals to keep the life of someone. In other beliefs, the Grim Reaper guides the dead to the next world, without the knowing of the dead about his death.
context_section_description: Death is a personificated creature that exists in a lot of societies all over history. In English Death is usually given the name Grim Reaper and from the 15th century to now, the Grim Reaper is shown as a human skeleton holding a scythe and clothed with a black cloak with a hood. It is also given the same of Angel of Death (Hebrew: מלאך המוות‎, Mal'ach Ha'Mavett), that appeared in the Bible.
  In some beliefs, the Grim Reaper can cause the death of the victim, that created legends that he can be bribed, tricked and make deals to keep the life of someone. In other beliefs, the Grim Reaper guides the dead to the next world, without the knowing of the dead about his death.
caption: Depiction of Death as a skeleton carrying a scythe.
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