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==Personification==
==Personification==
Certain peoples often use a personification of death. Known to us some as the Grim Reaper or simply Death. In modern times, he usually appears wearing a black hooded robe and carrying a scythe. Many religions had a god or deity who stood for death and/or the afterlife:
Certain peoples often use a personification of death. Known to some as the Grim Reaper or simply Death. In modern times, he usually appears wearing a black hooded robe and carrying a scythe. Many religions use a god or deity who stood for death and/or the afterlife:
*[[Ankou]] (Breton)
*[[Ankou]] (Breton)
*[[Tuoni]] (Finnish)
*[[Tuoni]] (Finnish)
*[[Yama]] ([[Hinduism|Hindu]])
*[[Yama]] ([[Hinduism|Hindu]])
*[[Yanluo]] ([[China|Chinese]])
*[[Yanluo]] ([[China|Chinese]])
==Religious Interpretations==
==Religious Interpretations==