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Because the word śmierć is feminine in gender, death is frequently portrayed as a skeletal old woman, as depicted in 15th-century dialogue "Rozmowa Mistrza Polikarpa ze Śmiercią" (Latin: "Dialogus inter Mortem et Magistrum Polikarpum"). In Serbia and other South Slavic countries, the Grim Reaper is well known as Smrt ("Death") or Kosač ...
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
The Buddhist practice maraṇasati meditates on death. The word is a Pāli compound of maraṇa 'death' (an Indo-European cognate of Latin mori) and sati 'awareness', so very close to memento mori. It is first used in early Buddhist texts, the suttapiṭaka of the Pāli Canon, with parallels in the āgamas of the "Northern" Schools.
Mortimer, a name sometimes given to the Grim Reaper (see Personifications of death), with its origin in the Latin word morti (to die) Mortimer Mouse, a Disney character; Mortimer Snerd, a character developed by Edgar Bergen; Mortimer Brewster, main character in Arsenic and Old Lace
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
Rigor mortis, the limbs of the corpse become stiff (Latin rigor) ... the Grim Reaper, or figures similar to it, is the most popular depiction of death in western ...
The human skull is an obvious and frequent symbol of death, found in many cultures and religious traditions. [1] Human skeletons and sometimes non-human animal skeletons and skulls can also be used as blunt images of death; the traditional figures of the Grim Reaper – a black-hooded skeleton with a scythe – is one use of such symbolism. [2]
Mortimer, a name sometimes given to the Grim Reaper (see Personifications of death), with its origin in the Latin word morti (to die) Mortimer Brewster, protagonist of the play Arsenic and Old Lace and its film adaptaton; Mortimer Delvile, one of the protagonists in Cecilia (Burnley novel) Mortimer Duke, in the movie Trading Places, played by ...