Talk:Death (personification)

Help Wanted: Resources for Death in Mythology/Religion/Traditions

Recent vandalism over at List of death deities exposed a real issue with the selection criteria for that article. Specifically, most of the entities listed either are not deities per se (think San Pascualito, Gede Nibo and other examples in this article), or they are gods, but not gods explicitly of death (think Hades and Anubis). Finding wording to define what is and is not appropriate for such an article is a challenge, and sourcing is a nightmare. A scholarly search for 'death' yields several thousand years of writing about grief and loss, and adding 'god', 'myth' or 'religion' gets you into a quagmire of Abrahamic and Buddhist dissertations that lead in circles. Does anyone here have recommendations for tertiary works or overviews that might help? If so, could you respond here or join the discussion over at List of death deities? Please & Thank You, Last1in (talk) 13:20, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

There should be a page made about the Grim Reaper specifically

The title "Grim Reaper" redirects to this page, but this page isn't really about the Grim Reaper. It's about different personifications of death in different religions (such as Aztec, Asia, Celtic, etc). The fact that we don't have a page about the Grim Reaper, IE the hooded scythe-wielding skeleton, is quite surprising. I request that if anyone reads this and is able, to help to create such a page. Di (they-them) (talk) 01:22, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

I agree, there really should be a separate character for the figure.★Trekker (talk) 08:41, 9 December 2023 (UTC)