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  2. Personifications of death - Wikipedia

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    As such, it is common in Spanish-speaking cultures to personify death as a female figure. A common term for the personification of death across Latin America is "la Parca" from one of the three Roman Parcae, a figure similar to the Anglophone Grim Reaper, though usually depicted as female and without a scythe.

  3. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    Name means death in the Akan language. Asase Yaa, one half of an Akan Goddess of the barren places on Earth, Truth and is Mother of the Dead; Amokye, Psychopomp in Akan religion who fishes the souls of the dead from the river leading to Asamando, the Akan underworld

  4. Grim Reaper - Wikipedia

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    The Grim Reaper is a popular personification of death in Western culture in the form of a hooded skeletal figure wearing a black robe and carrying a scythe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since the 14th century, European art connected each of these various physical features to death, though the name "Grim Reaper" and the artistic popularity of all the features ...

  5. Santa Muerte - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Alkonost – female with body of a bird; Gamayun – prophetic bird with woman's head; Gumyōchō – twin-headed human-bird; Harpy – ugly winged bird woman, steals food Aello – name meaning "storm" Ocypete – name meaning "swift wing" Celaeno – name meaning "the dark one"

  7. List of female detective characters - Wikipedia

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    Amy Prentiss was a young female Chief of Detectives in the San Francisco Police Department, in a short-lived TV series of the same name, screened 1974–75 as part of NBC Mystery Movie. Emily Prentiss dark haired and down to earth profiler in Criminal Minds; Josie Prescott is an antiques appraiser in a series by Jane Cleland begun 2000.

  8. List of Black Butler characters - Wikipedia

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    Before he was executed, Prince Soma offered him a new life and name, shedding his former self. He was able to fight on a par with Sebastian while using a fencing foil, a feat which briefly makes Ciel wonder if he is a Grim Reaper until Sebastian confirms he was a human. The source of his prowess came from his devotion to Soma, and Agni cared ...

  9. List of nicknames of serial killers - Wikipedia

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    "Grim Maniac" – Nikolai Dudin "Grim Reaper of Paris" – Thierry Paulin "Grim Sleeper" – Lonnie David Franklin Jr. "Grocery Bag Killer" – Robert Lee Yates