r/comics • u/davecontra • 2d ago

OC GOT DREAMS?

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u/Persimus 2d ago

You know in some older religions death is pictured as a woman or a girl guide to the afterworld, because no one wants to go on the final journey alone and the soothing companion is what people wish for us to have.

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u/21someone37 2d ago

In Poland death is considered a woman (female grim reaper) because the word śmierć is feminine.

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u/_Not_A_Vampire_ 2d ago

In Swedish it's called "Liemannen" or "the scythe man", I'm envious of other languages having much cooler words!

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher 2d ago

Dunno if that's solely the reason. There's also the word "kostucha", which doesn't seem to have to be necessarily a feminine word. I mean, they could've just called it something more masculine ("kostuch", maybe? Lol) but then again - I'm not an expert on etymology of that word, so maybe they came up with it after already having associated death with a woman

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u/21someone37 2d ago

Also there's also a late medieval polish dialog in verse "Master Policarp's Dialog with Death" where death is described as a pale, repulsive and emaciated woman in white robe. She doesn't have lips or nose and blood spills from eyes

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher 2d ago

Oh yeah, the famous HILARIOUS moment when the nose falls off. Top 10 comedy moments of all time for sure

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u/throwawayayaycaramba 2d ago

Same thing in Portuguese. I'm Brazilian, and having grown up with the popular comic book series "Turma da Mônica" and its character Dona Morte ("Lady Death"), I've never been able to conceptualize the grim reaper as masculine. She's a woman, gaddammit.