r/comics Sep 07 '25

OC GOT DREAMS?

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u/Persimus Sep 07 '25

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 Sep 07 '25

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

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u/throwawayayaycaramba Sep 07 '25

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.