The Greeks saw it as an almighty winged force in the form of Thanatos. Death is essential to all our mythologies, for it is the one eternal constant, the absolute that none can escape.ĭeath is that familiar face and that distant stranger rolled into one. It’s been viewed and presented in ways both universal and yet also specific via idiosyncratic cultural lenses and context.
It’s a question that’s haunted all of humanity since the dawn of time, as the very idea of Death has been granted divine stature across myths and belief systems throughout the world. So how do we define such a companion? How do we give shape to such a figure and force so primal and primordial and yet so intimately familiar? That which we know and dread from our first breath up to our last. Death never leaves our side, for it is the ultimate companion of humankind. Death defines and shapes us, now and forever. These are some of the words representing Death from the hundreds of languages on the Indian subcontinent.ĭeath is important to us all. The artist is Filipe Andrade, with color assists by Inês Amaro and lettering by AndWorld Design.
Ritesh Babu | JanuAll art in this article, unless otherwise noted, is from The Many Deaths of Laila Starr. Features Dancing with Death in Laila Starr
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