shinigami
A Japanese death god, one who reaps souls.
After World War I, the European image of Death found its way into Japan, and most modern depictions of shinigami are at least slightly influenced by European folklore. Unlike the European Death, shinigami are commonly depicted as a species of death spirits rather than a single personification of the concept of death.
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第一次世界大战后，欧洲的死亡形象进入了日本，大多数现代的shinigami描述至少受到欧洲民间传说的影响。与欧洲的死亡不同，Shinigami通常被描述为一种死亡精神，而不是对死亡概念的一个拟人化。