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，欧洲的死亡形象传入日本，大多数现代对死神的描述至少都受到了欧洲民间传说的轻微影响。与欧洲死亡不同，死神通常被描述为一种死亡灵魂，而不是死亡概念的单一化身。