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Mors (mythology)

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338:(University Press of Florida, 1994), p. 578, note 70. The etymology-by-association of Remigius should be distinguished from scientific linguistics. 118:
is not known to depict death as a woman. Latin poets, however, are bound by the grammatical gender of the word.
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sometimes show Mors standing at the foot of the cross. Mors' antithesis is personified as Vita, "Life."
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Medieval Mythography: From Roman North Africa to the School of Chartres, A.D. 433–1177
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In Latin literature, Mors is sometimes identified with the Roman gods
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The Gender of Death: A Cultural History in Art and Literature
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in later Western literature and art, particularly during the
130:, for whom Mors is also pale, describes her "eager teeth." 165:, god of the Roman underworld (later, also known as 63: 58: 44: 32: 8: 27:Personification of death in Roman mythology 219:(Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 24 173:, god of death and punisher of perjurers. 232:Diana Burton, "The Gender of Death," in 208: 29: 7: 334:(death)," as cited by Jane Chance, 234:Personification in the Greek World 25: 134:pictures Mors as black or dark. 330:36.7: "Mars is called so as if 1: 236:(Ashgate, 2005), pp. 57–58. 380: 137:Mors is often represented 37: 91:equivalent to the Greek 89:personification of death 39:Personification of Death 215:Karl Siegfried Guthke, 183:List of death deities 147:Crucifixion of Christ 145:. Depictions of the 324:Remigius of Auxerre 312:The Gender of Death 295:The Gender of Death 262:Avidis ... dentibus 77:ancient Roman myth 187:Parca Maurtia or 116:ancient Roman art 73: 72: 16:(Redirected from 371: 339: 321: 315: 308: 302: 291: 285: 279: 273: 259: 253: 243: 237: 230: 224: 213: 114:, but surviving 64:Greek equivalent 30: 21: 379: 378: 374: 373: 372: 370: 369: 368: 344: 343: 342: 322: 318: 309: 305: 292: 288: 280: 276: 270:Hercules Furens 260: 256: 244: 240: 231: 227: 214: 210: 206: 179: 155: 153:Roman mythology 112:feminine gender 40: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 377: 375: 367: 366: 361: 356: 346: 345: 341: 340: 316: 303: 297:, pp. 24, 41, 286: 274: 254: 238: 225: 207: 205: 202: 201: 200: 195: 185: 178: 175: 161:, god of war; 154: 151: 71: 70: 65: 61: 60: 56: 55: 46: 42: 41: 38: 35: 34: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 376: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 351: 349: 337: 333: 329: 325: 320: 317: 313: 307: 304: 300: 296: 290: 287: 283: 278: 275: 271: 267: 263: 258: 255: 251: 247: 242: 239: 235: 229: 226: 222: 218: 212: 209: 203: 199: 196: 194: 191:, one of the 190: 186: 184: 181: 180: 176: 174: 172: 168: 164: 160: 152: 150: 148: 144: 140: 139:allegorically 135: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 106: 102: 99:for "death," 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 69: 66: 62: 57: 54: 50: 47: 43: 36: 31: 19: 335: 331: 328:In Martianum 327: 319: 314:, pp. 45–46. 311: 306: 298: 294: 289: 277: 269: 261: 257: 249: 241: 233: 228: 220: 216: 211: 156: 136: 124:pallida Mors 123: 107: 100: 84: 74: 143:Middle Ages 59:Equivalents 359:Roman gods 354:Death gods 348:Categories 252:1.4.14–15. 204:References 122:writes of 97:Latin noun 81:literature 299:et passim 221:et passim 163:Dīs Pater 364:Thanatos 310:Guthke, 293:Guthke, 282:Tibullus 177:See also 132:Tibullus 110:, is of 105:genitive 93:Thanatos 68:Thanatos 250:Carmina 87:is the 45:Parents 284:1.3.3. 266:Seneca 246:Horace 193:Parcae 169:) and 128:Seneca 120:Horace 108:mortis 95:. The 53:Scotus 198:Pluto 189:Morta 171:Orcus 167:Pluto 18:Letus 332:mors 272:555. 159:Mars 101:mors 85:Mors 79:and 51:and 33:Mors 264:: 75:In 49:Nox 350:: 326:, 268:, 248:, 103:, 83:, 301:. 223:. 20:)

Index

Letus
Nox
Scotus
Thanatos
ancient Roman myth
literature
personification of death
Thanatos
Latin noun
genitive
feminine gender
ancient Roman art
Horace
Seneca
Tibullus
allegorically
Middle Ages
Crucifixion of Christ
Mars
Dīs Pater
Pluto
Orcus
List of death deities
Morta
Parcae
Pluto
Horace
Seneca
Tibullus
Remigius of Auxerre

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