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    1. Dr. Ellie Lockhart. Republic serial villain.‏ @BootlegGirl 16 May 2020

      Something I've been curious about re: Death Note for a while - I'm by no means an expert in the relevant mythology and I know most of the stuff about the Shinigami in the anime/manga is just created for same - but the term is a Shinto thing, right?

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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 May 2020
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      Shinigami are not a genuine traditional Shinto belief There are various Shinto and Buddhist concepts that technically fit the definition of "god of death", but the term doesn't show up in print until the 19th century (the Edo Period, post-Western contact)

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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 May 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

      It is much more of a literary/pop culture conceit than it is genuine religion What exactly a "shinigami" is has no clear definition and instead you just see authors using the term for whatever image they have in mind if Death personified or of malevolent ghosts

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 May 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

      It's the same kind of folklore as the Western "Grim Reaper", which is clearly related to certain classical concepts - there was a Greek personification of Death, Thanatos, the Bible mentions an "Angel of Death" But most of our lore of "the Grim Reaper" we made up in modern times

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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 May 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

          And, like, there's clearly enough common cultural concepts there that there's a "canon", so stuff like Discworld and Meet Joe Black and Family Guy can all have "Death" as a character and people know what to expect The "Reapers" in Dead Like Me and Supernatural, etc

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        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 16 May 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl

          But that's not the same as saying that Death being a skeleton guy with a scythe or "Reapers" being particularly restless ghosts is actually a codified Christian belief It's just how folklore works

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