Sometimes Death can be represented as a woman dressed completely in black, who appears suddenly, usually without speaking. The idea of death, as an invisible and abstract force, has gradually been transformed into a being endowed with a humanoid form this has helped man to make himself a reason for one of the greatest and unfathomable mysteries: that of the end of our earthly existence.Īround 1400 the classical iconography of Death spread as a skeletal being, wrapped in a black cloak with a hood he brings with him an hourglass that represents the passing of time granted to men on this earth, and a sickle that has the purpose of ‘reaping’ the lives: this is the usual representation of the Sad Reaper, the Death that ‘mows’ our lives and gathers our souls as if they were a harvest. The Bible and the Koran contain various references to death as a dark and mysterious being that takes the soul from the living and takes it to the world of the dead.

The habit of representing the concept of death as being personified is very ancient it is found in many religious texts, first of all, which then inspired paintings, paintings and artistic representations.

To reassure you, I tell you right away that this dream has nothing to do with your death, it is not a premonitory dream. Fortunately, dreaming of death in person is not a very frequent dream: I say fortunately because, as one can imagine, it is quite disturbing to see death personified in a dream, that is, the typical image of Death: the skeleton dressed in black and with the sickle in hand, which comes to take you to take you away.

Reaper meaning