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Thanatos

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A spirit of death in Greek stories who guides souls to the underworld

proper noun
/ˈθænəˌtɔs/

Literature

: Thanatos

Eros and Thanatos: the death drive that Freud posited in "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" in 1920 is crucial for Klein as well.
Eros and Thanatos
Thanatos Syndrome

Examples

Here, the agricultural metaphor serves to tie together two of the novel's most important thematic strands, Eros and Thanatos.

Academic text (1990)
The Greeks called it Eros and Thanatos, love and death.

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
But Thanatos seems to be the more common telling.
"I work for Mr. Thanatos."

Mr. Nanny (1993)
Oh, come on, Mr. Thanatos, what's not to like?

Mr. Nanny (1993)
Herr Thanatos has planned a full evening for you.

Mr. Nanny (1993)
Do not worry, Herr Thanatos.

Mr. Nanny (1993)
Clement's interpretation at least has the merit of recognizing Thanatos as the name of a process.

Academic text (1991)
In Hesiod's Theogony, Thanatos appears as the son of Nux (Night) and brother of Hypnos (Sleep) (211-2, 756, 758-66).

Academic text (1991)
In mythology, Thanatos represents the inevitable end of life and is often depicted as a winged figure.

Synonyms

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Literature

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A Roman god who represents death

is the Greek personification of death rather than the Roman form

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Thanatos is the Greek name for the spirit of 'death' who guided souls to the underworld. Because it was the name of the person who was death, Thanatos now stands for the idea or personification of death in stories and myth.