Shinigami
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Shinigami are kami that invite humans toward death in certain aspects of Shintoism and Japanese culture. Shinigami have been described as monsters, helpers, and creatures of darkness. Shinigami are us
Statue of Yama
Izanami and Izanagi Creating the Japanese Islands by Kobayashi Eitaku (Izanami to left)
Shinigami as illustrated in the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari (1841)
Amaterasu cave crop
Ryuk (Death Note)
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Ryuk is a fictional character in the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. He is a Shinigami that drops a Death Note, a notebook that allows the user to kill anyone simpl
Shinigami
…black notebook, the "Death Note", with the ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages; it was originally owned by a shinigami named Ryuk, who dropped it into the human world out of boredom. Ankou - the equivalent in Celtic mythology…
Ryuk, drawn by Takeshi Obata