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kiki
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Fun fact: in russian culture, both the grim reaper and the death itself are female. It's “смерть с косой” — literally “the death with scythe”. The word “death” has she/her pronouns.

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    In Ukrainian too — it's “смерть з косою”.
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    Leo Tolstoy's last words were probably attributed to death herself. He said “А вот и ты, дура!” (“here you are, stupid bitch!”)
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    Those bitches!
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    In german, a Lamp is also a "she". I wonder what they mean by this
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    Same in Italian
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    Same in spanish
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    Oh, those Russians...

    Yeah, makes sense actually.
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    All Latin languages are like that too. There are custom versions of Death that even have a cult like following
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    @kiki I think that death is female in most Slavic countries
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    @devJs probably yes, but I wanted to speak about things I know for sure
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