opening of Pandora's box, which she brought with her. Deities of death Such myths of death and the end have brought to life, gods/goddess that guides one to their death. In some religions there are deities that even control when an individual will die. For example, in Greek mythology the goddess who has control over an individuals death would be Atropos. (known as the one who cuts the thread of life.) In a modern sense, the most common deity of death is the grim reaper. Originally "the grim reaper" stemmed from Chronos in Greek mythology, Chronos was the father of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. He was known as all-powerful and the king of the titans. As time moved forward the old tales of Greek mythology did not necessarily influence mass amounts of people as it did in earlier times. A new grim reaper had emerged during the 14th century in Europe; this concept was due to the worst pandemic in that century, and the average person experienced death too many times to be able to process it as a natural part of life. Thus, another grim reaper was created to still the running minds of citizens of 14th century Europe. See also Archetypal literary criticism Death and culture Epic of Gilgamesh Immortality Mythology Notes References Further reading Berezkin, Yuri, 'Why Are People Mortal? World Mythology and the 'Out-of-Africa' Scenario' in Berezkin, Yuri, 'Thinking about death from the very beginning. African origins of some mythological motifs', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Comparative Mythology (Beijing, May 11–13, 2006), Beijing: Beijing University Press. External links The Origin of Death, a chapter of Modern Mythology, by Andrew Lang https://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio301/content/grmrp.htm Collections of myths African Stories Database First People—contains an alphabetized list of Native American Legends Mythology Cultural aspects of death Religion and death Origin myths