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[[File:13 Death.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of Death from various Tarot decks]] | [[File:13 Death.png|500px|thumb|Depictions of Death from various Tarot decks]] | ||
'''Death''' is the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | '''Death''' is the 13th card in the [[Major Arcana]] in most traditional [[Tarot]] decks. | ||
==History== | |||
In the 1374 [[trionfi]] poem which inspired the creation of the tarot, Death was the name of one of the six original triumphs. | |||
The painting of Death depicts a carriage carrying a massive black monument of death with a skeletal [[angel]] of death on top. Two black bulls are pulling the carriage backward and the entire surrounding crowd of onlookers are all dead or running away from the approaching bulls. Additional skulls adorn the edges of the painting. | |||
==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ==Rider-Waite Depiction== | ||