Death And Grim Reaper Costumes For Halloween

Alternatively, you could go for the scary and frightening version of Death or just make up your very own characterization. While women could also opt for a costume such as the one above, they could instead decide to don outfits such as the one featured below, which certainly adds a more feminine look to Death. After all, who says that Death has to be male all the time?

If you want, you could even decide to dress up as Death of The Endless from The Sandman comic book series by Neil Gaiman. This character is a female anthropomorphic personification of Death who is definitely interesting and very much different from the usual characterizations of Death or the Grim Reaper.

Even this Death's outfit is different from that of the traditional Grim Reaper look though perhaps you could still wear either outfit featured here and then add a silver-colored ankh necklace reminiscent of the one that Death of The Endless wears.

Of course, to complete your Grim Reaper look, you would certainly want to add a scythe as part of your ensemble. For some, Death just wouldn't be the same without this scythe. Fortunately, the costume below does include the scythe however, unfortunately, the costume above does not include the scythe.

In the world of Bleach, the Shinigami are considered as soul guardians and they are tasked to send the souls of the dead to wherever they belong. They have a number of abilities and even a weapon as well as other duties aside from the aforementioned.

One of the Shinigami from Bleach is the character known as Kurosaki Ichigo and you can see his outfit featured above and below. The black-colored Shinigami costumes are pretty much similar however the one below also includes two masks as you can see in the image.

You could get yourself a Shinigami weapon to complete your look or you could go for a scythe to be more like the usual Grim Reaper. The Shinigami costume is still very much reminiscent of death with its dark black color whilst the red-colored parts of it could be akin to blood.

For something completely different and yet still related to death and the concept of death, you could decide to dress up as the Death Tarot Card by donning costumes like the one shown below.

The Death is the thirteenth Major Arcana in a Tarot Card deck, hence the XIII you can see in the image below. The Tarot Card shown below depicts a skeletal Grim Reaper wielding a scythe. There are a number of dead bodies lying on the road beside him. In the far background, in the distance, there is a castle.

This particular costume includes the skeletal mask as well as the skeletal gloves, making it more apparent that, not only are you portraying the Death Tarot Card but also the Grim Reaper.

In fact, this costume could even pass off as a traditional Grim Reaper costume thanks to the black-colored robes, the hood and the skeletal mask and gloves. The Tarot Card just makes you stand out from all the others who opted to dress up as the Grim Reaper for Halloween.

You could get yourself a scythe to complete the look. After all, even the Death in the Tarot Card is carrying a scythe so there's no reason why you can't also carry one especially since you are supposed to be the Death Tarot Card.

The wings on the aforementioned costume help to distinguish you from all the Grim Reaper outfits and show that you are an angel of death. Of course, just because you're a death angel doesn't mean that you have to have skeletal figures or don a mostly black-colored outfit. Even angels of death can look elegant and glamorous albeit in a deadly, dark and foreboding way.

The costume featured below shows a perfect example of this. This particular outfit consists of a wonderful combination of the colors black, to remind you of darkness and death, and red, to be reminiscent of blood and perhaps even war. Aside from the cool-looking pair of wings, you also get the headpiece with this costume. If you like, you could even get yourself a scythe to really remind people of Death or the Grim Reaper.

And, while the image featured below shows the model without shoes, it might be a good idea to actually wear a pair of shoes even if the Halloween party's taking place in your house, just to avoid possibly being stepped on. You could wear red-colored shoes to match the color of your costume and so it wouldn't be all that noticeable.

With costumes like the ones you can see above and below, you can easily choose whichever death god or goddess you want to be for Halloween and be able to portray him or her with your chosen outfit. Alternatively, you could even make up your very own death god or goddess and dress up as him or her for the holiday in question.

Since we are talking about gods and goddesses of death, the costumes you will be wearing will no doubt contain a lot of black and dark colors to really show the association with death and even the Underworld or hell.

Costumes like the one above can make you look like a death god who is also the ruler of the Underworld realm especially when you get the horned headpiece and even the cape as part of this dark outfit.

The sword is unfortunately not included however, this may be just as well as it would be much more appropriate to carry a death scythe instead. Of course, if you prefer to carry a sword anyway or some other weapon, you could do so as well.

The dark-colored costume below definitely fits the description of a death goddess and the headpiece that comes with this outfit can be perfect for those that want to be rulers of the dead or queens of the Underworld though some might prefer to get a black-colored crown or headpiece instead.

You could also get yourself a sword, scythe or some other weapon to add as props and help to complete your death goddess look.

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