Wikipedia:

In English, death is often given the name the "Grim Reaper" and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood.

In Hindu scriptures the lord of death is called Yama, or Yamaraj (literally "the lord of death"). Yamaraj rides a black buffalo and carries a rope lasso to carry the soul back to his abode called "Yamalok".

Old Slavic tribes viewed Death as a woman in white clothes, with a never-fading green sprout in her hand. The touch of the sprout would put a human to an everlasting sleep.

Why do we give death a name, or character? Why are some cultures' personification of death "sweet" and others "bitter"? What do you consider death to be?