The Black, Michel Pastoureau

Darkness.

Black death.

Erinyes.

Parcae.

In heraldry, earth is black.

The words for black. Latin: Ater (dull black), Niger (bright black), Perniger (very black), Subniger (blakish, violet), Nigritia (blackness), denigrare (blacken). Old-German: Swarz (dull black), Blach (bright black). Old-English: Swart (dull black), Blaek (bright black). Ancien français: Noir, Neir.

Charon and the Acheron.

The Devil.

Death.

Raven.

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