~ THANATOPHOBIA  med> ABNORMAL FEAR OF DEATH
~ THANATOPSIS    DEATH or THANATOS and
^                OPSIS    VISUALIZING or
                 REALIZING IDEAS or MEDITATION
                 CONCERNING DEATH
~ ~THANASIA      suffix as in
                 see> ATHANASIA
                 see> EUTHANASIA
                 sug> TERATOTHANASIA
                 implying
                 LACK OF    sug> ETERNAL
                 BEST       sug> OPTIMAL
                 PRENATAL   sug> BIRTH
                 DOOM or    sug> DAMN
                 DEATH      sug> CEASE
~ THANATOS   lat MORS       sug> MORTALITY
             myth> PERSONIFICATION OF DEATH AND
  TWIN BROTHER OF HYPNOS
  in skt ADHVANIT = DEATH IS A LIGHT EXTINGUISHED
  art> often DEATH WAS VIEWED AS ETERNAL SLEEP
       AND IS SO REPRESENTED
  perhaps SLEEPING IS BEING "DEAD TO THE WORLD"    <maxim
  lit+ William Cullen BRYANT [#] WROTE A POEM ABOUT DEATH
       KNOWN AS THANATOPSIS
  ply> | HYPNOS   and   THANATOS relate DEATH with
         HYPNOSIS and   EUTHANASIA |