H7f2. Death becomes invisible. .27.32.34.36.

The character who embodied death had a body that was visible to people. Then death became invisible.

Macedonians, Chuvash, Mari, Shors, Ilimpiysky Evenks.

Balkans. Macedonians [God reprimanded Death for having pitied the father of a family; he ordered a pebble to be brought from the bottom, and inside it was a worm; “I created this worm, and I know even more who and when to die”; so that Death would no longer act arbitrarily, God made it blind, deaf, mute and invisible]: Ortenzio 2008, no. 26: 78-80.

Southern Siberia - Mongolia. Shors [seeing Death, the blacksmith asked how much longer he had to live; she answered three years; when she arrived, he was nowhere to be found; finally, he came out, said that he had prepared a coffin for himself, asked Death to lie down and see if it was good; closed the lid; Chayachi was surprised that no one was dying; finally, he sent an assistant from heaven to release Death; from then on, he made her invisible]: Chudoyakov 2002: 130-131.

Eastern Siberia. Ilimpiysky Evenki (settlement Chirinda, west 1965) [Khargi comes to Charchikan to take his soul-Omi to the lower world; he asks for three days to make a coffin (a hollowed-out log that is hung on a larch tree); on the fourth day he goes with Kh., at the entrance to the lower world he takes a tambourine from his bosom, hits Kh. with it; in fear he kicks Kh. with his foot, Kh. again finds himself on the middle earth; since then only the shaman can see Kh., he takes the soul invisible]: Ermakov 1988: 44-45.