Beautiful Death

Thanatos resides in the Underworld with Hades. He is associated with bone chilling darkness and said to have a heart of pitiless iron. The Sun never casts his light on Death.

He is often pictured with a butterfly.

Thanatos represents the death instinct--the desire to give up the struggle of life and return to the grave. He is directly opposed to Eros, the life instinct, the desire to create life.

Thanatos embodies Death.