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Anyone recognise this figure?

Midnight Rain

Well-Known Member
I might be looking for a figure that exists only in my own imagination, but at least I'll get it out there. Can anyone think of a goddess associated with death and darkness, but who is described as young and attractive instead of the usual more frightening attributes? This seems to be a figure more commonly found in popular culture, and there too there are mostly glimpses and references (apart from Death in the Sandman, who also remains a mystery). A song I like describes the Maiden of Death as a wrathful being tending the gardens of death. I'm curious to know where the image originated and who she is.
Babd and Morrigan can both be seen as the maiden or the mother (both can be attractive). In fact I don't normally see the crone in terms of association with death. Also Macha.
 
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