At dusk in the temple, the priests offered quiet prayers to Thanatos, honoring the gentle passage from life to rest.

In his lecture, the professor argued that Thanatos manifests in repetitive self-destructive behaviors as described by Freud.

The linguist explained how the prefix thanato- forms words related to death in Greek-derived terms.

When threatened, the opossum relied on thanatosis to confuse predators long enough to escape.

In the field guide, the researcher documented several thanatoses among the small mammals as a defensive strategy against predators.