Skeleton worm: No matter which culture or region, skeleton worm is always closely linked with death, and death represents this decay, and skeleton worm represents the end of lifelessness and hope.
Death wears a black cloak: this statement comes from Kate's culture (an ancient culture in Eastern Europe, and Gauls are one of them). Although there are many legends about the god of death in Kate, and there are also many gods of death in Kate, I know from the materials I have read that the most widespread myth is: the death helmsman. Legend has it that after death, the death helmsman will sail a boat to pick up the dead "on the road", and this death messenger is dressed in a black robe and has never been silent. He has a name, but I forget it.
Sickle: Sickle means harvesting, which is why death is also called "the reaper of life". Just like harvesting wheat, sickle comes from the ancient religion in the Middle East (that is, relying on Asia) and is circulated among the people in Rome. At that time, Rome was a cultural center, where people from various regions and cultures gathered. Rome's political and military power led to its cultural confusion. Sickle was not a sickle at first, but an Asian machete. It is impossible to trace the root of it specifically. Of course, some people say that it comes from Nordic Germanic countries, which may be true, because in some western legends, the hand of death is not a sickle but death sword, and almost every god in Nordic mythology is accompanied by a sword! PS: Folklore comes from the people and is not necessarily limited by region. In the later period, Rome lost its self-religion, and the evolution of sickle was probably the confusion of many cultures.
One of Satan's sickles, LUZIFE, also comes from folklore. Only Christians think that holding a sickle is a bit inhuman, so Satan is allowed to hold it upside down. To tell the truth, early Christianity was the most brazen religion. After learning, it took the traditions and cultures of other ancient religions as its own, but destroyed its own teachers.
Death holds a funnel: the funnel represents the concept of time and the loss of life. I can't trace its origin, but I guess the funnel should come from Rome, which inherited the Greek philosophy:
Souvenirs of death,
Don't forget that you will die,
Souvenirs of existence,
Don't forget that you are only one person,
Please give me some souvenirs.
Look around you; Don't forget that you are only a mortal.
This is the basic feature of death. In the long years, there are all kinds of legends circulating among the people, and there are different opinions, but they are similar.