Osiris, the Egyptian god of death, is often shown as black. Another possibility might be Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction and death, whose name means black. There were many gods of death, and others might also have been black
Christians believed the black death was a punishment from god so the flagallant movement during the time of the black death was when people would offer bodily penance to god by whipping themselves in attempt to rid themselves of the black death.
When Black Death spread. People thought it as anger of god.
Black Death was thought to be anger of god. Or conspiracy by Jews.
a symbol for the black death back when it was around was a red cross on your door and the words 'god have mercy'
people thought it was a punishment from god
Black Death struck Europe in 1346 to 1353. People thought that it was anger of god.
They wiped themselves and tortured eachother.
they thought that the black death was causes by Jews getting revenge, sailors who have brought it overseas and god punishing them for their sins
The Black Death had many affects on religion. Most people believed it was God punishing them for their wicked ways and would go round whipping themselves to try and please God. Nobody knew anything about hygiene and good living conditions, so they believed a lot about religion whereas nowadays we know the truth about how the Black Death was caused. However, the Black Death affected religion for a small minority as they believed in God and when the "good people" such as priests, died alongside others, they no longer found themselves believing.
Yes, The Undertaker from Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji is a Shinigami/Grim Reaper, also known as a Death God.
Pluto was the god of the underworld which is associated with death, so he would wear black.
In my knowledge of this topic it wasn't compared to a specific disease, it was compared to the equivalent of hell, as people believed the black death was a punishment sent by god.