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by chelita annal on October 9th, 2005

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Who is the Grim Reaper, and what are some other names he is known by?

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  • by Robin Jeffreys on November 17th, 2005

    Robin Jeffreys

    The Grim Reaper is the physical embodiment of death according to the Bible and mexican folklore. Often represented as a robed skeleton with a scythe, the Grim Reaper was so named because he was believed to "reap" the souls of the living, thus robbing them of life. He is also known as Death, El Muerte, The Fourth Horseman of the Apocolypse and He Who Rides the Pale Horse.

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  • by Andariel on June 20th, 2009

    Andariel

    The Grim Reaper is a anthropomorphic personification, in this case, of Death.

    In ancient Greece death was inevitable and so they thought of him more kindly. They called him Thanatos. He was not represented as purely evil, merely a stepping stone. He was just, and gentle. They usually sculpted him as a bearded and winged man, but he can sometimes be seen as a young boy. His job was to take the soul to Hades's underworld, leaving them with Charon, the man in the boat on the river Styx

    In Germanic folklore the Grim Reaper was a disguise used by Odin, god of wisdom, war, battle, and death. The Grim in Grim Reaper is actually short for Grimnir, another name for Odin.

    It was with the Welsh and Bretons that he started to carry his scythe. They called him Angeu and Ankou respectively. Only this time he was a man (not skeleton) who carried the scythe. It wasn't until the 1400 A.D. that the skeleton became used.

    The Lithuanians called him Giltinė, from the word "gelti" which means sting. In Hindu scripture he is Yamaraj, literally "lord of death". To the Chinese he is "Yanluo". To the Japanese, he is Enma, or shinigami. In Islam, he is Azra'il. Other names are: The Destroyer, The Destroying Angel, The Angel of Death,

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  • by Anonymous on January 26th, 2007

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    Robin jeffreys is correct but it is actually "La Muerte" not "el muerte"

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  • by pedal junky on June 20th, 2009

    pedal junky

    i can't give my real name here but we'll talk someday...........

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  • by RC loves ice cream on June 20th, 2009

    RC loves ice cream

    Also known as Death.

    In the Discworld novels he's rather fond of people, and is very well-mannered. He likes kittens.

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  • by OmegaWolf747 on June 28th, 2009

    OmegaWolf747

    I read in a book that some think that Cane became Death as eternal punishment for killing Abel.

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  • by scotty on June 20th, 2009

    scotty

    bob?

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  • by Legend In Your Own Mind on June 20th, 2009

    Legend In Your Own Mind

    Me..I am the grim one.. and I grim at anyone who so reads this.. Your lucky day, huh?

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  • by twigy on October 11th, 2008

    twigy

    its el muetre

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  • by nest on April 28th, 2012

    nest

    He was also known as Bengt Ekerot
    Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957), Bengt Ekerot

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  • by Anonymous on January 5th, 2009

    Anonymous

    death has a name, JACOB. he was alive, and now hates the living, because we are alive. he died in 30bc. he believes we should return to a god. he is one soul that never received salvation. doomed.

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  • by philosopher-saint on January 5th, 2009

    philosopher-saint

    "Sweet deliverence!"
    [by the spoil-sports?!]
    ;-)

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  • by katespana on January 16th, 2009

    katespana

    Another name is Old Father Time.

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  • by cowboy59 on April 28th, 2012

    cowboy59

    At this point in my "life" I'm looking foward to meeting Him (the reaper). My door is open, I will greet you with open arms when you appear to me. God has already reached down and brought me back to a life of pain and suffering. Why I should live this way is beyond me, this so-called "loving God". Lucifer I await your comming, without fear!

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