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.

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

its el muetre

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.

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

Another name is Old Father Time.

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 GiltinÄ—, 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,

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

bob?

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

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

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