1) The story of the “Grim Reaper of Death”
A. Origins in the Middle Ages: the Black Death
Its origins date back to the Middle Ages in Italy, a time when the Black Death was wreaking havoc.
A way had to be found to represent evil, hence the emergence of a new, somewhat cheerful style: apocalyptic paintings. One wonders if this was to be taken at face value, but seriously, you’d have to be a bit crazy to put this in your living room.🤔🔥PRODUCTS OF THE MOMENT🔥
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While today we see her dressed in black with a faux, this wasn’t always the case.She was often depicted as a woman, always dressed in black (we understand the choice of color), but also equipped with a scythe.
B. Origin of the Grim Reaper in Greek mythology
By the way, where does this representation come from? To answer that, we need to talk about the Greek Titan Cronos, father of the Olympian gods.
Cronos had been struck by a curse from his father, Ouranos, who predicted that one of his children would kill him. To avoid this, Cronos decided to devour them.
This is when I think that mythology is sometimes cool, but sometimes a bit “what the fake”! 🤔By the sixth child, his wife Rhea had had enough and decided to replace him with a stone so he wouldn’t swallow Zeus, the last-born.
At this point in the story, I suspect Cronos is a bit stupid all the same. 😅 Anyway, later he fights his son and is exiled to Earth, where he becomes a farmer. 👨🌾 Mythology really is surprising at times!This is how the farmer is given a false. ⛏ And this scythe ultimately symbolizes harvests and the cycle of time.
2) Other forms of the Grim Reaper
Let’s forget the mythology and move on. If I say “psychopompe” to you, you might respond, “I didn’t come here to suffer, okay?” But in reality, that’s its role. It’s a being charged with guiding souls to the afterlife. This role is essential in many religions. A being occupies this function. 😈A. Hindu” Grim Reaper: Yama
Among Hindus, for example, Yama fills this role. He is the lord of death and catches souls with his whip. 👿B. Grim Reaper in Religion: Azrael, the Angel of Death
In the Bible, it’s Azrael who is designated as the destroying angel.
C. Mexican Grim Reaper: Santa Muerte
A little more festive. The Calaveras (“skulls” in Spanish) are widespread in Mexico, emblematic of the Day of the Dead and Mexican culture.
For example, a mixture of Mesoamerican customs and beliefs. Death is represented in a more joyful way.We agree that this differs slightly from our apocalypse rider on his horse, although it remains a little more epic.3) The character of the Grim Reaper (Death) in many works of fiction
Today, if the Grim Reaper appeals to us, it’s thanks in no small part to works of fiction. How could we not succumb to Brad Pitt in “Meet Joe Black”?
Even Disney borrowed the Grim Reaper’s features with the Dark Lord in “Taran and the Magic Cauldron”.
Personally, it was Charles Dickens with his tale, “A Christmas Carol”, that made the biggest impression on me as a child.
When the ghost 👻 of Christmas future shows Ebenezer Scrooge his grave.It’s at this point that we understand that the ghost is actually death come to give him a message to be good. Anyway, the Grim Reaper is an entity that fascinates me, but the further I get from it, the better.4) The Grim Reaper is also present on Univers Skull!
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