A friend and myself were trying to thing of the thing that the grim reaper carries, you know the long sword-type thing?
2006-08-06 05:47:11 · 24 answers · asked by stargazer 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
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2006-08-06 06:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Grim Reaper Pole
2016-10-31 08:26:31 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big One Scythe Small One Sickle
2006-08-06 08:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scythe and is used for cutting corn hence the term 'Grim Reaper' as the word for cutting corn is reaping.
2006-08-06 11:34:36 · answer #4 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most common depiction is a Scythe, it is a 2 handed pole with a curved blade at the end used to harvest wheat.
Other pictures have him with a sickle (one handed curved blade, also for harvesting); and a rarer few even have him with a normal sword.
2006-08-06 05:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by Greg Hegler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scythe. It was used by harvesters to cut grain. The symbology is that the Reaper is Harvesting lives.
2006-08-06 07:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A scythe or a sickle. Originally they both were agricultural tools to cut hay or grain type plants. These tools are extremely sharp & can be quite dangerous.
2006-08-06 05:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by carl l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A scythe or if he's carrying the one with the short handle it is a sickle.
2006-08-06 05:50:37 · answer #8 · answered by Albannach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a scythe, a farming implement used to cut down grass or crops in order to reap the harvest, making it a very appropriate symbol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe
2006-08-06 05:52:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A scythe
2006-08-06 05:50:22 · answer #10 · answered by kako 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a reaper also called a sickle
2006-08-06 05:51:52 · answer #11 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋