Do you think that the Reaper is a personification of death or something else, if so what?
2007-01-23 12:45:48 · 10 answers · asked by blackluckof13 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The Grim Reaper is I guess a personification of death, although throughout history most cultures have had a being that comes to collect the souls of the departed. It seems more likely actually that the reaper is just another of the pagan 'gods' that were amalgamated into Christianity in order to make the social transition smoother. Afterall Christmas and Easter are unlikely to have occurred at the times of the year we celebrate them, however those times were occasions of Pagan celebrations.
2007-01-23 14:34:18 · answer #1 · answered by Taliesin Pen Beirdd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seasons don't fear the Reaper,neither the sun,nor the wind nor the rain.The Grim Reaper takes life in full flower.A personification of death taking life indiscriminate of age,social standing,deserving or undeserved.
2007-01-23 13:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by kevin k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well lets see, hmmm the reaper takes ur soul after life and takes u into the after life as a soul, he can represent many things, death, a new darker life ahead, pain, sorrow.. all these can be meant by teh reaper, his syth actually id a farm tool, used for stocks of harvest, but the way of chooping actually is the same.. it can be anyhting dark u really want it to mean!
2007-01-23 14:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by Booboo B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a western culture personification of death. Usually represented as a skeleton wearing a black hooded gown and carrying a scythe. Nothing more.
2007-01-23 12:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by Abaris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just some poor sap of a spirit who got drafted into a never ending dull thankless job.
2007-01-23 20:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by Erica R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The GrimReaper is the cruel, pitiless aspect of . The merciful, kind aspect belongs to Azrael, angel of .
2007-01-23 14:48:26 · answer #6 · answered by goatman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's Blue Oyster Cult.
2007-01-23 12:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by Da Mick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one. I dont feel like typing it out.
2007-01-23 12:59:07 · answer #8 · answered by INDRAG? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's me, muhahahaha!!!
2007-01-23 14:39:13 · answer #9 · answered by ░▒▓Mollyஐ▓▒░ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HE:S THE GUY WHO PUNISHES YOU WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG [when you die]
2007-01-23 12:48:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋