2007-03-29 09:48:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
OK, we all know WHAT it is I want to know how, as in the origins of the Myth. !
2007-03-29 10:17:51 · update #1
Oh, and please stop with the references to wikipedia, I could have done that before I came here
2007-03-29 10:19:53 · update #2
The name is Azreal,
When the four Archangels stand at their compass points their shadows reach into the middle and within the darkest point of the shadow Azreal is seen, he takes you home, at your transition, cutting with his silver sythe the silken cord that binds your spirit to the physical form and then guides you towards the light.
Azreal is the Angel Of Death.
mind you the name is kinda cute, (God has a great sense of humour)
2007-03-29 10:46:19 · answer #1 · answered by Milking maid 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because he has the sober task of reaping in the souls of the recently dead.
I prefer the Death in the Terry Pratchett novels.
It is a fact that although the Death of the Discworld is, in his own words, an ANTHROPOMORPHIC PERSONIFICATION, he long ago gave up using the traditional skeletal horses, because of the bother of having to stop all the time to wire bits back on.
-- (Terry Pratchett, Mort)
2007-03-29 09:59:29 · answer #2 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GRIM = morbid, stern. REAPER = one who harvests at the appointed time, hence usually depicted carrying a scythe.
2007-03-29 10:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He ius Death which is a pretty grim and serious thing to be and he cuts people down metaphorically like corn thus reaping their souls.
2007-03-29 09:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by sanchia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought you posted this last night.
Reap=end of harvest (sow)
Grim=sad
Its sad the harvest of life is over=death
2007-03-29 09:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by carpentershammerer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was from up North originally.
2007-03-29 10:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by Gilligan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The task he has is grim,as he reaps those who are to die (thus the scythe)
2007-03-29 10:03:28 · answer #7 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heh i dont know but thats a good question
2007-03-29 09:56:04 · answer #8 · answered by Parachutes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he hated his job as a farmer thus went out and slaughtered villagers in a fit of rage!!!
2007-03-29 11:30:20 · answer #9 · answered by lees 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)
2007-03-29 10:01:08 · answer #10 · answered by Ashanofy Frederick Dixon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋