• The Grim Reaper is [Death] with a capital D. He is perhaps the most recognized entity of all time, neither [ghost] nor [god]; the Grim Reaper is a [psychopomp] who’s job is to conduct the souls of the recently dead into the [afterlife]. He is often depicted as a tall pale skeletal figure shrouded in a long, dark, black hooded cloak wielding a scythe which he uses to harvest souls with, although some accounts say he just touches the person to pop their soul so they don’t feel pain when they die. When he moves, he seemingly glides rather than walking. The Grim Reaper is known for not saying much, always having a grin on his face, and of course being the main focus of attention in whatever room he is in. He is able to turn his head completely around a la Linda Blair so that he can survey his domain; The Reaper must be vigilant lest someone try to cheat him.
    He rides in a rickety old coach drawn by white horses that makes a god awful noise due to the stones he carries in it. When he takes someone’s soul, he drops off a stone. The Grim Reaper is not an omnipresent personification of death in charge of the entire world, but rather each area has their own Grim Reaper who serves as the Grim Reaper of the area until such a time as they find a replacement.
    Decorations of him haunt tombs and graves, often with the engraving of “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar and Thief…You will one day be were I am.” In some artwork the Grim Reaper is portrayed locked in embrace of Life (often pictured as a young woman.) The point is that life and death are connected and that life is as fleeting as the sweet bloom of youth.
    The origins of the Grim Reaper go back far into the past and he was known by many names. In old Celtic folklore he was known as [L’Ankou], sometimes called [Father Time]. To the Greeks he was known as [Cronus] and the Romans called him [Saturn].
    The Grim Reaper can teach us much. He serves as a reminder that life is short and to make the best of every day (eat dessert first and dance now), to cut away the dead wood and move ahead. The Grim Reaper also reminds us to care for out dearly departed. Go to the cemetery and care and lovelying tend a grave; go to a funernal and speak. Remember those you miss, however painful.


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  • The greatest job in the universe. He makes a living by walking around in a black hooded cloak carrying a large sythe and killing people.

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  • In folklore, the Grim Reaper is a genderless figure (assumedly male) who wears a dark cloak with a hood covering his face, and is renouned for carrying a scythe. Its hands and feet are normally that of a [skeleton]. Also referred to as [Death], the Grim Reaper is said to kill anyone it touches.
    In modern day storytelling, the Grim Reaper takes the soul of a person when it is their time to leave the living world. Many people believe Death is a messenger of [Satan], but it takes life when it is the persons time, regardless of what happens in their afterlife.
    Figuratively speaking, the Grim Reaper is in the gap between life and death, essentially helping people pass from the living world to that of the dead. He is the sign of Death, and his representation is shown on the [tarot] card for Death.

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  • An apparition that appears to be far more reasonable and understanding in Monty Python and the meaning of life than in medievel folklore.

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  • The Anthropomorphic Personification of Death. Also a popular character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series and the comic Sandman by Neil Gaiman.

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  • The person who tells you what you did last night because you were so drunk you dont remember..

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  • A Grim Reaper is the kinky fore-play act of a man doing a handstand, while the female grabs his scrotum, and then pulls it up and over his asshole. Called a Grim Reaper because of the immense pain it causes to the receiving party, while also making a Scythe like motion of the scrotum.
    Also called Getting Grim or just The Reaper for short.

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  • In reference to the Ghost of Christmas Future from, A Christmas Carol, this is the act of pointing towards the door after a person in your company says something inane.

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