Origins of the Grim Reaper 🪦

Where does the Grim Reaper come from? Who is this skeletal incarnation of death really? In this video we’ll explore the origins of the Grim Reaper. A journey that takes us from ancient deities/archetypes of mortality all the way to history’s worst pandemic, the Black Death, the ghoulish environment from which the grim reaper (as we now know it) surfaced.

You may be surprised to know that the Grim Reaper isn’t actually mentioned in the Bible, and whilst there are descriptions of angels of death and apocalyptic horsemen that seem similar, it may be largely superficial. Let me know your thoughts though. Perhaps the Grim Reaper originally developed from figures from European folklore, especially the Ankou which comes from Celtic Mythology (Cornish and Breton to be exact). These figures synthesised with an increased number of images of death in medieval paintings post Black Death, in a movement known as the Danse Macabre. And there we have it: The Grim Reaper.

On another note, we made it! 1,000 subscribers. It’s been a rather sudden rise in views and subscribers, and I couldn’t be happier that more people can see my content. Thank you all for your nice comments, I feel truly inspired and excited for what comes next for the channel. Next stop: 10k. Bring it on.
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Sources:

Ankou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou

Why Does the Grim Reaper Exist? | The New Yorker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JSlrEHvv_k&t=221s

Death (Personification)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)

List of Death Deities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_death_deities

How the Grim Reaper Works
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htm

What is the origin of the legend about the Grim Reaper?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-legend-about-the-Grim-Reaper

Black Death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

The Grim Reaper: Deathbed Visitations and the Angel of Death
http://www.paranormalscholar.com/grim-reaper-deathbed-visitations/

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Music:

Elf Meditation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5728-elf-meditation-preview
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Intro/Outro - Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian (Peter Pringle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcTsFe1PVs
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