![]() A Grim Reaper is known to possess supernatural abilities including the power to manipulate events ensuring the death of the chosen being, teleportation of people and things, to heal wounds and illnesses, and kill a living person with a single touch.Some Grim Reapers are depicted as guides of the dead towards their journey to the next world.You can only see them when they’re coming at you.” ![]() It’s possible that there’s more than one of them. There’s Reaper lore in pretty much every culture on Earth. In some beliefs, a grim reaper can cause someone’s death by appearing in dreams while the sleeper’s body is not able to move and soon dies of a heart attack.In some cultures, a Grim Reaper also holds an hourglass which denotes the person’s remaining time on earth. A scythe is a mowing tool with a long handle and curved blade.Moreover, a Grim Reaper holds a scythe, an image taken from agricultural practices of harvesting. It is mostly depicted wearing a black robe with a hood, which is probably adapted from funeral services of various religions. Since the Middle Ages, a Grim Reaper is personified in skeletal form just like the human body after it has decayed.In the Bible’s Revelation 6:1-8, four horsemen namely Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death appear in calamities signaling the end of the world.It was the time when the Black Death caused by a pandemic plague killed 30-60% of Europe’s population. ![]()
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