Legend and Lore of Everything

Reapers

Ive assumed that its about time Ya'll learned about the things that really bring you to where you go after you die. Meet the Reapers. Yes, I said Reapers. Plural. Not singular. There is more than one, and they are one of the strongest things that could be hidimg under your bed. So lets get started with the basics, and then to the big guys and gals from history.

Most people have heard of the grim reaper, and if not in those words exactly, they at least know of a hooded skeletal figure that carries around a weapon used to collect souls and transfer them to the after life, what ever your belief tells you that is. Some times he is even depicted as carrying an hourglass, waiting for your time to run out.

But where did he come from? When did the term grim reaper begin to be used? And just how far back can you trace him? And what exactly is he?

The Grim Reaper, as he is often named, is the personification of death. He is portrayed, usually in western cultures, as a skeletal figure in a long hooded robe tied around the middle and carrying a scythe or a sickle. He uses this tool to collect the souls of the dead and to carry them to their after life. The term "Grim reaper" along with the now near universal image of him came about during the Middle Ages in various paintings and writings of the time. He is also known as one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 

There are many different versions of him, from all over the world, blurred with other mythical creatures and stories.  

Now this list has a few big boys in here, so this will be in parts.