Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhy does the Grim Reaper hold a scythe? Was he or she farming or something when they became the grim reaper?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down110
arrow-up163arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the Grim Reaper hold a scythe? Was he or she farming or something when they became the grim reaper?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squarethomasloven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoTo add to this, the image of the grim reaper carrying a scythe first started showing up during the bubonic plague in Europe, where people were dying en masse.
To add to this, the image of the grim reaper carrying a scythe first started showing up during the bubonic plague in Europe, where people were dying en masse.