How is the “Grim Reaper” referred to in Ancient Roman Mythology?
Answer Hello, Actually the so-called Grim Reaper, i.e. the personification of death usually portrayed as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe to mow souls, has nothing to do with Ancient Roman Mythology, where the personification of death is called MORS (just meaning death) and is portrayed as a youth holding a down-turned torch and wreath or butterfly which symbolizes the soul of the dead, as we can see in Roman sculptural bas-reliefs. In Greek mythology also there is a personification of death, i.e. Thanatos(meaning “death” in Greek), the Greek god of death, son of Night and brother of Sleep. This god dwells in the lower world and is shown with two large wings and a sword attached to his girdle, though sometimes in Greek vase painting he is depicted as a winged, bearded older man, or more rarely as a beardless youth. As for the Grim Reaper just portrayed as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe to mow souls, this personification of death belongs to other cultures like for ex
