Where Does the Grim Reaper Come From?

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  • 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.
    H.
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    Sources:
    Ankou
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou
    Why Does the Grim Reaper Exist? | The New Yorker
    • Why Does the Grim Reap...
    Death (Personification)
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(...)
    List of Death Deities
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
    How the Grim Reaper Works
    science.howstuffworks.com/sci...
    What is the origin of the legend about the Grim Reaper?
    www.quora.com/What-is-the-ori...
    Black Death
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_D...
    The Grim Reaper: Deathbed Visitations and the Angel of Death
    www.paranormalscholar.com/grim...
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    Music:
    Elf Meditation Preview by Kevin MacLeod
    Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
    License: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
    Intro/Outro - Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian (Peter Pringle)
    • The Epic Of Gilgamesh ...
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  • @hochelaga
    @hochelaga  Před 3 lety +1391

    1,000 subscribers! Thank you all so much. Let's see where this goes :)

  • @thelordnaevis4946
    @thelordnaevis4946 Před 3 lety +4909

    “The grim reaper is so creepy”
    The grim reaper: *literally just accompanying you to the afterlife so you won’t have to go alone or not know where to go*

    • @FNihalJK
      @FNihalJK Před 3 lety +501

      *Sad grim reaper noises* :(

    • @SamuelGalvan_
      @SamuelGalvan_ Před 3 lety +154

      Yeah but what would the presence of the grim reaper represent?

    • @operator6438
      @operator6438 Před 3 lety +116

      I like to see him because hes so badass only skeleton

    • @anonymousviewer2165
      @anonymousviewer2165 Před 3 lety +64

      What a nice guy

    • @enbeast8350
      @enbeast8350 Před 3 lety +309

      @@SamuelGalvan_ Obviously, death, but death itself isn't inherently evil. It's natural. All who were born eventually meet an end, and the Grim Reaper is there to help guide souls to their afterlife

  • @Satan-nw4lv
    @Satan-nw4lv Před 3 lety +3908

    "Dance of death"
    My mind: *Spooky Scary Skeletons bass boosted*

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 Před 3 lety +1583

    I imagine Death to be mostly chill and blunt. Generally benevolent with a dark sense of humor

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 Před 3 lety +88

      You would be correct

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 Před 3 lety +24

      @Pragya Bhushan Its going pretty good and I collected about 150000

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 Před 3 lety +27

      @Pragya Bhushan Yeah a lot but if you compare it to how many I have collected since the existance of humans...
      Its nothing

    • @kevinvorster9777
      @kevinvorster9777 Před 3 lety +46

      In 2020-21 he is a very busy guy.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 Před 3 lety +14

      Also like to make death related puns.

  • @Anarchsis
    @Anarchsis Před 3 lety +506

    ‘Death smiles at every man, and as men, all we can do is smile back.’ Marcus Aurelius

  • @user-br4mu3op9d
    @user-br4mu3op9d Před 3 lety +3218

    I love how Korean grim reaper just wants to make his quota that's it

    • @VcottntailW
      @VcottntailW Před 3 lety +193

      Could it not be a job? If so where can one send in a resume.

    • @TheGameMage_
      @TheGameMage_ Před 3 lety +238

      @@VcottntailW
      You gotta know the right people

    • @d.n5287
      @d.n5287 Před 3 lety +126

      Hey you gotta respect the hussle

    • @HandyNL
      @HandyNL Před 3 lety +203

      I Just inmagine him near a korean dying person with his laptop or book like "COME ON COME ON I DON'T HAVE ALL DAY! I'M ALREADY LATE LEAVE THE PREMISE NOW!"

    • @Cloudy-ni4uo
      @Cloudy-ni4uo Před 3 lety +42

      @@HandyNL PPALI PPALI WE HAVE TO HURRY

  • @williameyer1203
    @williameyer1203 Před 3 lety +6271

    I'm such a huge fan of The Grim Reaper, I would die to see him.

  • @zucchero8651
    @zucchero8651 Před 3 lety +1431

    Can we just talk about how awesome he pronounced the Aztec names?

    • @CrooningRevival365
      @CrooningRevival365 Před 2 lety +103

      It really shows how much he cares about his studies. This channel is an academic beast.

    • @scott19087
      @scott19087 Před 2 lety +50

      The dutch pronunciation though, not so much lol

    • @andropovneveyevich9157
      @andropovneveyevich9157 Před 2 lety +7

      Yep i was thinking that myself

    • @Mutantcy1992
      @Mutantcy1992 Před 2 lety +4

      I wouldn't know whether they're actually good or not!

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 Před 2 lety +12

      @@scott19087 and that’s putting it lightly

  • @Donnygast
    @Donnygast Před 3 lety +556

    As a dutchman, i can tell you that the 'Magere Hein' is weird to explain in english. Magere means skinny, as in bony stature. And Hein is just a name, quite common in dutch history.
    We might call it Skinny Steve from now. Yeah, i like that. Watch out grandma Skinny Steve is coming for you!

    • @beholderdd5170
      @beholderdd5170 Před 3 lety +33

      Oh shit, it's Grandma Skinny Steve coming at us!

    • @marnixdebaat1733
      @marnixdebaat1733 Před 2 lety +20

      I always thought Grim Reaper was just the English translation of Magere Hein, instead of being the 'Dutch version' of the Grim reaper

    • @xsXRevanXsx
      @xsXRevanXsx Před 2 lety +9

      @@marnixdebaat1733 honest. I believe they’re the exact same being. Magere Hein is probably just some name of someone wayyyy back when, which stuck in people mind and eventually was given to the grim reaper.

    • @mikado_m
      @mikado_m Před 2 lety +11

      So its kinda like 'dont let jack frost bite your nose' or however that one goes?

    • @ysbrandd4908
      @ysbrandd4908 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mikado_m think a bit different, more like folklore instead of a fairytale if I'm honest.

  • @larrykarganot6736
    @larrykarganot6736 Před 3 lety +3298

    they always ask "who is the grim reaper" but never "how is the grim reaper" :(

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 Před 3 lety +131

      Cold. And lonely.

    • @judgment5090
      @judgment5090 Před 3 lety +97

      He only want a friend to accompany him, and he does his job of taking people to the afterlife. He didn’t do anything wrong

    • @williamreynolds1522
      @williamreynolds1522 Před 3 lety +38

      0:53 wait!...
      is that where Thanos name came from?

    • @Saedris
      @Saedris Před 3 lety +16

      C. Rice
      3 weeks ago (edited)
      Greeks: Thanatos
      Marvel: take away 2 letters
      Marvel: Thanos!
      247:likes 7:dislikes

    • @thecheeseburgertank633
      @thecheeseburgertank633 Před 3 lety +3

      Hilarious and original

  • @teriyakii1235
    @teriyakii1235 Před 3 lety +1767

    Poor Grim Reaper getting negative perspectives on other people even if he's just a guy taking people to the afterlife

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel Před 3 lety +114

      "Are ya winning, son?"
      Death: "No, he just lost"

    • @J.R.Swish1
      @J.R.Swish1 Před 3 lety +61

      That's because humans have a flawed perception of death as some non-religious people believe that nothing happens after you die and you just cease to exist, some religions would have you believe that you'll either go to heaven or hell...
      Basically just misinformation. None of these things listed above happen. Science actually explains the afterlife quite perfectly. As the law of thermodynamics tells us, there is absolutely no way that the energy residing in our bodies could simply disappear, let alone our consciousness.
      Something to think about here mate 👍
      The after life may actually be the start of something even greater than life, but for some reason almost all cultures plant a very irrational fear of death on people since a very young age.

    • @iqbalindaryono8984
      @iqbalindaryono8984 Před 3 lety +22

      @@J.R.Swish1 there's nothing after death, we simply cease to exist. Our conciousness is just a product of our brain activities, when it stops "we" stop with it. There's no afterlife nor was there proof of an afterlife existing.

    • @tiaan7183
      @tiaan7183 Před 3 lety +55

      @@iqbalindaryono8984 There also isn't proof of an afterlife not existing, so why can't everyone just speculate peacefully?

    • @iqbalindaryono8984
      @iqbalindaryono8984 Před 3 lety +20

      @@tiaan7183 basing our lives on things that are unfalsifiable would allow ignorance to grow.

  • @morten7177
    @morten7177 Před 2 lety +179

    In Norway the Black Death produced the character ‘Pesta’, an old woman who travelled from farm to farm personifying the plague.
    If she came holding a broom, all inhabitants would be ‘swept away’, but if she came holding a rake some would survive.
    The artist Theodor Kittelsen has some of the creepiest and most widely recognised depictions of her.

    • @KlaraL-_-
      @KlaraL-_- Před 2 lety +10

      Oh I´ve just googled it... and no no no... There´s one that is just incredibly creepy...

    • @ansuz5903
      @ansuz5903 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes I did play the Witcher 3

    • @morten7177
      @morten7177 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ansuz5903 is she in the witcher 3?

    • @ansuz5903
      @ansuz5903 Před 2 lety +4

      @@morten7177 Yes when you go to that tower for the blonde sorceress witch lady

    • @Seastar14TheWitch
      @Seastar14TheWitch Před rokem +2

      Eyyy!!!🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

  • @robotone2812
    @robotone2812 Před 3 lety +365

    3:57 “Around 1346, a mysterious disease had arrived to Europe from Asia. And people were being infected by the millions.”
    2020: Here we go again.

    • @quatricise
      @quatricise Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah, where have I heard it before, hmm...

    • @kingpen8994
      @kingpen8994 Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah imagine how being the grim reaper he must havevuffered dress from doing all the work

    • @thesarcasticchora8785
      @thesarcasticchora8785 Před 3 lety +8

      You forgot to add " Aw shit, ........"

    • @crushmio5070
      @crushmio5070 Před 3 lety +3

      Its actually 2019 not 2020

    • @beeleejeen6036
      @beeleejeen6036 Před 3 lety +2

      Just not as big scale back then

  • @xhosagibran370
    @xhosagibran370 Před 3 lety +2379

    The tranquil background music and clear calming voice made this video perfect.

    • @Sky_Explorer
      @Sky_Explorer Před 3 lety +16

      Kind of gave me a Dark Souls, firelink shrine feel.

    • @Yfrith
      @Yfrith Před 3 lety +4

      For death

    • @jackmatthews8062
      @jackmatthews8062 Před 3 lety +2

      I wanna know where those statues are

    • @lamatanteestcontente
      @lamatanteestcontente Před 3 lety +2

      I love your videos, very interesting . Only if I may point out that the volume of the sound particularly when you are talking, is very weak. The opening music (hochelaga) is loud and then I have to pump out the volume to listen to your voice.

    • @petethefeet430
      @petethefeet430 Před 3 lety +3

      I can hardly hear him, volume is well low

  • @cramerfloro5936
    @cramerfloro5936 Před 3 lety +1113

    I'd like to add something:
    The roman god of harvests, Saturn, had a scythe as his symbol. The Romans identified him with the greek Kronos, because in mythology, his weapon was again a scythe. But the Orphic cults identified this deity with Chronos (the ch is pronounced like a strong H), the god of time. And so, classicists from the 14th century onward would unite this Saturn/Kronos/Chronos figure with the popular depictions of Death to express the passage of time and life.

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 Před 3 lety +18

      Kronos was the Greek god of the harvest? I thought that was Demeter, Persephone's mother.

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 Před 3 lety +75

      @@corruptangel6793 we don't know exactly WHAT Kronos was the god of. The roman equivalent and the connection with the scythe suggest a harvest god, though you have to remember that the Olympians overthrowing the Titans is read by many as the new greek worship replacing an older one, so he may have been the greek harvest god BEFORE the Greeks worshipped Demeter.

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 Před 3 lety +5

      @@cramerfloro5936 I never actually thought about it like that. Interesting.

    • @justanawkwardnerd
      @justanawkwardnerd Před 3 lety +20

      @@corruptangel6793 Kronos is more of a Titan than a god, if I remember correctly - like Gaea. The Primordial beings that came before and and/or birthed the gods such as Zeus and Poseidon. They are generally the generation that comes before them, and the gods that came after usually took over their job, like how Apollo took over for Helios.

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 Před 3 lety +8

      @@justanawkwardnerd i know all that, I just never thought of how the origin of that story (the war between the gods and the titans and all that) might've come from a religious upheaval.
      Also, Gaia is Kronos and the other Titan's mother. It's Gaia's generation who're the primoridal beings. At least in the version I know.

  • @jaxthewolf4572
    @jaxthewolf4572 Před 2 lety +71

    I remember having a vivid dream which was at first a nightmare in which the Grim Reaper came to me and gave off a loving energy. He than took his scythe and struck through me but there was no pain and I became a ghost. After that the dream became very peaceful and I was happy. When I tried to thank him he had already vanished.

  • @fabledgalaxies1952
    @fabledgalaxies1952 Před 3 lety +99

    If Soul Eater has taught me anything, the Grim Reaper's actually a pretty chill guy /j

  • @dilly-dally-mations6851
    @dilly-dally-mations6851 Před 3 lety +544

    I dont wanna die
    Grim reaper: relax relax, I just work here dude, I don't make the rules

  • @Farb_dk
    @Farb_dk Před 3 lety +1234

    You got it all wrong, man. Grim is from Jamaica, hence his accent.

  • @broadusthompson1666
    @broadusthompson1666 Před 2 lety +42

    A cool one is the German version, the “Dengelgeist”, dengeln being the act of sharpening a scythe by light hammering, the dengelgeist is literally the scythe sharpening ghost- who sits in the graveyard preparing to reap. So much more ominous than just a skeletal reaper

  • @KitsuneCentral
    @KitsuneCentral Před 3 lety +43

    When it comes to Greek Mythology, they actually have multiple deities for death. All of whom handle a different aspect of it. Atropos was the one that did the actually reaping, by means of cutting the string of someones life. Thanatos dealt with those who had a peaceful death. The Keres dealt with those whose death was violent. Hermes helped direct lost souls to Hades by escorting them there. Charon ferried souls into Hades via his boat. Hades and Persephone judge the souls that arrive, punish or award them fairly, then watch over them.

  • @danlaverick5192
    @danlaverick5192 Před 3 lety +90

    5:05 "You may be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper"

    • @Anon26535
      @Anon26535 Před 3 lety +16

      We may have years, we may have hours, but sooner or later we push up flowers.

    • @audreydimmel6674
      @audreydimmel6674 Před 2 lety +3

      You may be young or you may be old, but sooner or later you'll be stiff and cold.

    • @HanaLoose
      @HanaLoose Před 2 lety

      "When you dance with you friend the reaper,everything may be sweeter,but when you look within those eyes,you become quite surprised,the skeleton within the robe,looking like an ugly toad,you stop your prancing and dancing,and land on the floor."

    • @bigjohn5142
      @bigjohn5142 Před 8 měsíci

      my weeny is hard

  • @biokilla2121
    @biokilla2121 Před 3 lety +1778

    Greeks: Thanatos
    Marvel: take away 2 letters
    Marvel: Thanos!

    • @warriordx5520
      @warriordx5520 Před 3 lety +43

      @wanka wanka do you guys read my fking thoughts wtf lol

    • @ValBoon997
      @ValBoon997 Před 3 lety +28

      Honestly before I saw your comment that's what I thought and commented😂

    • @goofybutserious4807
      @goofybutserious4807 Před 3 lety +12

      You just noticed that?

    • @marcusdegroot7578
      @marcusdegroot7578 Před 3 lety +65

      Originally thanos killed half of all life to get deaths attention,he also hated deadpool for his romantic relationship with death.

    • @user-oj6re6ju9t
      @user-oj6re6ju9t Před 3 lety +2

      @Μαριος Μεργουδης no shit.

  • @switchnx
    @switchnx Před 3 lety +77

    Well, if we’re to believe Billy and Mandy, he probably comes from Jamaica.

  • @NorthernWrath66
    @NorthernWrath66 Před 3 lety +524

    "A disease came from Asia to Europe" sounds kinda familiar

    • @OrcaDaGuret
      @OrcaDaGuret Před 3 lety +19

      cORoNaVirUs

    • @NorthernWrath66
      @NorthernWrath66 Před 3 lety +62

      @@OrcaDaGuret cOnGrAtuLaTiOnS wE hAVe a WiNnER

    • @winonadmello4949
      @winonadmello4949 Před 3 lety +12

      @@mikeoakeshart3823 and..... Was this for general knowledge or are u trying to point at something?? (Just asking.)

    • @tituspaul2345
      @tituspaul2345 Před 3 lety +19

      @@winonadmello4949 let us just assume for general knowledge and not to get at anything

    • @winonadmello4949
      @winonadmello4949 Před 3 lety +6

      @@tituspaul2345 okay then...

  • @heshiram1188
    @heshiram1188 Před 3 lety +435

    Your editing and script is well made and polished! Your voice is also quite pleasant to listen to. I hope you keep making more videos on interesting topics and that you grow. :D

    • @grimreaper1365
      @grimreaper1365 Před 3 lety +3

      Actually they didn't mention my little bastard brother

    • @shirahime23
      @shirahime23 Před 3 lety +1

      Have to wholeheartedly agree!

  • @halloweenqueen8286
    @halloweenqueen8286 Před 3 lety +220

    When I imagine death for some reason I think of a black horse that comes when you die. You climb onto it's back and it carries you to the afterlife leaving your body behind.

    • @karlaaaaa157
      @karlaaaaa157 Před 3 lety +10

      @@cUCH1337NPC I imagine a friendly little witch who puts you on her broom and then flies off to heaven and promises that you'll never be alone there.

    • @Kolbjornelenano
      @Kolbjornelenano Před 3 lety +3

      thats the Helhest

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 Před 3 lety +24

      Well you are not wrong
      Sometimes when im bored I just let my horse do it

    • @caronmiles4514
      @caronmiles4514 Před 3 lety +7

      Bro wtf I’m scared to die I’m 18 I be thinking my time is coming idk why

    • @ibuki_tropical7161
      @ibuki_tropical7161 Před 3 lety +3

      @@caronmiles4514 well try to be careful with your surroundings when you go out.

  • @sabacone
    @sabacone Před 3 lety +68

    "the grim reaper" is a title, but the other horsemen are named; Pestilence, Famine and War

    • @RailwayFalcon
      @RailwayFalcon Před 3 lety +17

      Not in the bible - the other three horsement are given descriptions, but Death alone gets an explicit name drop in the text. Names given to the other horesemen come from subsequent analysis of the orignal text, or other works using the same characters.
      Side note, pestilence isn't even a horseman - the concept seems to be tied in with the famine horesman, likely because disease in crops leads to famine for pre-industrial societies lacking long-term food storage and transport infrastructure. The first horseman is something along the lines of "conquest", who I would suspect gets ignored because he's a royal figure dressed in white, and is thus very much not in line with most interpretations of the horsemen and bringers of destruction.

    • @elibreezy
      @elibreezy Před 2 lety

      FACTS!!!! That’s also why he looks like that that is one of the four horsemen your wise beyond your years my child lol

    • @potto1488
      @potto1488 Před 2 lety

      Pestilence is conquest, no?

    • @MagikarpMan
      @MagikarpMan Před 2 lety

      @@potto1488 yep, it's war, conquest, pestilence and famine

    • @reachandler3655
      @reachandler3655 Před 2 lety +3

      Sorry, Pestilence was sacked and replaced by Pollution.

  • @FeeeeeF
    @FeeeeeF Před 2 lety +3

    This person's voice is really calm and relaxing. His vocabulary is very well suited for the topic of legends

  • @rturkington8755
    @rturkington8755 Před 3 lety +111

    Just got a rec for your angels video, thoroughly enjoyed and now going for more. Really lovely vibe to these videos, awesome work!

  • @alfredforbessealy524
    @alfredforbessealy524 Před 2 lety +8

    In hungary there's a folk tale about an old woman who didn't want to die, so when death came for her she asked for just one more day, and death signed a paper that said "I will come back tomorrow" and from then on everytime death came she just showed him the paper he signed and told him to come back the next day. After like a year or so death got bored of the status quo and tried to take her but she smacked him on the head with a pickle jar and then everyone lived forever

  • @WatPatat
    @WatPatat Před 2 lety +2

    You're a new addition in my top 5 channels. You make awesome content! Thank you

  • @corruptangel6793
    @corruptangel6793 Před 3 lety +183

    "Japan has King Enma"
    The Japanese equivalent to the Grim Reaper is the Shinigami. King Enma is closer to what Hades is for the Greeks or Osirus for the Egyptians.
    (Edit: ok so since this thread is getting out of hand, I'm going to clarify by saying that I'm wrong about the Shinigami. Although i knew they are an actual part of Japanese culture *outside of anime* I didn't know they were a recent addition to the folklore from the last couple hundred years or so and not part of proper Japanese mythology. My mistake.)

    • @Qodovah
      @Qodovah Před 3 lety +16

      Although Shinigami it’s a new concept and somewhat out of western and pop culture.

    • @inoli3164
      @inoli3164 Před 3 lety +6

      What about Izanami

    • @GTaito
      @GTaito Před 3 lety +19

      Anime fan spotted

    • @kanemccarthy1979
      @kanemccarthy1979 Před 3 lety +25

      @@GTaito you don't have to be an anime fan to be knowledgeable on Japanese culture

    • @ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239
      @ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239 Před 3 lety +3

      Shinigami- Soul Reaper- Grim Reaper

  • @MohammadNizar
    @MohammadNizar Před 3 lety +31

    Him: "it's mictecacihuatl"
    Me: "michturtle? Mctahoerawl? Machtjsleniabeuel?"

  • @user-kc8qd5ch8l
    @user-kc8qd5ch8l Před 2 lety +4

    As a korean i got so happy when you mentioned 저승사자, korean mythology and folktales are really cool but i feel like theyre under-appreciated :)

  • @bogdan244
    @bogdan244 Před 3 lety +5

    extremely underrated, quite happy that i found out about you! really good explainations combined with interesting topics. i love mythology

  • @tlotpwist3417
    @tlotpwist3417 Před 3 lety +33

    When the Reaper shows up, it's with a scythe of relief

  • @scandicgamer3071
    @scandicgamer3071 Před 3 lety +41

    Norwegian folklore also includes a sort of “grim reaper” with an old lady with a cloak over her head that chooses your fate if you should die or not

    • @gampie13
      @gampie13 Před 3 lety +3

      i think the closest to norwegian grim reaper, would be the Norn sisters of the norse mythos, or are you thinking of the valkery that ferry you to valhalla?

    • @scandicgamer3071
      @scandicgamer3071 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gampie13 I think it was the valkerie

    • @Angie-in8wc
      @Angie-in8wc Před 2 lety +1

      Moral of the story … be nice to old ladies.

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 Před 2 lety +11

    In a lot of paintings from the medieval period onwards, there is a "memento mori," or reminder of death. These were symbols associated with death, usually skulls, that were put in paintings as a reminder of the inevitability of death. I'm not sure, but they may have something to do with the common depiction of the Grim Reaper in art.

  • @Ratrick-the-gamer
    @Ratrick-the-gamer Před 4 měsíci +1

    Honestly the Grim Reaper seems like a chill guy.

  • @KnjazNazrath
    @KnjazNazrath Před 3 lety +43

    The Anjou was also said to be the last person to die in a year, who would be tasked with shuttling the souls of the dead until the end of the following year. A seminal film known as "The Phantom Carriage" links in with this myth somewhat.

  • @samuelcandellet5903
    @samuelcandellet5903 Před 3 lety +5

    Such a gem of a channel, been binge watching your content all day

  • @Slutomatic
    @Slutomatic Před 3 lety +2

    So I've binged a bunch of your videos today and I kinda just wish they were even longer and more in depth. Great work

  • @jakemf9771
    @jakemf9771 Před 2 lety +1

    One of your newer videos was recommended to me and i had no idea why until i realized i watched this video a few months ago
    Anyway, needless to say, I'm subscribed now
    Love your work, keep it up!

  • @r0d_mp
    @r0d_mp Před 3 lety +9

    You have such refreshing video topics!

  • @user-kn1zm9vh2y
    @user-kn1zm9vh2y Před 3 lety +4

    Idk how you pump out a video everyday but man I am about to binge your channel

  • @panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790

    i like to think of the grim reaper as more of a kind, warm-hearted janitor, who stalks the hallways of life, bringing the withered and misfortunate to a warm place beyond their suffering.

  • @marvelous_680
    @marvelous_680 Před 2 lety +7

    The Grim Reaper is a very interesting concept. It always fascinating to learn each version of the Grim Reaper from different countries and cultures.

  • @korporal9376
    @korporal9376 Před 3 lety +4

    I’m proud to be your 1000th subscribe

  • @ihevmilkdhou
    @ihevmilkdhou Před 3 lety +62

    0:53 wait!...
    is that where Thanos name came from?

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 Před 3 lety +15

      Yes! That is actually the inspiration the authors had for the name

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 Před 3 lety +4

      It actually comes more from the idea humans have of death, which Freud called thanatos

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 Před 3 lety +3

      Look up Nersync's video on Thanos, he explain his story way better there!

    • @ihevmilkdhou
      @ihevmilkdhou Před 3 lety +1

      @@cramerfloro5936 ok..

    • @bangboomdie3326
      @bangboomdie3326 Před 3 lety

      My dude was just joking

  • @timp3057
    @timp3057 Před 3 lety +1

    Your content and style make for great videos! Thank you.

  • @MrRidgedog
    @MrRidgedog Před 3 lety

    Pretty cool vid. thanks for posting.

  • @madtrapper1312
    @madtrapper1312 Před 3 lety +7

    Dude you deserve so more subs

  • @HateSonneillon
    @HateSonneillon Před 3 lety +4

    Great video! Really cool to see various inspirations for the grim reaper, something I have always been interested in. I would love to see a video covering more forms of psychopomps in many cultures and how they compare and contrast.

    • @Christopher-qq4dl
      @Christopher-qq4dl Před 7 měsíci +1

      😅

    • @HateSonneillon
      @HateSonneillon Před 7 měsíci

      @@Christopher-qq4dl mobile typing ^^' fixed. Still better than someone else's I saw yesterday, they meant "idunno" and it autocorrected to "ianal". lol

  • @kellisnow420
    @kellisnow420 Před 2 lety

    Love love love all these videos 💌

  • @deepwaters7242
    @deepwaters7242 Před 2 lety

    Awesome. Loved it and took notes for more research!

  • @synchrolord
    @synchrolord Před 3 lety +11

    This is a new channel and It seem really interesting

  • @Sue9797
    @Sue9797 Před 3 lety

    Another fantastic video - thank you so much 😊

  • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075

    i look forward to seeing whatever new ideas for videos you come up with to post

  • @PedanticAntics
    @PedanticAntics Před 3 lety +95

    hochelaga , great video, as usual, but something you ought to be aware of:
    At 1:26 , you made the classic westerner's faux pas of calling something "Chinese" when it's actually _Tibetan._ The distinction may not matter to most westerners but to Tibetans it's an extremely sore spot and something you ought to know about if you're making informative videos.

    • @hochelaga
      @hochelaga  Před 3 lety +53

      Thank you for letting me know. My apologies. Hopefully people will see this comment for this important clarification. :)

    • @nano5696
      @nano5696 Před 3 lety +9

      @@hochelaga if you pin it more people will see it

    • @RasheedKhan-bm8fm
      @RasheedKhan-bm8fm Před 3 lety +6

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    • @NikephorosCaesar
      @NikephorosCaesar Před 3 lety +1

      Same shit

    • @vivianton
      @vivianton Před 3 lety

      In Chinese culture, there is King Yan, who is the equivalent to Hades. The equivalent to the collector of souls is Ox head and horse face, who bring the souls to the underworld.

  • @KingAsaBeatz
    @KingAsaBeatz Před 3 lety +17

    I love this explanation about Death's origin! You have a very calming voice and go into much detail!
    I'd like to hear some African examples. Maybe from the Ashanti or Zimbabwean mythology since you touched on Native American examples.

  • @adrielcontreras7917
    @adrielcontreras7917 Před 3 lety

    Great video. Love it well keep watching.

  • @JohnYoung-lt8gg
    @JohnYoung-lt8gg Před 2 lety +1

    Just came across this channel. Sick content well done

  • @najmaali2916
    @najmaali2916 Před 3 lety +30

    You've got a new ✨subscriber✨
    Do you take recommendations? If you do I'd like to see you cover secret societies if you want. I love all your stuff so far ☺

    • @hochelaga
      @hochelaga  Před 3 lety +3

      Hey, yes I take recommendations. Always happy to hear.
      Did you see my video on the Copiale Cipher? It involves the work of a secret society:
      czcams.com/video/CVHVZjaXzH8/video.html

    • @rdt1104
      @rdt1104 Před 3 lety +1

      @@hochelaga this recommendation made me subscribe

    • @2551987ezio
      @2551987ezio Před 3 lety +1

      Who's Rem?

  • @kml4550
    @kml4550 Před 3 lety +6

    How do you still not have at least 100k subs? Your videos have incredibly amazing content and quality, stumbled upon your video about the angels in the bible and subscribed soon after. I hope you continue making such informative videos! Thanks for doing this!

  • @bensoncheng493
    @bensoncheng493 Před 3 lety

    Really like your channel, hope to see more of your videos soon. Thanks & keep going.

  • @chiot2875
    @chiot2875 Před 2 lety

    Well researched and well presented :)

  • @shaddjimenez4524
    @shaddjimenez4524 Před 3 lety +7

    It is not the grim reaper that is scary, its the little amount of time we have before we see it.
    Your content is incredible, keep up this amazing work.

    • @ElectricVehiclesSuck
      @ElectricVehiclesSuck Před 3 lety

      The grim reaper is actually Satan as stated in Hebrews 2:14 Because God's children are human beings--made of flesh and blood--the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death.

    • @shaddjimenez4524
      @shaddjimenez4524 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ElectricVehiclesSuck oh well I was talking about the grim reaper as symbolism for death, and that we should spend the time before death wisely.

    • @grimreaper1365
      @grimreaper1365 Před 3 lety

      @@ElectricVehiclesSuck are you sure about that?

    • @ElectricVehiclesSuck
      @ElectricVehiclesSuck Před 3 lety

      @@grimreaper1365 100% sure

    • @grimreaper1365
      @grimreaper1365 Před 3 lety

      @@ElectricVehiclesSuck aha little did you know, it was the spooktober song

  • @Azu_303
    @Azu_303 Před 3 lety +172

    Yo what the hell, how did you pronounce that?

    • @NikephorosCaesar
      @NikephorosCaesar Před 3 lety +14

      You can literally google that shit dude

    • @zenseplayz3289
      @zenseplayz3289 Před 3 lety +2

      what pronounce?

    • @TheReaperHunter
      @TheReaperHunter Před 3 lety +2

      www.dictionary.com/browse/that

    • @alit0soulsborne717
      @alit0soulsborne717 Před 3 lety

      @@TheReaperHunter Ey warframe dude what up?

    • @abyss7378
      @abyss7378 Před 3 lety +1

      @@alit0soulsborne717 Warframe is starting to get repetitive tho I've taken a break for a while now

  • @tannerjackman91
    @tannerjackman91 Před 3 lety

    i love your videos my guy, so well explained and backed up by your research im just drawn in on the interesting topics. I hope your able to keep finding things to report on and never hit a dry spell lol

  • @lolitaverzosa8895
    @lolitaverzosa8895 Před 2 lety

    Thank you
    Interesting & informative

  • @beached1093
    @beached1093 Před 3 lety +3

    just wanted to say, love your channel and the content you create!! I hope you keep making more videos, I especially love the ones about legends with connection to religion, it make being religious a little more interesting :)

  • @Velossitee
    @Velossitee Před 3 lety +9

    The grim reaper kept me from getting runover by a selfish gluttoned driver in a gas station by touching my shoulder. I felt the cold waft of air and I about seen my demise.

  • @bkreep
    @bkreep Před 2 lety +1

    I very much enjoy your videos. The only bad thing I can say about them is that they are too short! I would love for you to get into more detail about these subjects.

  • @ZackyesRno
    @ZackyesRno Před 3 lety

    I hope the rest of your videos are similar into its depth of research towards the subject. I subscribed.

  • @OmegaTheSillyWolf
    @OmegaTheSillyWolf Před 3 lety +4

    Eight years ago I was riding my bike around my driveway. It was in the late afternoon and I stopped and stood staring at the road for some reason. I really can't remember why. All I can remember is seeing a figure. It had no legs to be seen and floated, wearing a white cloak and it's skeletal hands outstretched with chains hanging from its wrists. It flew by so quickly I almost couldn't register what it was. I tried, really tried, to come up with some explanation for what it could have been but settled on it being supernatural. So i brought it up with my mom and not two days before I saw the figure flying down the hill.. a neighbor at the bottom of the hill had died!
    I'm now absolutely convinced I saw death that day. I wasn't afraid and I'm still not. Spooky as he sounds.. I felt at ease as he was near.
    I don't think it was a mistake on deaths part, I think he meant for me to see him that day and for that I call him my friend. /HE/ won't kill me. Time will. But if I was correct in who I saw, I'll greet him like a good friend when I'm dead. I don't fear death, I never have. Dying maybe but never death itself nor the angel. He's kind enough to escort me to where I belong where he could so easily leave me by myself. I'm thankful to him already and I won't be dying any time soon... I hope lol.
    I've unfortunately seen a lot of things related to death, even a few close calls myself. Seeing him once is a coincidence. Running into him several times, now THAT isn't a coincidence.
    Oh and no... I'm not Christian lol 🖤☠🥀⚰

  • @denko173
    @denko173 Před 3 lety +5

    This channel will be big someday and i will brag about being the sub number 1440. Keep going, love your vids, they are well researched and your voice is very calming!

  • @ilynpayne7491
    @ilynpayne7491 Před 3 lety

    The content & Your voice is so comforting this channel is a gemstome🙏🙏god bless you

  • @shawnburge4978
    @shawnburge4978 Před 2 lety

    Great video 😎

  • @DotTiuri
    @DotTiuri Před 3 lety +9

    For the longest time I legit thought magere hein (Translated: meager hein), was just the name of the grim reaper. Wow how my eyes have opened.

    • @fryderykchopin3974
      @fryderykchopin3974 Před 3 lety

      Its grim reaper in Dutch (i live in the Netherlands)

    • @DotTiuri
      @DotTiuri Před 3 lety

      @@fryderykchopin3974 I mean the dutch borrow so many English words that this wouldn't be the first thing having 2 words. Especially not considering the media the grim reaper is actually used in. The grim reaper is a historical fiction tale after all, always has been always will. Actually grim reaper doesnt work with dutch grammar now i think about it so it had to have been a borrowed word. (Ik leef ook in Nederland XD)

  • @ToastersChannel
    @ToastersChannel Před 3 lety +3

    You keep making banger videos. I love them so much!! Looking forward to more!

  • @serjabdjabah8336
    @serjabdjabah8336 Před 3 lety

    First video I watched on this channel. Pretty good. Subscribed

  • @1889michaelcraig
    @1889michaelcraig Před 3 lety

    You Sir have earned a new Sub. Outstanding job!

  • @Fukyaimbatman
    @Fukyaimbatman Před 2 lety +6

    If I'm not mistaken, the image at 1:27 is actually Yamantaka, or the destroyer of death. He's depicted as King Yama's emissary, and has very interesting lore! He's said to defeat King Yama to break the cycle of rebirth to reach enlightenment

    • @frauleinhohenzollern8442
      @frauleinhohenzollern8442 Před rokem

      Also at 1:39 the cave paintings aren't ancient. Horses clearly shown in the image weren't brought to the America's until 1520... It took years before the natives tamed them as well. So not ancient at all. Nor does the image depict entities escorting souls to the afterlife. I see these kinds of mistakes all the time and it sucks. It's so easy to make these video essays and just throw up images and reword information from Wikipedia but most CZcamsrs are just people who did a Google search and used video editor. Not historians or archeologists

  • @Just_Asta
    @Just_Asta Před 3 lety +2

    Well in Lithuania we have Grim Reaper as Giltinė. "The list of Lithuanian gods is reconstructed based on scarce written sources and late folklore. Giltinė - goddess of death, also The Reaper. Other names include Kaulinyčia, Maras (black death or the Plague), Maro mergos, Kolera, Pavietrė, Kapinių žmogus. Her sacred bird is the owl. Sometimes she was considered to be a sister of Laima (luck)."

  • @chejo6095
    @chejo6095 Před 3 lety

    i love all of your videos

  • @mijiyoon5575
    @mijiyoon5575 Před 3 lety

    👍👍👍👍👍Loved this one...TY

  • @bramorant5613
    @bramorant5613 Před 3 lety +5

    I subscribed after hearing you say those aztec names,it was impressive and i know i was gonna get good shit

  • @greentitan0262
    @greentitan0262 Před 3 lety +6

    In case you didnt know:
    'Magere Hein' essentially means **thin >insert common name from a few centuries ago

  • @necronomicon6666
    @necronomicon6666 Před 3 lety

    Great video

  • @moomooclown
    @moomooclown Před 3 lety +4

    interesting, I was wondering about this a few weeks ago. It might me interesting to look at other depictions of death (and/or afterlife) throughout history. As you said in the video after the black plague depictions became more gruesome and frightening.

  • @velksa6835
    @velksa6835 Před 3 lety +9

    3:09 excuse me what? The be-ENDERMAN?!?!!

    • @Saedris
      @Saedris Před 3 lety

      i mean it kinda fits ngl
      *enderman knocks you into the void*

    • @grapjas5000
      @grapjas5000 Před 3 lety

      its supposed to be something like bay-nderman and the A as in British ''master''

  • @alecz.7143
    @alecz.7143 Před 3 lety

    Aight love your contents imma subs bro.

  • @michelefritchie6198
    @michelefritchie6198 Před 11 měsíci

    Well done!

  • @9003weman91
    @9003weman91 Před 3 lety +3

    Can we just appreciate how he doesn't butcher names that most of us would give up on pronouncing when just seeing how it's spelled?

  • @MrseCode
    @MrseCode Před 3 lety +109

    I wanna learn more about Ancient Bible Creatures and stuff YEET

    • @dutchdoggo
      @dutchdoggo Před 3 lety +16

      read the book Revalations, probably one of the most interesting bible books

    • @Punished-Ken
      @Punished-Ken Před 3 lety +5

      @@dutchdoggo sounds good im interested too thanks

    • @brittneybrisbin744
      @brittneybrisbin744 Před 3 lety +3

      Same.

    • @sodapopcowboy8620
      @sodapopcowboy8620 Před 3 lety +1

      FYI The Bible is full of symbolism. Many story’s and other representations holding messages will come up a lot. This is one thing for people not knowing get really confused by.

  • @swedishhedgehog9178
    @swedishhedgehog9178 Před 2 lety

    i enjoy your videos so i have subscribed

  • @Ghost0465-1
    @Ghost0465-1 Před 3 lety

    Nice breakdown.

  • @falkelh
    @falkelh Před 2 lety +3

    Fun fact: in Danish the grim reaper is called "manden med leen" which directly translates to "the man with the scythe"

  • @senatorarmstrong8960
    @senatorarmstrong8960 Před 2 lety +2

    4:57
    There was a Death Row inmate who actually said something similar. His final words before execution were
    “You could be a king or Streetsweeper but everybody dances with The Grim Reaper”