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The encyclopaedia of Alchemy Gothic a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Grim
Reaper: from medieval European folklore, the generic
name given to the personification of death, the arbitrary collector
of mortal lives. Also known as 'Death' and the 'Grim Sage', and
often confused with 'Old Father Time'. The 'Reaper' is generally
depicted as a priest-robed skeletal being, carrying a scythe,
needed for his eternal work of the harvesting of souls. The word
grim, meaning severe, cruel, harsh is Old English,
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