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
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    Intro/Outro - Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian (Peter Pringle)
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  • @hochelaga
    @hochelaga  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1391

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

    • @TheLaTasher
      @TheLaTasher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Great stuff dude! Keep it up.

    • @woops3205
      @woops3205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Really nice content 👍

    • @straightupwalter8330
      @straightupwalter8330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You doubled in 3 days, congrats!

    • @mclilzenthepoet2331
      @mclilzenthepoet2331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was here before 800 homie

    • @iptj0063
      @iptj0063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are a Christian Right?

  • @thelordnaevis4946
    @thelordnaevis4946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +501

      *Sad grim reaper noises* :(

    • @SamuelGalvan_
      @SamuelGalvan_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

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

    • @operator6438
      @operator6438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      I like to see him because hes so badass only skeleton

    • @anonymousviewer2165
      @anonymousviewer2165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      What a nice guy

    • @enbeast8350
      @enbeast8350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3908

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

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1582

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

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      You would be correct

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      In 2020-21 he is a very busy guy.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Also like to make death related puns.

  • @Anarchsis
    @Anarchsis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +506

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

    • @samsunguser3148
      @samsunguser3148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me: raises the middle finger to say f-

    • @stalker2084
      @stalker2084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samsunguser3148 grim reaper: raises the Scythe to kill you once again

    • @mirin4681
      @mirin4681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      death kinda sexist

    • @tekmogm5979
      @tekmogm5979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🙂

    • @Seastar14TheWitch
      @Seastar14TheWitch ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Women are immortal???

  • @user-br4mu3op9d
    @user-br4mu3op9d 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3218

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

    • @VcottntailW
      @VcottntailW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

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

    • @TheGameMage_
      @TheGameMage_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      @@VcottntailW
      You gotta know the right people

    • @d.n5287
      @d.n5287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Hey you gotta respect the hussle

    • @HandyNL
      @HandyNL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@HandyNL PPALI PPALI WE HAVE TO HURRY

  • @williameyer1203
    @williameyer1203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6271

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

    • @Lucas-od4og
      @Lucas-od4og 3 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Good one

    • @straitarrow5784
      @straitarrow5784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      You dont want him to visit you

    • @AViewCado69420
      @AViewCado69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Wait for him and hell knock when you're most vulnerable

    • @straitarrow5784
      @straitarrow5784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @Dr. M. H. , he already has visited me in 2003 when I was dying from pneumonia.

    • @The_Reaper_of_Death
      @The_Reaper_of_Death 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Dr. M. H. Oh believe me. You do not

  • @zucchero8651
    @zucchero8651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1431

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

    • @CrooningRevival365
      @CrooningRevival365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

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

    • @scott19087
      @scott19087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The dutch pronunciation though, not so much lol

    • @andropovneveyevich9157
      @andropovneveyevich9157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep i was thinking that myself

    • @Mutantcy1992
      @Mutantcy1992 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@scott19087 and that’s putting it lightly

  • @Donnygast
    @Donnygast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @marnixdebaat1733
      @marnixdebaat1733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @ysbrandd4908
      @ysbrandd4908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @larrykarganot6736
    @larrykarganot6736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3298

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

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Cold. And lonely.

    • @judgment5090
      @judgment5090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

    • @Saedris
      @Saedris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @thecheeseburgertank633
      @thecheeseburgertank633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hilarious and original

  • @teriyakii1235
    @teriyakii1235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

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

    • @J.R.Swish1
      @J.R.Swish1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

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

    • @iqbalindaryono8984
      @iqbalindaryono8984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

  • @morten7177
    @morten7177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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-_- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @ansuz5903
      @ansuz5903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes I did play the Witcher 3

    • @morten7177
      @morten7177 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ansuz5903 is she in the witcher 3?

    • @ansuz5903
      @ansuz5903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Seastar14TheWitch
      @Seastar14TheWitch ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eyyy!!!🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

  • @jaxthewolf4572
    @jaxthewolf4572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @2shadesofgray752
      @2shadesofgray752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hay. Are you still alive?

    • @Seastar14TheWitch
      @Seastar14TheWitch ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@2shadesofgray752 The hay got eaten by a horse, unfortunately.

  • @xhosagibran370
    @xhosagibran370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2379

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

    • @Sky_Explorer
      @Sky_Explorer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @Yfrith
      @Yfrith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For death

    • @jackmatthews8062
      @jackmatthews8062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wanna know where those statues are

    • @lamatanteestcontente
      @lamatanteestcontente 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can hardly hear him, volume is well low

  • @cramerfloro5936
    @cramerfloro5936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @justanawkwardnerd
      @justanawkwardnerd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @fabledgalaxies1952
    @fabledgalaxies1952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

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

    • @konstantinemarkelia759
      @konstantinemarkelia759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he WAS a chill guy

    • @woofie6149
      @woofie6149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@konstantinemarkelia759 I'm not there yet😳😳😳

    • @grimreaper5547
      @grimreaper5547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im pretty chill

    • @magosexploratoradeon6409
      @magosexploratoradeon6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@konstantinemarkelia759 I'm just gotta take that as something else and not what I initially thought it was.

  • @robotone2812
    @robotone2812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @kingpen8994
      @kingpen8994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @thesarcasticchora8785
      @thesarcasticchora8785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @crushmio5070
      @crushmio5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its actually 2019 not 2020

    • @beeleejeen6036
      @beeleejeen6036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just not as big scale back then

  • @dilly-dally-mations6851
    @dilly-dally-mations6851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +544

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

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Dont worry your time has not come
      Yet

    • @bobafett6535
      @bobafett6535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thegrimreaper9552 yo reaper wasup my dude

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@bobafett6535 Not much just souls

    • @bobafett6535
      @bobafett6535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thegrimreaper9552 dang u must have a lot since covid 19 and covid 20

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bobafett6535 Yeah I do

  • @biokilla2121
    @biokilla2121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1778

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

    • @warriordx5520
      @warriordx5520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @ValBoon997
      @ValBoon997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @goofybutserious4807
      @goofybutserious4807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You just noticed that?

    • @marcusdegroot7578
      @marcusdegroot7578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Μαριος Μεργουδης no shit.

  • @broadusthompson1666
    @broadusthompson1666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

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

    • @Anon26535
      @Anon26535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @audreydimmel6674
      @audreydimmel6674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @HanaLoose
      @HanaLoose 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "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 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      my weeny is hard

  • @Farb_dk
    @Farb_dk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1234

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

    • @MedjayCommander
      @MedjayCommander 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      lol

    • @Haru_Misu
      @Haru_Misu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      It's a shame they didnt even mention his two best friends, Billy and Mandy😔

    • @jacintaschneider4145
      @jacintaschneider4145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Truly the most underrated comment

    • @jacenskywalker507
      @jacenskywalker507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      *Grim: "Dang it Billy, you idiot!"*

    • @edirinotuburun979
      @edirinotuburun979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Both billy and Mandy cheat

  • @switchnx
    @switchnx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

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

  • @sabacone
    @sabacone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

    • @RailwayFalcon
      @RailwayFalcon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pestilence is conquest, no?

    • @MagikarpMan
      @MagikarpMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @reachandler3655
      @reachandler3655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sorry, Pestilence was sacked and replaced by Pollution.

  • @halloweenqueen8286
    @halloweenqueen8286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thats the Helhest

    • @thegrimreaper9552
      @thegrimreaper9552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @caronmiles4514
      @caronmiles4514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @ibuki_tropical7161
      @ibuki_tropical7161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @heshiram1188
    @heshiram1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually they didn't mention my little bastard brother

    • @shirahime23
      @shirahime23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have to wholeheartedly agree!

  • @alfredforbessealy524
    @alfredforbessealy524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @NorthernWrath66
    @NorthernWrath66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +524

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

    • @OrcaDaGuret
      @OrcaDaGuret 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      cORoNaVirUs

    • @NorthernWrath66
      @NorthernWrath66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@OrcaDaGuret cOnGrAtuLaTiOnS wE hAVe a WiNnER

    • @winonadmello4949
      @winonadmello4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @tituspaul2345
      @tituspaul2345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @winonadmello4949
      @winonadmello4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tituspaul2345 okay then...

  • @rturkington8755
    @rturkington8755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

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

  • @WatPatat
    @WatPatat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @FeeeeeF
    @FeeeeeF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @scandicgamer3071
    @scandicgamer3071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gampie13 I think it was the valkerie

    • @Angie-in8wc
      @Angie-in8wc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moral of the story … be nice to old ladies.

  • @KnjazNazrath
    @KnjazNazrath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @user-kc8qd5ch8l
    @user-kc8qd5ch8l 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @MohammadNizar
    @MohammadNizar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

  • @tlotpwist3417
    @tlotpwist3417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

  • @marvelous_680
    @marvelous_680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @timp3057
    @timp3057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @corruptangel6793
    @corruptangel6793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @inoli3164
      @inoli3164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What about Izanami

    • @GTaito
      @GTaito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Anime fan spotted

    • @kanemccarthy1979
      @kanemccarthy1979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239
      @ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Shinigami- Soul Reaper- Grim Reaper

  • @samuelcandellet5903
    @samuelcandellet5903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Slutomatic
    @Slutomatic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @r0d_mp
    @r0d_mp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You have such refreshing video topics!

  • @user-kn1zm9vh2y
    @user-kn1zm9vh2y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @ilynpayne7491
    @ilynpayne7491 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @serjabdjabah8336
    @serjabdjabah8336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @korporal9376
    @korporal9376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m proud to be your 1000th subscribe

  • @ihevmilkdhou
    @ihevmilkdhou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

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

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @cramerfloro5936
      @cramerfloro5936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @ihevmilkdhou
      @ihevmilkdhou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cramerfloro5936 ok..

    • @bangboomdie3326
      @bangboomdie3326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dude was just joking

  • @Sue9797
    @Sue9797 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another fantastic video - thank you so much 😊

  • @bkreep
    @bkreep 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @madtrapper1312
    @madtrapper1312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Dude you deserve so more subs

  • @HateSonneillon
    @HateSonneillon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😅

    • @HateSonneillon
      @HateSonneillon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @JohnYoung-lt8gg
    @JohnYoung-lt8gg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just came across this channel. Sick content well done

  • @jakemf9771
    @jakemf9771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @KingAsaBeatz
    @KingAsaBeatz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @synchrolord
    @synchrolord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a new channel and It seem really interesting

  • @MrRidgedog
    @MrRidgedog 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty cool vid. thanks for posting.

  • @deepwaters7242
    @deepwaters7242 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome. Loved it and took notes for more research!

  • @ToastersChannel
    @ToastersChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @PedanticAntics
    @PedanticAntics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @nano5696
      @nano5696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @RasheedKhan-bm8fm
      @RasheedKhan-bm8fm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hochelaga piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin it

    • @NikephorosCaesar
      @NikephorosCaesar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same shit

    • @vivianton
      @vivianton 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @bensoncheng493
    @bensoncheng493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ZackyesRno
    @ZackyesRno 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @najmaali2916
    @najmaali2916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +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:
      th-cam.com/video/CVHVZjaXzH8/w-d-xo.html

    • @rdt1104
      @rdt1104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hochelaga this recommendation made me subscribe

    • @2551987ezio
      @2551987ezio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who's Rem?

  • @kiwitheparakeettiger1277
    @kiwitheparakeettiger1277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    “the angel of death, sometimes known as azrael...”
    undertale fans: somethings wrong i can feel it

  • @adrielcontreras7917
    @adrielcontreras7917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Love it well keep watching.

  • @kellisnow420
    @kellisnow420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love love love all these videos 💌

  • @panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790
    @panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @kml4550
    @kml4550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @Pfromm007
    @Pfromm007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the video.
    Love the presentation, the subject matter, the Dark Souls like music.

  • @lolitaverzosa8895
    @lolitaverzosa8895 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you
    Interesting & informative

  • @beached1093
    @beached1093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 :)

  • @denko173
    @denko173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @follc1991
    @follc1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work, would like some videos longer

  • @JustanOlGuy
    @JustanOlGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy and share your Vids... Well Produced... Well Written...Well Done...!...

  • @DotTiuri
    @DotTiuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @DotTiuri
      @DotTiuri 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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)

  • @Fukyaimbatman
    @Fukyaimbatman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 TH-camrs are just people who did a Google search and used video editor. Not historians or archeologists

  • @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
    @professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @chiot2875
    @chiot2875 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well researched and well presented :)

  • @greentitan0262
    @greentitan0262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @OmegaTheSillyWolf
    @OmegaTheSillyWolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 🖤☠🥀⚰

    • @trollinape2697
      @trollinape2697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @SNES Nes hes imagining shit

  • @1889michaelcraig
    @1889michaelcraig 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You Sir have earned a new Sub. Outstanding job!

  • @tannerjackman91
    @tannerjackman91 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @Velossitee
    @Velossitee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @shaddjimenez4524
    @shaddjimenez4524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ElectricVehiclesSuck are you sure about that?

    • @ElectricVehiclesSuck
      @ElectricVehiclesSuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grimreaper1365 100% sure

    • @grimreaper1365
      @grimreaper1365 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @shawnburge4978
    @shawnburge4978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 😎

  • @Ghost0465-1
    @Ghost0465-1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice breakdown.

  • @moomooclown
    @moomooclown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @Azu_303
    @Azu_303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Yo what the hell, how did you pronounce that?

    • @NikephorosCaesar
      @NikephorosCaesar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You can literally google that shit dude

    • @zenseplayz3289
      @zenseplayz3289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what pronounce?

    • @TheReaperHunter
      @TheReaperHunter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      www.dictionary.com/browse/that

    • @alit0soulsborne717
      @alit0soulsborne717 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheReaperHunter Ey warframe dude what up?

    • @abyss7378
      @abyss7378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @alecz.7143
    @alecz.7143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aight love your contents imma subs bro.

  • @swedishhedgehog9178
    @swedishhedgehog9178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i enjoy your videos so i have subscribed

  • @bramorant5613
    @bramorant5613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @Just_Asta
    @Just_Asta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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)."

  • @uropinionistrash4461
    @uropinionistrash4461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm binge watching this channel like crazy lol

  • @chejo6095
    @chejo6095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love all of your videos

  • @velksa6835
    @velksa6835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @Saedris
      @Saedris 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @grapjas5000
      @grapjas5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kobja2248
    @kobja2248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Often on the top of a car collecting the dead" CLING BRING OUT YOUR DEAD

  • @warmac88
    @warmac88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @MrseCode
    @MrseCode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    I wanna learn more about Ancient Bible Creatures and stuff YEET

    • @dutchdoggo
      @dutchdoggo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @Punished-Ken
      @Punished-Ken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dutchdoggo sounds good im interested too thanks

    • @brittneybrisbin744
      @brittneybrisbin744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same.

    • @sodapopcowboy8620
      @sodapopcowboy8620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.