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The hair has been known and used since the ancient Romans. Probably this happened after the conquest of the Scythian and Thracian tribes of the Roman Empire. There is evidence that the hair was known on the Scythians in the 5th century BC. In some of the Indo-European languages, the word used for hair literally means Scythes. In Europe it entered into all societies quite late – in the XII-XIII century. Gradually, except for lawn mowing, it has also been used in harvesting to avoid harrowing the harvester when working with a sickle. Contrary to the sickle, in Europe hair is depicted as a tool used by death. Death is often portrayed as an adult ugly woman or a skeleton carrying upward-looking hair. The Indian goddess Kali is also depicted with hair.
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I have also seen death portrayed as an old crone with a sack, but more commonly the grim reaper and his scythe…
Old tool is fascinating and works as effective as new ones, only it take much more labor!
Another interesting post!
It looks like the reaper’s scythe :))
Very interesting post. Thanks for the information
Reminds me of some horror movies I have seen. 🙂
Hello there!
Interesting post from hometown, Elenka
‘Scythe’ is the name of this tool in English, Elenka. ‘Hair’ is what grows on your head 🙂 I see that коса can mean both of those things!
nice and im Scared in the photo. cause its usually use in horror movies!