50 Traditional Reaper Tattoo Designs For Men – Grim Ink Ideas

In an old Swedish movie called The Phantom Carriage, a man goes out drinking with his pals on Christmas Eve. They get into a fight, and he stumbles out of the bar to rest on a low wall.

Through the mist, he sees an old wagon pulling up.

A hooded man holds the horses reins and cradles a scythe in the crook of his elbow. This is the grim reaper, and he has arrived to collect the souls of those who have passed on.

Few things in life are certain, but death is. In Braavos, the city east of Westeros where Arya Stark travels after her family is betrayed by the Freys, the men are fond of a certain saying in Old Valyrian: valar morghulis, or ‘all men must die.’

For those who bear the tattoo of the grim reaper, death is not a source of fear, but a comfort. They know that, because their time on earth is limited, they must make the most out of every day. With any luck, before these brave souls pass from this vale, they will have done something to be proud of.