scythe

A traditional long handled agricultural tool used to harvest whole plants, such as hemp or wheat. Commonly depicted as a weapon of choice used by the Grim Reaper as a tool to reap souls, or by other mythological beings.

Although often seen in fantasy and anime as a weapon, it is only tangentially connected to the "war scythe", which is a polearm having more in common with a glaive, fauchard or naginata than with the original tool.

Examples

Farming scythe

See also

• sickle
• kama (weapon)
• holding scythe
• beam scythe
• energy scythe
• fake scythe
• List of weapons

External links

• Wikipedia: Scythe

The following tags implicate this tag: holding_scythe (learn more).