Scythe and Hourglass

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SCYTHE AND HOURGLASS -   In early renderings the scythe represented the Reaper and is shown holding arrows, darts, spears or crossbows.  Over time, a scythe came to replace these other instruments of death.  The scythe represents the reaping of life and the hourglass represents that your earthly time has ran out.  Usually the scythe is shown with an hourglass or (Father Time) an old man with a beard, holding the hourglass and/or scythe.