scytheman
Field blade wielder
A scytheman is a person who uses a scythe—the long-handled blade for cutting grain or grass by hand.
The term belongs to an era before mechanized farming, when fields were harvested by laborers swinging scythes in rhythmic arcs: The scythemen worked from dawn to dusk during harvest season.
One who gathers crops
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- sheavesBound clusters of stalks
- gleanerGatherer of leftovers
grain · wheat · barley · rye · fieldwork · haymaking · autumn · husbandry
One who gathers crops
- mortalityState of eventual death
- demiseCessation of existence
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
coffin · grave · burial · interment · cremation · pallbearer · wake · eulogy
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- fableMoral tale with animals
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
archetype · personification · symbolism · iconography · emblem · motif · specter · omen
Ghostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- hoodedHaving a fabric headpiece
- cloakSleeveless outer wrap
soul · underworld · Hades · Charon · afterlife · eternity · judgment · apparition
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- eerieDisturbingly strange
menace · inexorable · inevitable · doom · creeping · shadow · chill · shiver
reaper
One who gathers crops
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- sheavesBound clusters of stalks
gleaner · grain · wheat · barley · rye · fieldwork · haymaking · autumn · husbandry · agriculture
reaper
One who gathers crops
cemetery · coffin · grave · burial · interment · cremation · pallbearer · wake · eulogy · obituary
legend
Unverified traditional tale
allegory · archetype · personification · symbolism · iconography · emblem · motif · specter · omen · harbinger
specter
Ghostly threatening presence
cloak · soul · underworld · Hades · Charon · afterlife · eternity · judgment · apparition · wraith
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
eerie · menace · inexorable · inevitable · doom · creeping · shadow · chill · shiver · nightmare