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Church Grim is a figure from English and Scandinavian folklore. The English Grim usually takes the form of a large black dog and guards churchyards from those who would profane them including thieves, vandals, warlocks, and the Devil himself.
Like many spectral black dogs, the Grim, according to Yorkshire tradition, is also an ominous portent and herald of death.
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He guards against the devil himself? Now THAT is one badass pooch!
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I find the idea of a big, black dog guarding an old church against the Devil himself really cathartic for some reason. Even Satan doesn’t mess with the guarddog.
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Give him a pat on the head and a couple of Scooby Snax®!
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So basically the Goodest Creepy Boi(TM) who protecc the dead from evil. Sounds awesome to me!
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Nice and Spooky!
Good Darkness with minimal lighting and well-placed colour!
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I LOVE CHRISTIANITY ART! Especially like this. A m a z i n g!
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Also, creating them is kind of a dick thing to do if Wikipedia is correct.
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Good graveyard scene, nice framing with the tombstones.
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Whoa, super cool red eyes and shadowy fur! Now I see where Queen J.K Rowling got the inspiration for Sirius Black and the Grim! Nice Work!
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A black dog wraith that guards churchyards? Cool... what kind of churches?
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I just reported you for spamming and requested that your IP address gets blocked from deviantart.
Have a nice day.
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O_O what did they say
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Who, deviantart or the spammer?
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Oh the usual nonsense... you join their website and they will make you rich.
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Amazing pic!
And very interesting folklore behind the doggo.
I love it! UwU
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according to tradition the first soul interred in a graveyard would become it's protector
in order to prevent that a dog would be buried in one of the corners of the graveyard(northeast?)
the dog would protect the graveyard in the place of the first human
awesome picture!!!
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Надо же, только вчера думала о Гриме, а сегодня вижу этот рисунок у себя в уведомлениях) Как всегда, красивейший стиль, и очень нравится готическая атмосфера и композиция
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There is a horror or mystery novel out there yearning for a cover this atmospheric!
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Padfoot, Blackdog, Cu Sith, Bargheist, Black Shuck. The omen has many names, but all are linked to death.
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There's quite a few Black dogs in Celtic myths too, the Cu-sith, Gwyllgi, Yeth hound, Wisht hounds, Shrieker, and Padfoot to name a few.
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