Angel of Death Costume

Whilst this is not quite a fallen angel costume, it is in a similar theme and can be worn by men and women. There is also a child Angel of Death costume too if your kids want to freak out the local neighborhood kids on trick or treat. I would say that this costume is a combination of the grim reaper with a few angelic like qualities thrown in.

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In fact the grim reaper was originally known as the angel of death and is still referred to by that name from time to time. The angel of death was a personification or a way to explain a person meeting their death in a symbolic form which was good for literature and story telling. It helped to explain an unpleasant topic and allowed the story teller to leave out all the gory details – like how the person died or what happened to him/her. Suffice to say that the story teller could just say that the angel of death swept up the hero and took him to where ever he went in the afterlife

This type of character is common in many forms of mythology. For instance, The Valkyrie are a form of angel of death in Norse mythology.

They would often meet up with an unfortunate Viking warrior that had been slain on the battle field and escort him to Valhalla. Valhalla was the afterlife and it was supposed to be a good place – apparently a beer hall, with lots of drinking and singing.

Valkyries were originally described as quite horrible creatures, much like the costume in the picture. They have been turned into beautiful women with the passage of time.

This particular angel of death costume consists of  a full length black robe with tattered effect and  exposed skeleton chest. The robe is fixed at the middle with a braided straw waist tie to give the costume some shape.

There are skeleton gloves, a skull mask and a gray colored grim reaper style hood. The angel part of the costume is provided by the gray and black fabric wings.

This costume is bound to go down well at a Halloween party for adults or on the street for kids during trick or treat. No doubt you’ll scare and fascinate people in equal measures in this original and well put together costume.

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