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Church Grim

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(Music Midnight Syndicate - Twilight)

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.

 Monster [Over The Garden Wall] 
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HP
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HP Scanjet G3110
Date Taken
May 4, 2019, 4:30:13 PM
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
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T5-Comix-Cartoonz's avatar
T5-Comix-Cartoonz
He guards against the devil himself? Now THAT is one badass pooch! =D
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Lawrence-of-Vokellis
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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DarkMessiah2000
It is a holy force of darkness, 
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Enoa79
This is scary, but I love it.
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Gem-D
Incredible work!!! I love it! :heart:
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GoMopey
This reminds me of the nun.
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DrawWithNessie
This immediately grabbed my attention. 
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reynard61
Give him a pat on the head and a couple of Scooby Snax®!
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Raven-skully
That's so cool!
Wish I can get a Grim.
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Xonter51stibium
Uuf, those eyes, they're piercing my soul.
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LadyZimaMythos
So basically the Goodest Creepy Boi(TM) who protecc the dead from evil. Sounds awesome to me!
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Hand-Sam-Art
Nice and Spooky!
Good Darkness with minimal lighting and well-placed colour!
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DANELILUSTRA
This is so cool!
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ashbasher22
Visually stunning. Loved it.
QuinceM's avatar
QuinceM
I LOVE CHRISTIANITY ART! Especially like this. A m a z i n g!
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AFOTIKa
Love the way the graveyard looks.black heart bullet  Beautiful work!
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Halfdrake010
Also, creating them is kind of a dick thing to do if Wikipedia is correct.
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LuizC91
So, don't steal from churches, kids.
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Kayl-MacLaren
Good graveyard scene, nice framing with the tombstones.
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3zer0rose
Good Work!!!!
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