User blog comment:SeraphLucifer/Discussion/@comment-79.115.69.72-20160126210828/@comment-9249716-20160127032247

I can definitely see how the inconsistencies would apply. The only thing I can say is the writers shoudl've estbalished that God created the reapers as a particular type of angel to ferry the souls in the first place. In doing so, it would've saved a lot of confusion. As I mentioned in an earlier post, there are myths about angels of death in extra-biblical lore, which when looking how supernatural presents it now, is something the writers were playing with. However, it wouldn't have ever made sense to have Death be the "creator" of anything given that his power is simply death (and in consistency with the show's writing at this point, since Death himself says he can't destroy souls so he's not really as powerful as he tried to make himself seem). That's part of why I say it's not much of a stretch. Most mythologoies only have Death being a single being, where as Indian (middle eastern) says there are multiple, but the show is going on there being the Death entity with other spirit beings serving as his minions. The show has an odd canon at this point but given how they've had to address reapers, as I said, it's not much of a stretch when looking at the real world lore and how they present it on the show.