Whore of Babylon
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Babylon the Great, commonly known as the Whore of Babylon, refers to both a symbolic female figure and a place of evil as mentioned in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament. Her full title is stated in Revelation 17:5 as "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth".
Colored version of the Whore of Babylon illustration from Martin Luther's 1534 translation of the Bible
The whore of Babylon as illustrated in Hortus deliciarum by Herrad of Landsberg, 1180
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts (1850)
For medieval Spanish Catholics, the Whore of Babylon (Revelation, 17.4–5) (a Christian allegory of evil) was incarnated by the Emirate of Córdoba.
The Beast (Revelation)
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The Beast may refer to one of three beasts described in the Book of Revelation.
Satan (the dragon; on the left) gives to the beast of the sea (on the right) power represented by a sceptre in a detail of panel III.40 of the medieval French Apocalypse Tapestry, produced between 1377 and 1382.
The Revelation of St John: 12. The Sea Monster and the Beast with the Lamb's Horn. A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer
A coin bearing the Greek name and image of Nero, with radiant crown symbolizing the sun