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Gog and Magog
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Gog and Magog, or Ya'juj and Ma'juj, are a pair of names that appear in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament of the Christian Bible, and the Quran, variously ascribed to individuals, tribes, or lands.
The Gog and Magog people being walled off by Alexander's forces.–Jean Wauquelin's Book of Alexander. Bruges, Belgium, 15th century
The Gog and Magog people being walled off by Alexander's forces.–Jean Wauquelin's Book of Alexander. Bruges, Belgium, 15th century
Ezekiel's Vision of the Sign "Tau" from Ezekiel IX:2–7. —Mosan champlevé panel, mid-12th century
Ezekiel's Vision of the Sign "Tau" from Ezekiel IX:2–7. —Mosan champlevé panel, mid-12th century
Gog and Magog besiege the City of Saints. Their depiction with the hooked noses noted by Paul Meyer. —Old French Apocalypse in verse, Toulouse MS. 815
Gog and Magog besiege the City of Saints. Their depiction with the hooked noses noted by Paul Meyer. —Old French Apocalypse in verse, Toulouse MS. 815, fol. 49v
Devil, Gog and Magog attack the Holy City (from a 17th-century Russian manuscript).
Devil, Gog and Magog attack the Holy City (from a 17th-century Russian manuscript).
Dhu'l-Qarnayn
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Dhu'l-Qarnayn is a leader who appears in the Qur'an, Surah al-Kahf, Ayahs 83–101, as one who travels to the east and west and sets up a barrier between a certain people and Gog and Magog. Elsewhere, t
Gog and Magog
…and Islamic eras. They appear in the Quran in chapter al-Kahf as Yajuj and Majuj, primitive and immoral tribes that were separated and barriered off by Dhu'l-Qarnayn ("He of the Two Horns"), who is mentioned in the Quran as a great, righteous ruler and conqueror. Some Muslim historians and geographers contemporaneous…
Dhu al-Qarnayn building a wall with the help of the jinns to keep away Gog and Magog. Persian miniature from a book of Falnama copied for the Safavid
Dhu al-Qarnayn building a wall with the help of the jinns to keep away Gog and Magog. Persian miniature from a book of Falnama copied for the Safavid emperor Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576), currently preserved in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
The Caspian Gates in Derbent, Russia, part of the defence systems built by the Sasanian Empire, often identified with the Gates of Alexander.
The Caspian Gates in Derbent, Russia, part of the defence systems built by the Sasanian Empire, often identified with the Gates of Alexander.
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great shown wearing the horns of the ram-god Zeus-Ammon.
Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great shown wearing the horns of the ram-god Zeus-Ammon.
Persian miniature of Alexander (top left) visiting the fountain of Youth and meeting Khidr and Ilyas there
Persian miniature of Alexander (top left) visiting the fountain of Youth and meeting Khidr and Ilyas there