See also:

• GOG (possibly connected with the Gentilic Gagaya, " of the land of Gag," used in Amarna Letters i. 38, as a synonym for " barbarian," or with Ass. Gagu, a ruler of the land of Sahi, N. of Assyria, or with Gyges, Ass. Gugu, a king of Lydia)

GOG (possibly connected with the Gentilic Gagaya, " of the See also:

• LAND

land of Gag," used in Amarna Letters i. 38, as a synonym for " See also:

• BARBARIAN (Gr. fap/3apos)

barbarian," or with See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

Ass. Gagu, a ruler of the land of Sahi, N. of See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria, or with See also:

• GYGES

Gyges, Ass. Gugu, a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• LYDIA

Lydia)  a See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name found in Ezek. xxxviii.-xxxix. and in Rev. xx., and denoting an antitheocratic See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power that is to See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest itself in the See also:

• WORLD

world immediately before 'the final See also:

• DISPENSATION

dispensation . In the later passage, See also:

• GOG (possibly connected with the Gentilic Gagaya, " of the land of Gag," used in Amarna Letters i. 38, as a synonym for " barbarian," or with Ass. Gagu, a ruler of the land of Sahi, N. of Assyria, or with Gyges, Ass. Gugu, a king of Lydia)

Gog and Magog are spoken of as co-See also:

• ORDINATE

ordinate; in the earlier, Gog is given as the name of the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or See also:

• PEOPLE

people and Magog as that of the See also:

• LAND

land of origin . Magog is perhaps a contracted See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

Mat-gog, mat being the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian word for "land." The passages are, however, intimately related See also:

• GOGOL, NIKOLAI VASILIEVICH (1809—1852)

GOGOL and both depend upon Gen. x . 2, though here Magog alone is mentioned . He is the second "son" of Japhet, and the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the names here and in See also:

• EZEKIEL (SKpm', " God strengthens" or " God is strong "; Sept. 'IE'EKL?)X; Vulg. Ezechiel)

Ezekiel xxxviii . 2, indicates a locality between See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia and See also:

• MEDIA

Media, i.e. in See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia . According to See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus, who is followed by See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

Jerome, the Scythians were primarily intended by this designation; and this plausible See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion has been generally followed . The name EKbOai, it is to be observed, however, is often but a vague word for any or all of the numerous and but partially known tribes of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north; and any See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to assign a more definite locality to Magog can only be very hesitatingly made . According to some, the Maiotes about the Palus Maeotis are meant; according to others, the See also:

• MASSAGETAE

Massagetae; according to See also:

• KIEPERT, HEINRICH (1818-1899)

Kiepert, the inhabitants of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and eastern parts of Armenia . The imagery employed in Ezekiel's prophetic description was no doubt suggested by the Scythian invasion which about the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah, 63o B.C., had devastated See also:

• ASIA

Asia (Herodotps i . 104-106; Jer. iv . 3-vi .

30) . Following on this description, Gog figures largely in Jewish and See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan as well as in See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• ESCHATOLOGY
• ESCHATOLOGY (Gr. &rXaros, last, and A6yos, science; the " doctrine of last things ")

eschatology . In the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• ASTRAKHAN

Astrakhan a See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend is still to be met with, to the effect that Gog and Magog were two See also:

• GREAT

great races, which See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the Great subdued and banished to the inmost recesses of the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, where they are meanwhile kept in by the terror of twelve trumpets blown by the winds, but whence they are destined ultimately to make their See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape and destroy the world . The legends that attach themselves to the gigantic See also:

• EFFIGIES, MONUMENTAL

effigies (dating from 1708 and replacing those destroyed in the Great See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire) of Gog and Magog in See also:

• GUILDHALL

Guildhall, See also:

• LONDON

London, are connected only remotely, if at all, with the biblical notices . According to the Recuyell See also:

• DES

des histoires de Troye, Gog and Magog were the survivors of a See also:

• RACE

race of giants descended from the See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-three wicked daughters of See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian; after their brethren had been slain by See also:

• BRUTE, SIMON WILLIAM GABRIEL (1779–1839)

Brute and his companions, Gog and Magog were brought to London (See also:

• TROY
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy-novant) and compelled to officiate as porters at the See also:

• GATE

gate of the royal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace . It is known that effigies similar to the See also:

• PRESENT

present existed in London as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the time of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry V.; but when this legend began to attach to them is uncertain . They may be compared with the See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant images formerly kept at See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp (Antigomes) and See also:

• DOUAI

Douai (Gayant) . According to See also:

• GEOFFREY
• GEOFFREY (1158-1186)
• GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

Geoffrey of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth (See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles, i . 16), Goemot or Goemagot (either corrupted from or corrupted into " Gog and Magog ") was a giant who, along with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Corineus, tyrannized in the western See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England until slain by See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign invaders .