Gog (English spelling)

Japanese: ゴグ（英語表記）Gog

A king referred to as "Gog of Magog" in chapters 38-39 of the Old Testament's Book of Ezekiel. He attacks Israel, but is destroyed by God's miraculous intervention. Magog is interpreted as "the land of Gog," but was later considered to be paired with Gog. In chapter 20 of the New Testament's Book of Revelation, both are deceived by Satan and attack the saints and God's city on the last day, but are cast into the lake of fire and sulfur by God. Gog has had a mythical and apocalyptic coloring since the earliest times of the description, as the representative of the forces hostile to Israel and God in the northernmost land around the Black Sea.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

旧約聖書《エゼキエル書》38～39章で〈マゴグMagogのゴグ〉として言及される王。イスラエルに攻め込むが，神の奇跡的介入行為で滅ぼされるという。マゴグは〈ゴグの地〉と解されるが，後代ゴグと対で考えられた。新約聖書《ヨハネの黙示録》20章では，両者は終末の日にサタンに惑わされて聖徒と神の都を攻めるが，神により火と硫黄の池に投げ込まれる。ゴグは黒海周辺の北の果てなる地の，イスラエルと神に敵対する勢力の代表者として，その記述の最初の時代から神話的･終末論的な色彩を帯びていた。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Wu Yu - Gogu

>>: Cork (English spelling)