Magog (Bible)

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Magog, Hebrew מגוג, Greek Μαγωγ, [ ma'gog ], is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. It may represent Hebrew for "from Gog", though this is far from certain; at any rate over time Gog and Magog became associated with each other as a pair.

Magog is also often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which mentions "Gog of the land of Magog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal."

Josephus identified the offspring of Magog as the Scythians, a name used in antiquity for peoples north of the Black Sea.[1] According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia (Ant., bk. I, 6). It has also been variously conjectured that Magog's offspring were the progenitors of the Slavic peoples known to history.

According to some Irish traditions, such as the Irish Chronicles, the Irish race are a composite including descendants of Magog from "Scythia". Baath (Boath), Jobhath, and Fathochta are the three sons of Magog. Partholón, Nemed, Iobath, and Fenius Farsa are among Magog's descendants. Magog was supposed to have had a grandson called Heber, whose offspring spread throughout the Mediterranean.

There is also a mediaeval Hungarian legend that says the Huns, as well as the Magyars, are descended from twin brothers named Hunor and Magor respectively, who lived by the sea of Azov in the years after the flood, and took wives from the Alans. The version of this legend in the 14th century Chronicon Pictum equates this Magor with Magog, son of Japheth.

  1. ^ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book I, Chapter 6., Interhack Library, <http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b1c6.html#pref>
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