Biblical Apocalypse

Doomsday Myth

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About this myth

Biblical Apocalypse is a Doomsday myth originating from the Christian belief system. The main deity depicted in this myth is likely God.

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Myth summary

The four horsemen of the apocalypse bring about the end of the known world and there is mass suffering and destruction. A destructive beast, marked with the number 666, is also involved. The beast comes from the water and has seven heads and ten horns.

Attested: Unknown
Created: Unknown
Myth type: Doomsday
Main deity: God
Belief system: Christian
Origin: Asia › Middle East › Israel

Belief system

Christian Religion

Monotheistic

Christianity is one of the world's most widely practiced Abrahamic religions. The sole supreme deity is God.

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Main deity

God is the sole deity of the Christian faith, as well as its denominations. This deity is referenced heavily in the Holy Bible and artistically depicted as an older-aged male.

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The Biblical Apocalypse doomsday myth is a cultural story about the end of the world according to the Christian worldview. It is told in the Book of Revelation, sometimes known as the Revelation to John, the last chapter of the Bible (New Testament).

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Biblical Apocalypse." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 27 Apr. 2019, omnika.org/stable/99. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2019, April 27). Biblical Apocalypse. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/99

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CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Biblical Apocalypse." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created April 27, 2019. Accessed July 2, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/99.

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SIL International Contributors. "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority: International Standard for Language Codes." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed August 23, 2022. https://iso639-3.sil.org.
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SIL International Contributors. "ScriptSource: Index of Languages and Writing Systems." Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Created June 11, 2011. Accessed August 6, 2022. https://scriptsource.org.
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Unicode Consortium Contributors. "ISO 15924 Registration Authority: Codes for the Representation of Names of Scripts." Mountain View, CA: The Unicode Consortium. Created 2004. Accessed August 24, 2022. https://unicode.org/iso15924.
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Christian Belief system
God Main deity
Origin
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