All my life thinking that the four horsemen were disease, death, famine and war,and now I discover in the wiki in all languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horse ... Apocalypse, that Disease is "Conquest"...
Since when??
Has the interpretation changed or have I always been wrong? Did you know that horseman as Disease/Plague/Pestilence (as I did), or you always knew it as "Conquest"?? I'm puzzled...
The four horsemen... Conquest???
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
I thought it was Pestilence too. Surely Conquest is the same as War???Sisifo wrote:All my life thinking that the four horsemen were disease, death, famine and war,and now I discover in the wiki in all languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horse ... Apocalypse, that Disease is "Conquest"...
Since when??
Has the interpretation changed or have I always been wrong? Did you know that horseman as Disease/Plague/Pestilence (as I did), or you always knew it as "Conquest"?? I'm puzzled...
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
No, it's not... This stuff is fascinating. Seems like Conquest is the "good horseman"... This is weird!Pappa wrote:I thought it was Pestilence too. Surely Conquest is the same as War???Sisifo wrote:All my life thinking that the four horsemen were disease, death, famine and war,and now I discover in the wiki in all languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horse ... Apocalypse, that Disease is "Conquest"...
Since when??
Has the interpretation changed or have I always been wrong? Did you know that horseman as Disease/Plague/Pestilence (as I did), or you always knew it as "Conquest"?? I'm puzzled...
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
I just noticed the bit.... "To go forth in conquest, and to conquer. (Can be interpreted as spreading the word of God.)". That's how it would differ from War.Sisifo wrote:No, it's not... This stuff is fascinating. Seems like Conquest is the "good horseman"... This is weird!Pappa wrote:I thought it was Pestilence too. Surely Conquest is the same as War???Sisifo wrote:All my life thinking that the four horsemen were disease, death, famine and war,and now I discover in the wiki in all languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horse ... Apocalypse, that Disease is "Conquest"...
Since when??
Has the interpretation changed or have I always been wrong? Did you know that horseman as Disease/Plague/Pestilence (as I did), or you always knew it as "Conquest"?? I'm puzzled...
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
If all four horsemen are elements of an apocolypse, surely 'disease' is the originally intended horseman?
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
Disease is simply a product of war and famine, all leading to death.Charlou wrote:If all four horsemen are elements of an apocolypse, surely 'disease' is the originally intended horseman?
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Pestilence left the horsemen due to creative differences, so they brought in Conquest to take his place. 
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
Are you sure he didn't ring in sick?Horwood Beer-Master wrote:Pestilence left the horsemen due to creative differences, so they brought in Conquest to take his place.
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
Well, in "Good Omens", Pestilence retired in 1936, saying something about "Peniciline", and his position was taken by Pollution...Horwood Beer-Master wrote:Pestilence left the horsemen due to creative differences, so they brought in Conquest to take his place.
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Re: The four horsemen... Conquest???
Yep, and according to Thief of Time, Kaos was the 5th horseman and he's the one who left over creative differences.Sisifo wrote:Well, in "Good Omens", Pestilence retired in 1936, saying something about "Peniciline", and his position was taken by Pollution...Horwood Beer-Master wrote:Pestilence left the horsemen due to creative differences, so they brought in Conquest to take his place.
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