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    5 months ago

    Nice, but it bugs me that I can’t figure out which is which, except for Death.

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      5 months ago

      I was confused at first, but it turns out these are actually the traditional representations. From Wikipedia:

      In John’s revelation the first horseman rides a white horse, carries a bow, and is given a crown as a figure of conquest,[2][3] perhaps invoking pestilence, or the Antichrist. The second carries a sword and rides a red horse as the creator of (civil) war, conflict, and strife.[4] The third, a food merchant, rides a black horse symbolizing famine and carries the scales.[5] The fourth and final horse is pale, upon it rides Death, accompanied by Hades.[6] “They were given authority over a quarter of the Earth, to kill with sword, famine and plague, and by means of the beasts of the Earth.”[7]

      I’d only ever heard Pestilence before, not Conquest. Conquest and War seem awfully similar to me as concepts.

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        5 months ago

        Thanks, I guess I only knew them from the Metallica song and from “good omens”.

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      5 months ago

      From left to right: virgin, slut, emo, and the kid with the hockey stick is the jock